The headline in recent days has been a big-time warm up coming to our area. But is it going to stick? I don't like to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like February is set to welcome us with open, chilly arms.

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Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers have reported issues with services like Outlook.

Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported issues with Outlook, Teams and other services on Monday.

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Microsoft says the early June disruptions to its Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email apps — were denial-of-service attacks by a shadowy new hacktivist group.

Microsoft says it’s investigating problems with its online services including its Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages.