On July 9, 2025, Microsoft Outlook experienced a service disruption affecting numerous users. Reports began surfacing around 7:25 AM Eastern Time, with users encountering difficulties accessing their email accounts. The outage was widely discussed on platforms like the DesignTAXI Community...
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Every year, the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards shine a global spotlight on the extraordinary successes and forward-thinking innovations emerging from the company’s vast partner network. As anticipation builds around the latest cycle, Microsoft Americas partners must navigate evolving award...
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Microsoft’s recent overhaul of its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program marks one of the most significant commercial partner policy shifts in years, shaping the way distributors, resellers, and customers will transact with and experience Microsoft 365 and related cloud technologies. With new...
Aberdeen-based Appetite is rapidly becoming synonymous with Microsoft 365 training excellence in Scotland, clinching the IT Training Provider of the Year accolade at the Prestige Awards for the third consecutive year. There is a certain rarity in such repeated recognition, and the story of...
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Winning a badge from Microsoft is no small feat—unless that badge is for most creative use of Clip Art in a PowerPoint, in which case, sorry, but I think we peaked in 2007. This week, however, BUI has scored something far more relevant: a coveted Microsoft Solutions Partner for Private Cloud...
As security professionals, we are trained to think in worst-case scenarios. We run through the land of the theoretical, chasing “what if” scenarios as though they are lightning bugs to be gathered and stashed in a glass jar. Most of time, this type of thinking is absolutely the correct thing...
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Customers of AVG Antivirus ran into a problem with virus database 271.1.1/3292 (432/3292) released 12:53 AM CET. When following through with the requested computer restart, instead of Windows loading, they received the error:
"STOP: c0000135 The program can't start because %hs is...
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Revision Note: V1.0 (September 14, 2010): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation of a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Outlook Web Access (OWA) that may affect Microsoft Exchange customers. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could hijack...
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