India, Sept. 8 -- Microsoft Azure users in parts of Asia, the Middle East, and the Gulf experienced sluggish cloud services on Saturday, September 6, after two undersea cable systems in the Red Sea were cut. The incident triggered service disruptions and delays and the issue was confirmed by Microsoft soon after it happened.

Early on Saturday, Microsoft posted notices on Azure's status page warning of potential disruptions for customers whose traffic usually flows through the Middle East. This included many businesses and users in South Asia and the Gulf who depend on Azure for their daily cloud connectivity. As the alerts noted, people might see their apps running more slowly, delayed connections, or trouble accessing certain services. ...