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<Title>Weekend Service Disruption Status</Title>
<Tagline>Resolved: Disruption impacting Blackboard, Google, and more</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>Over this past weekend, April 4-5, 2026, one of UMBC’s services experienced a disruption, resulting in slower loading times. This affected some users' ability to log in to platforms such as Blackboard, Google Services, and myUMBC. This also caused a backlog of emails for some accounts. The issue has been resolved as of April 6, 2026. No action is needed by users at this time. </p>
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    <strong>Need Assistance?</strong>
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    <p>If you have any questions or experience further issues, please contact the TSC at <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC’s Help Service</a>. </p></div>
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<PostedAt>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:56:19 -0400</PostedAt>
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