News Russian businesses get shut out from Microsoft cloud services at the end of this month – new EU sanctions come into effect

[Admin]

As required by EU sanctions, Microsoft will soon stop all the cloud computing services it provides to Russian-based organizations and businesses.

Russian businesses get shut out from Microsoft cloud services at the end of this month – new EU sanctions come into effect : Read more

 

[ekio]

That’s one of the reason cloud services are a scam. A few corporate executives can screw you up overnight if they decide to.
Open source and local computing will remain the key fundamentals of computing freedom.

 

[newtechldtech]

It is funny that MS is blocking cloud and at te same time dont mind selling Windows licenses to Russia ...

 

[USAFRet]

It is funny that MS is blocking cloud and at te same time dont mind selling Windows licenses to Russia ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkrainianC...yx/microsoft_suspends_extending_licenses_for/

https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/93518/
"In early March 2022, Microsoft suspended sales of its products and provision of new services in Russia and Belarus"

 

[Geef]

This is the type of reason I bought a full copy of Office 2019. Not required to be online to use it. Still works just fine.

 

[vanadiel007]

I am sure Russia is very concerned about this.

 

[endocine]

All the MS cloud data centers for Russia are located in Ukraine, which is ironic