Oct 02 2017 06:19 PM
Hello, can anyone tell me what happened to blogs.office.com? The URL now redirects to the Microsoft home page and none of my saved links to blog posts work anymore. The RSS feed last updated on Friday 29-Sep, but none of the links in the RSS messages work.
What's happening?
Oct 02 2017 09:58 PM
there is a cached version on google, but all links have been redirected:
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:o5v4QKhGBgkJ:https://blogs.office.com/en-us/+&...
Oct 02 2017 10:30 PM
Oct 02 2017 11:39 PM - edited Oct 02 2017 11:40 PM
Oct 03 2017 12:13 AM
It might happen they are having problems with the platform where Blogs.com is hosted...I don't think Microsoft is going to shut them down....adding here @Anna Chu @Brian Levenson @Michael Holste
Oct 03 2017 12:46 AM
Oct 03 2017 01:10 AM
That's strange being unannounced and all. Hopefully, someone will let us all know what's going on soon, maybe it's just a technical issue rather than anything bigger. Incidentally, it wasn't so long ago, that the Office Blogs had a new design and everything.
Oct 03 2017 08:46 AM
Oct 03 2017 08:49 AM
Oct 03 2017 09:07 AM
Not working here still. I have tried different browsers and networks, it still redirects to the Microsoft homepage.
I have tried a number of URL redirection tools like this one and they say there is a redirection on the site. Maybe there is more to it, like a regional factor, which would explain why the site is loading fine for you. I'm just guessing really!
Oct 03 2017 09:12 AM
Oct 03 2017 09:22 AM
SolutionHi All - the blog site is down right now, not planned, and we are working on it as we speak.
Oct 03 2017 09:31 AM
Should be back online now, sorry for the trouble!
Oct 03 2017 09:31 AM - edited Oct 03 2017 10:24 AM
Thanks for the update Jeff, it's appreciated.
Update - Same as @John Wynne still not working here, site redirected.
Update 2 - Unlike @Nuno Silva, still not working in the UK.
Oct 03 2017 10:41 AM
Hi Cian,
In Portugal is working, maybe some replication still ongoing.
Oct 03 2017 02:00 PM
Oct 03 2017 02:05 PM
Oct 03 2017 02:05 PM
From the blogs menu item above and then click Office blog on the right it goes to here:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/bg-p/Office365Blog
Which works, but the shortcut blogs.office.com gives an access denied and reroutes to www.microsoft.com.
Oct 03 2017 09:22 AM
SolutionHi All - the blog site is down right now, not planned, and we are working on it as we speak.