July 19 (Reuters) - Microsoft's ( MSFT ) cloud unit

Azure said on Friday it was aware of the issue that impacted

virtual machines running the Windows OS and the CrowdStrike

Falcon agent getting stuck in a "restarting state," amid an

ongoing global outage.

The unit said it was currently investigating potential

options its customers can take for mitigation.

(Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane

Venkatraman

)