A Microsoft outage interrupted email alerts used to process online bond payments in Arapahoe County, Colorado, prompting the sheriff’s office to direct people seeking immediate release through bond to pay at the jail.
A Nov. 12 notice described a processing interruption: payment alerts were not reaching staff. People seeking immediate release were told to post bond at the jail until the email workflow returned.
The office later said alerts for online bond transactions were working again but did not give a restoration time. Arapahoe County’s bond information page lists online and in-person bond posting as options available 24 hours a day, keeping an in-person route available during the disruption.
The episode occurred during the wider Microsoft 365 outage EconoTimes previously covered. The Associated Press reported Nov. 13 that many Outlook users had regained access. Microsoft warned that some users could still have access problems or receive delayed emails, the AP reported.
