According to the Federal Government, the federal administration is not comprehensively affected by the worldwide failure of Microsoft services. A spokesman for the Ministry for Digital Affairs told the dts Nachrichtenagentur in Berlin on Friday that there are “no reports of major failures.”
This is because the federal administration uses Microsoft on “its own hardware” rather than in the cloud. The spokesman added that the German economy expects “very significant impact.”
When asked why the federal government still uses Microsoft services despite regularly emphasizing the necessity of digital sovereignty, the spokesman referred to “multi-year contracts” that were concluded by the previous government. He also said that the setup of redundancies and alternatives is progressing independently of the recent disruption.
A massive disruption of Microsoft services has been causing failures for many users globally since Thursday. The company stated that a part of its infrastructure in several regions was subjected to increased load, which probably contributed to the connectivity errors. A cyberattack is not believed to be behind the failure.
