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Absolutely correct. Unfortunately, there is no other solution to this issue. If the laptops were powered down overnight, there might be a stroke of luck. However, this will be one of the most challenging recoveries in IT history, making it a highly unpleasant experience.
Azure issue and CS issues are separate incidents. They are not related.
use windows recovery to boot into safe mode and update latest crowdstrike. That is the only option at this time.