Category Archives: Cloud

Outlook.com and OneDrive down – consequence of cyber attacks? (June 8, 2023)

[German]Microsoft has been struggling with outages in its cloud services (Exchange Online, Outlook.com) for days. Now, as of June 8, 2023, Outlook.com and OneDrive services are down again (probably worldwide). May be technical in nature – but there is a … Continue reading

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Windows Terminal Server: OneDrive for Business constantly asks for credentials

[German]I got reports where a Terminal Server environment is causing isues. Users have to log in to OneDrive for Business every time they log in to the Terminal Server. Quick question: Is someone from you is affected by the same … Continue reading

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Exchange Online down for hours (June 5, 2023)

[German]As of June 5, 2023, Microsoft's Exchange Online seems to have experienced a massive disruption. Administrators could no longer get into the Admin Center and Outlook could no longer be reached on the web. A user alerted me to this … Continue reading

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Cloud operating system Windows 365 available as preview

[German]At the BUILD 2023 developer conference, Microsoft also announced the availability of its Windows 365 cloud operating system as a public preview. It is the long-awaited cloud operating system that can be booted from a Windows 11 workstation but runs … Continue reading

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Azure Virtual Desktop: RDP connection issues due to SxSStackListener

[German]Anyone in the readership having issues with RDP connections to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) these days? It looks like a particular version of SxSStackListener is causing the problem. A user wrote a PowerShell script to determine the problematic version. Advertising

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Journaling in hybrid Exchange environments

[German]Journaling in Exchange Server or Exchange Online may be required in companies to respond to legal, regulatory and organizational compliance requirements (e.g. by recording all or certain email messages). But what about journaling in hybrid environments with Exchange Server and … Continue reading

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Microsoft SharePoint scans password-protected ZIP archives

[German]It looks like Microsoft also scans ZIP archives in its cloud storage for malicious content (and possibly other content) – even archives that are password-protected from viewing by the user. At least, that's what a post on Mastodon by security … Continue reading

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Exchange Online: Microsoft will now block mails from unpatched Exchange systems

[German]Microsoft has again reminded on May 8, 2023, that as a security measure for Exchange Online, they will now start to delay the delivery of mails from (on-premises) Exchange servers if these systems have fallen out of support or are … Continue reading

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Microsoft started enforcing number matching on MFA since May 8, 2023

[German]Just a reminder to administrators who are responsible for Microsoft's cloud environments (Azure, etc.) in companies. It has probably been known for a long time, but as of May 8, 2023, the provider Microsoft will switch its multi-factor authentication (MFA) … Continue reading

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Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report Volume 7 (April 2023)

[German]The run on the cloud continues unabated, but the number of vulnerabilities and security threats is steadily increasing. Misconfigurations, weak credentials, lack of authentication, unpatched vulnerabilities and malicious (infected) open source software (OSS) threaten security. Some developers hard-pack credentials into … Continue reading

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