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    woody
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    November 26, 2018 at 12:52 pm #236389

    Remember the bug on November 19 that brought down everybody who was using two factor authorization on Microsoft sites? We just got an explanation. Per
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      November 26, 2018 at 4:51 pm #236459

      Hmm.  My on-premises Exchange server has been just fine today.  And yesterday.  And the 4 years before that. /sarcasm

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      November 26, 2018 at 5:26 pm #236471

      “We’re rerouting traffic to alternate infrastructure in an effort to rebalance load that is currently not processing as efficiently as expected. Further details can be found in the admin center under EX165763.”

      Welcome to the future as envisioned by Satya Nadella.

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