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A massive disruption in commonly used Microsoft programs Thursday created some inconveniences locally, but did not bring commerce or government to a halt.
The outage, which apparently hit all of North America, affected the Outlook email system and the Teams chat program.
Astra Ferris, the chief executive officer of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, said she did not hear of any major impacts on local businesses and industries. She said the business community was experiencing "mild inconveniences' such as having Teams calls interrupted.
Luke Hugghins, business partner for McClure Engineering Co. in Fort Dodge, said the company is highly dependent on Outlook. He said Teams chats were still functioning for the company.
The outage. he said, definitely created some issues.
He said McClure Engineering Co. does business all over the United States, and every market the company is in was impacted by the situation.
Fort Dodge city government departments lost their email connection, but otherwise functioned normally, according to City Manager David Fierke.
"If people are emailing us, it might take us awhile to get back to them," he said.