Microsoft Software will not connect to the internet

[Winthorp Mawlmsby]

A few days ago I noticed that my Outlook would no longer connect to the Microsoft Exchange Server. I have one account run via Google, and this worked fine, but I couldn't receive or send messages via the desktop Outlook app any longer through Microsoft-based accounts. On the bottom left of the screen the error message is "trying to connect" and in the system tray, "Microsoft Outlook cannot connect to the server"Then, I tried to open Teams, and it wouldn't connect either - it gives the error message "Microsoft Teams failed to connect to settings endpoint" and "Error code - online_check_failed:

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