THUNDER BAY – A worldwide outage of videoconferencing software Microsoft Teams has led Thunder Bay’s city council to cancel its planned Monday night meeting.
The city announced it would call off the meeting about an hour before its scheduled start time of 6:30 p.m.
Microsoft Teams, which council has used to conduct virtual meetings during much of the COVID-19 pandemic, went down globally earlier in the afternoon, along with some other Microsoft 365 services.
The company said a recent change to its Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication system could be to blame.
Councillors were set to discuss the redevelopment of Dease Park, a funding application for the Centennial Botanical Conservatory, supporting patio expansions for local restaurants, and advocacy against allowing alcohol in 7-Eleven convenience stores.
A meeting will be added to council’s schedule on March 29, and the agenda for its March 22 meeting will be redeveloped, the city said in a release.
