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Office365 down? You're not alone. Many are facing the same problem.

From Microsoft.

User impact: Users may be seeing degraded service functionality or be unable to access multiple Microsoft 365 services.

More info: Users may be receiving a "451 4.3.2 temporary server issue" error message when attempting to send or receive email through Outlook.

Some of the impacted service functions include, but may not be limited to:
- Sending and receiving email through Exchange Online, including notification emails from Microsoft Viva Engage.
- Collecting message traces.
- Searching within SharePoint Online and/or Microsoft OneDrive.
- Accessing the service portals, including Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender XDR, and the Microsoft 365 admin center.
- Creating chats, meetings, teams, channels or adding members in Microsoft Teams.
- Receiving presence or location information in Microsoft Teams.
- Applying and managing sensitivity labels, interactive operations on reports, and artifacts with sensitivity labels in Microsoft Fabric.

Current status: While we've restored the affected infrastructure to a heathy state, further load balancing is required to mitigate persistent impact. We've identified and are implementing additional actions to direct requests and traffic to additional healthy sections of infrastructure to achieve withstanding recovery.

Scope of impact: Any users served through an affected section of service infrastructure in the North America region may be intermittently impacted.

Root cause: A portion of dependent service infrastructure in the North America region isn't processing traffic as expected.

Next update by: Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 11:00 PM UTC

Amazon Web Services are having major issues, this is impacting the services you use daily.

There’s a major internet outage happening right now with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
This system runs a large part of the internet, so many websites and apps may not work properly today.

You might notice:

Some websites loading slowly or not at all

Cloud services and online tools timing out

Random errors when trying to log in or sync data

This issue is on Amazon’s end and will gradually fix itself as they restore service.
There’s nothing we need to do at this time, just be patient and try again later if something doesn’t work.

Sources:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-down-major-websites.html

Thanks,

Amazon Web Services outage hits major websites: What we know so far as recovery begins AWS, which suffered a major outage early Monday, is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure technology, accounting for about a third of the market.

Your Antivirus Won’t Stop This (This is not a commercial)

Hackers aren’t just sending viruses anymore.
They’re breaking into business computers with remote access tools, logging every keystroke, and even turning on microphones to steal voices for fraud. These attacks are more and more frequent. We have seen this across the board this quarter where companies do not have enough protection.

If your company doesn’t have true cybersecurity with active monitoring (EDR), you’re leaving the door wide open to criminals.

Every day without protection is a risk.
Secure your business before it’s too late.

If you dont call us, call your IT vendor and get good protection asap.

Lexington Computer Support
(859) 219-2006 ext. 4

Have you changed your password lately? Been using the same password for months? Even years? Time to change your password. Over 10 million Passwords were leaked over the Holiday weekend. Please update your passwords to things like social media, banks, creditcards. Remember Multi-Factor Authentication is a must have these days!

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Wondering what Laptops you should buy? Maybe need a recommendation for your kids who need a laptop for school.

Here you go.

Laptops I like for Christmas and BlackFriday Deals

MidRange (medium price) $$529
Asus VivoBook
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MSI Prestige (medium price) $$549.99 (More Memory for only 20 dollars more)

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MSI Laptop with Advanced Graphics for Gaming or Designwork.
$$ 1,099.99
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We always recommend buying a warranty on all laptops. You can compare prices with Amazon,Newegg

These laptops are all meant for Home and small business use.

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