According to CoinMeta, Microsoft experienced a large-scale service disruption on Thursday, affecting government agencies, enterprises, and traders around the world. Some trading teams were forced to switch to telephone, fax, and instant messaging tools. This outage exacerbated the complexity of crude oil market transactions against the backdrop of tensions in the Middle East, leading to delays in the release of prices for certain commodities. Platts Energy Information, a subsidiary of S&P Global, notified its clients that updates on prices for refined products, natural gas, and biofuels might be delayed, with the publication of prices for 22 biofuels being temporarily suspended. Microsoft stated on Friday that progress had been made in restoring services, but there were still more than 20 products and services that could potentially have errors. The outage also prevented some traders from sending and receiving emails, submitting fuel price reports, and viewing profit and risk exposure reports, forcing some trading orders to be handled over telephone and fax. Platts later indicated that the related issues had been resolved.