As of April 1, 2024, the American IT company Microsoft has not yet blocked its online products in the Russian Federation. In this respect reports TASS cited the press service of Softline, which is the largest distributor of Microsoft products in the Russian Federation and is in talks with the US IT giant.
TASS quotes the response from the Softline press service as follows: “As of April 1, no congestion was observed.”
Microsoft plans to block cloud services in Russia recognized In mid-March 2024. It later turned out that the restrictions would only affect corporate customers of the American company in Russia and not individuals. Microsoft is expected to block access to Excel, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Azure, Publisher, Access DBMS, SQL Server and Microsoft Data Access Components.
The blockage was initially expected to occur on the night of March 20-21, 2024. The reason for the delay in the decision is unknown. According to one of the versions, Microsoft has not yet disabled Russian companies, as it has not yet compiled the full list of products to which the restriction will apply.
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