When the cloud interrupts the working day
Cloud outage? Keep the next working day in your control.
A cloud outage can stop email, files and everyday decisions. Start with the services affected, then turn the experience into a practical continuation plan.
Outlook or Microsoft 365 unavailable?
Start with what
you can access now.
Check the provider’s status, identify the copies you already hold and coordinate the work that can continue.
Read the Outlook outage guideOfficial service information
Microsoft public service status Microsoft 365 admin centre Google Workspace statusThese guides are planning resources, not a live status feed. Check your provider for the current position and tenant-specific impact.
If your business has just lost access to cloud email or shared documents, the immediate question is what can still be done. The next question is how much of the working day should depend on a single provider being available.
These guides connect immediate checks with longer-term cloud outage planning. Orwell Solutions designs on-site continuity appliances that hold agreed cloud data locally, with applications and access prepared before disruption. We also help you explore locally hosted AI and greater control of your data.
Practical guidance, by service and decision
Find your next step.
Outlook outage: what to do
Outlook.com or business Outlook unavailable? Check Microsoft’s status, understand offline email access and plan how your team keeps working through an outage.
Read the guide Microsoft 365 / Office 365Microsoft 365 business continuity
Plan for a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 outage. Understand Outlook, OneDrive and SharePoint offline access, local backups and business continuity.
Read the guide Google WorkspaceGoogle Workspace outage planning
Gmail or Google Drive unavailable? Understand Google Workspace offline access, its limits and how an on-site continuity environment can support your business.
Read the guide Backup or continuity?Cloud backup vs business continuity
A cloud backup can restore data, but can your team use it during an outage? Compare backups, continuous sync and a prepared local working environment.
Read the guide Your next stepBusiness continuity checklist
Turn a cloud outage into a practical continuation plan. Check critical data, offline access, local sign-in, sync timing, isolation and the return to cloud.
Read the guidePlan for the moment you need it
When the cloud stops,
your business shouldn’t.
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