British Columbia Institute of Technology incident

Error viewing Microsoft documents in SharePoint

Resolved after 33 days 21 hours, affecting ShareSpace, on September 28, 2023.

resolved Nov 01, 2023, 08:09 PM UTC

The issue of accessing Microsoft documents (word, excel, powerpoint etc) from SharePoint has been resolved. Clients will continue to need to be either present on campus on BCIT network or connected via VPN to reach the site successfully.

Started
Sep 28, 2023, 10:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 01, 2023, 08:09 PM UTC
Duration
33d 21h
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 28, 2023, 10:25 PM UTC

Affected components

ShareSpace

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 28, 2023, 10:25 PM UTC

    It appears that users are unable to open Microsoft documents (word, excel, powerpoint etc) from SharePoint. A workaround of downloading the document first and then opening it has been identified. IT Services are aware of the issue and are working towards a resolution.

  2. investigating Sep 29, 2023, 02:55 AM UTC

    This issue is still under investigation until further notice. Please note: Clients will need to be either present on campus on BCIT network or connected via VPN to reach the site successfully.

  3. investigating Sep 29, 2023, 03:07 AM UTC

    This issue is still under investigation until further notice. Please note: Clients will need to be either on campus or connected via VPN to reach the site successfully.

  4. resolved Nov 01, 2023, 08:09 PM UTC

    The issue of accessing Microsoft documents (word, excel, powerpoint etc) from SharePoint has been resolved. Clients will continue to need to be either present on campus on BCIT network or connected via VPN to reach the site successfully.

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