Microsoft announced that it is no longer detecting any issues with its Azure cloud services platform after several international cables in the Red Sea were cut since Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, Microsoft had warned users of the Azure platform that they would experience some internet browsing disruptions.
The company stated online that data traffic passing through the Middle East, whether coming from Asia or heading to Europe, was impacted by the outage.
It added that its engineering teams were working to mitigate the impact of the problem by rerouting traffic to alternative routes.
The notice did not explain how the cables were cut.
As a result of the outage, Azure, the world’s second-largest cloud services provider after Amazon Web Services, rerouted services via alternative routes, and network traffic remained uninterrupted.
The Red Sea is a vital communications corridor, connecting Europe to Africa and Asia via Egypt.
Approximately 90 percent of data transiting from east to west passes through Egypt due to the number of cables crossing from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, passing through Egyptian territory.
