Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page

Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by xbmcuser on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:17AM (#50479093)

This is going to bring about a huge move back to local servers and local software for offices, as many people are unable to correspond or use Microsoft software right now. I am glad I refused to move our small office to 365, even if it meant sticking with older versions. I could have probably moved everyone to Linux and open-source software, but as the tech guy in our office, I didn't want the extra workload of dealing with all the support.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by Eji1700 on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:22AM (#50479128)

I've yet to see a great replacement for Excel outside of gridcraft. Things like Libre CAN do it, but there's a lot of pain, and the average excel user isn't going to get over most of those hurdles without a ton of hand holding.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by FullMetalBitch on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:52AM (#50479361)

I agree that Excel is hard to replace but email should have never been moved to the cloud.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by hosteur on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:31AM (#50479189)

> This is going to bring about a huge move back to local servers and local software for offices, as many people are unable to correspond or use Microsoft software right now

One can only hope. But I am not so sure. No one seems to want to employ a local sysadmin these days.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by infamouscow on Friday November 13, 2026 @01:54AM (#50479373)

You should start your own business offering sysadmin services to small businesses.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by vconnor on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:29AM (#50479633)

Good luck with that. They have all migrated to AWS in 2015+

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by infamouscow on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:16PM (#50488354)

There are plenty of mom & pop businesses that just need someone to setup their computers, network them, and ensure they're not being infected with shit. You'd be surprised how many people struggle with email, documents, spreadsheets, and maybe a specific app or two.

Think of yourself as a blue-collar contractor providing services to white-collar people afraid of being taken advantage of. Your competitive advantage over Geek Squad is being the local IT person who knows the names of everyone in a five-person real estate or law office.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by gib444 on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:50AM (#50479825)

Nah it'll be forgotten about in a week

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by aftergibson on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:06AM (#50479956)

After a single outage, I doubt it. Don't get me wrong, I wish it was the case, but this, like all news will be soon forgotten.

A few more outages though.. maybe?

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by jijikuya on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:50AM (#50480900)

This year has been terrible for outages, the European Google power outage earlier this year, the PHP stuff (although that's only tangentially related),the AWS outage in May, Cloudflare a couple times around this time last year, Salesforce.

I can tell you somewhat anecdotally that people who usually forget about this stuff are starting to notice.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by GJim on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:59AM (#50482270)

I dunno.

The 2011 Blackberry outage burried RIM..... companies ran away from them faster than a greyhound with its arse on fire.

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