URBANA – The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has established alternatives to services due to a widespread Microsoft outage.
A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps.
Illinois Public Media has learned that the Office of the Chief Information Officer created a webpage offering the following:
- ongoing recommendations for alternatives to services that are unavailable
- how to ask for technology support without using email
- links to Canvas, Google Workplace, and Zoom (alternatives to Microsoft Apps)
The university said messages are expected to remain queued and delivered once service is restored.
This is a developing story. IPM will provide updated information once it becomes available.