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Site put into read only mode due to maintenance
We received no communication or reason why this is happening in the middle of the work day. Our sites have been put into read only mode and our IT says Microsoft is doing this. Why? How do we get bac...
There are many people raised this issue, https://downdetector.com/status/sharepoint
it seems Microsoft is rolling-out some fix, feature. But couldn't see anything in the Message Center.
The issue lasted about an hour and then the site went back to normal. No report on why this happened as of yet. Thank you for the replies!