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Global Microsoft Outage

As of late Thursday evening, a widespread Microsoft outage continues to affect Outlook and other Microsoft services on campus and across the nation. Earlier this evening, Microsoft revised its list of features and services impacted by this outage, stating that it is affecting ones that interact with email services. Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, Copilot AI, and 365 are all continuing to have various issues. Microsoft has not provided a specific estimate for when the global outage will be completely resolved, though a portion of affected servers and services have begun a gradual recovery. The next update will be posted on Friday morning.

Jack Banks

Jack Banks headshot

Associate Professor

Communication

Hillyer College of Arts and Sciences
860.768.5277 HJG E213
Education

PhD, University of Oregon

MS, University of Oregon

BA, San Francisco State University

Jack Banks is an Associate Professor of Communication. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in Broadcast Communication Arts and Sociology, and from University of Oregon with an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Telecommunication and Film. He teaches courses in media, particularly popular culture, television production, and media criticism, and received the University award of Distinguished Teaching Humanist for 2004-2006. Author of Monopoly Television: MTV’s Quest to Control the Music, published by Westview Press, Dr. Banks’ research interests focus on media ownership and its impact on how and what is presented in the media as well as on representations of race, class, sexuality, and gender in the media, especially on film and television. His current research project looks at the portrayal of gay sexuality in popular culture.