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We are experiencing performance issues with connections to this database server mssql792int.cp.blacknight.com An engineer is currently investigating. Update 16:15: A faulty disk was identified and will require a maintenance window at 10pm tonight to complete. The server will be offline for short periods between 22:00 and 23:59pm
Summary: On Wednesday 11th between 03:00 and 09:00 approx we installed a major update on our CP. We ran over our maintenance window and we were unable to install a number of hotfixes. Our intention is to install them tonight / tomorrow morning in the timeframe of 05:00 – 07:00 Thursday 12th. Unlike the main […]
We are seeing issues with Microsoft Office 365 which appear to be affecting parts of Europe , UK and Ireland. We are investigating and will post any more information once it becomes available to us. Update : 11:30 – This appears to be a global outage for Microsoft however they have not released any […]
Summary: Our backend platform is being upgraded from v7.2 to v7.3 which brings some performance improvements. Most will not be noticable to our end users. However this is a precursor to v7.4 which brings GDPR updates which will be installed in May once it’s available. What is affected: The ability to single sign on into […]