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The University of Oregon appears here through a campus alert about Microsoft 365 service degradation, where students and staff were told to use cell phones for 911 calls while email and Teams were affected. The discussion frames that instruction as more than an inbox inconvenience, showing how deeply a university can depend on Microsoft's cloud for everyday operations and emergency communication. For WindowsForum readers, this tag captures the intersection of higher-education IT, Microsoft 365 reliability, and continuity planning when hosted services falter.
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    University of Oregon Advises Cell Phone 911 Calls Amid Microsoft 365 Service Degradation

    The University of Oregon has told students and staff to use cell phones for 911 calls. That instruction is in a campus alert issued while Microsoft 365 services degrade, and it makes this outage more than an inbox annoyance. It shows what happens when a campus depends on Microsoft's cloud for...