Tag Archives: down

Issues with Microsoft 365 (Jan. 15, 2021)?

Posted on 2021-01-15 by guenni

[German]Currently, there is are issues with Microsoft 365 that affects services such as Exchange Online. It is possible that this disruption is limited to North America. The status messages do not give much away. Advertising

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Amazon AWS down (Nov. 25, 2020)

Posted on 2020-11-25 by guenni

[German]Currently, there is a worldwide disruption of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which affects the cloud and thus customers like Adobe. Here is a brief overview of what is known. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Microsoft Store, Outlook und Xbox Live worldwide down (Nov. 10, 2020)

Posted on 2020-11-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft users are currently (November 10, 2020) experiencing worldwide problems accessing the Windows Store (Microsoft Store), Xbox Live services and Outlook. Here is some information about this. Advertising

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Skype for Business down? (Dec. 16, 2019)

Posted on 2019-12-16 by guenni

[German]Currently there seems to be a problem with the Microsoft telephony service Skype for Business. The login doesn't seem to work, so that no phone calls can be made via Skype. Advertising

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down?

Posted on 2019-11-28 by guenni

[German]It seems, that the services of Facebook and its daughters Instagram and WhatsApp have (at least temporarily) been down. And that on Thanksgiving Day in the USA. Advertising

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Microsoft Answers forum down?

Posted on 2017-09-25 by guenni

[German]Just a short message: It seems that the Microsoft Answers forum is currently down. I can't reach the English and the German forums at answers.microsoft.com. Advertising

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Summer Sale: Cyber attack on #Steam server?

Posted on 2017-06-22 by guenni

[German]Has Valve and it's platform Steam a victim of a cyber attack? There are rumors, that Steam's server will be hit by a massive DDoS attack. Advertising

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Skype down?

Posted on 2016-10-07 by guenni

It seems that Microsoft has issues with several services. Yesterday (10/06/2016) some users recognized Outlook.com outaages (see). Now MSPowerUser reported also, that Skype is down. The Skype status page reports that Skype is down. Somebody else can confirm this? Advertising

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