<p>IDG News Service - Microsoft experienced disruptions for several hours to its online suite of mail, calendar and storage services, leaving many users unable to access their accounts.</p><p>The problems occurred Tuesday evening in the U.S. Microsoft posted a series of status updates for its Outlook and Hotmail services showing the issues in its online email were unresolved nearly four hours after they were first flagged.</p><p>"We're having a problem accessing email. You might not be able to see all your email messages. We're working to restore service right now," the company posted.</p><p>[ HOW-TO: Solve the Windows 8 Start Button dilemma ]</p><p><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/031313-microsoft-has-access-issues-with-267644.html">Keep reading...</a></p>