Business Productivity Online Services

Microsoft's cloud-lofted Business Productivity Online Services hit the ground Wednesday for about three hours. Microsoft said on Twitter it was some kind of networking and hardware snafu in North America. It's happened a number of times earlier. Folks'll have to see if Office 365 is better.

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