Microsoft Says Its Services Work Again
Email and other tools return after a long interruption.
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In this lesson: Identify the affected applications and length of the interruption.
Grammar in this story: Past problems before recovery
had affected
Had affected places the problems before Microsoft’s November 14 recovery statement.
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Name two affected tools and explain one consequence of the interruption.
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Outlook and Teams were affected. The outage lasted more than 24 hours and disrupted online communication for businesses and governments.
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