{"id":40574,"date":"2020-03-17T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=6d9f06b130e602f244823e25d56253b9"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:16:46","slug":"microsoft-teams-goes-down-at-start-of-mass-remote-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/microsoft-teams-goes-down-at-start-of-mass-remote-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Teams goes down at start of mass remote working"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span>
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16 Mar, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Microsoft Teams went down across Europe for two hours on Monday, causing mass frustration for the many remote workers now increasingly dependent on the service.<\/p>\n

Users experienced issues signing into the service and also trouble sending messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although Microsoft managed to fix the problem within two hours, the timing could not be worse as millions of people across the country began remote working<\/a> amind the outbreak of COVID-19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As users from various European countries began reporting issues, Microsoft tweeted that it was looking into the problem.<\/p>\n

“We’re investigating messaging-related functionality problems within Microsoft Teams. Please refer to TM206544 in your admin centre for further details,” the company said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is the second major outage to hit Microsoft in as many years after Office 365 went offline in 2018<\/a>. There is a suggestion that Monday’s faults could be due to more people using the services as businesses encourage workers to stay home.<\/p>\n

Just a week ago, Microsoft offered a six-month free trial for Teams, according to Businesses Insider<\/em><\/a>, to help those soon to be self-isolating. Google has also offered up parts of its remote working services in a bid to work around the coronavirus outbreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s outage is a poor start to what could be a big opportunity for cloud computing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With mass remote working and many business events going “virtual”, video linkups, VR and other similar technologies will become a crucial element of everyday life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outages and service disruptions are common occurrences with new technologies, but as the world begins what looks like a prolonged period of self-isolation, it’s these kinds of services that will keep many industries ticking along.<\/p>\n

Add to that, the need for us all to stay connected to one another during a pandemic and Microsoft Team’s and services like it have suddenly become vital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n

16 Mar, 2020 <\/p>\n

Microsoft Teams went down across Europe for two hours on Monday, causing mass frustration for the many remote workers now increasingly dependent on the service.
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