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Category Archives: Cloud
AI Risks: Insurers Are Taking Precautions
Jump into AI projects left and right, and if things go wrong—whether because regulators slap on a hefty fine or a cyberattack damages the company—just rely on cyber insurance? Insurers are now taking steps to limit coverage for AI risks—and … Continue reading
Microsoft released Azure Sentinel (SIEM) Toolkit
A quick note for readers responsible for securing Microsoft Azure cloud services. Microsoft has essentially released its entire Azure Sentinel (SIEM) toolkit as "open source." The Sentinel GitHub repository contains extensive documentation and over 1,000 pre-built threat detection rules. Read … Continue reading
Exchange Online: TLS 1.0/1.1 will no longer be supported for POP and IMAP starting in July 2026
Microsoft has announced that deprecated TLS versions and endpoints for POP and IMAP in Exchange Online will no longer be supported starting in July 2026. This is because Microsoft plans to completely discontinue support for deprecated TLS versions (TLS 1.0 … Continue reading
Cloud Code Coding Agent Deletes Company Database and Backups
That didn't quite go as planned: A Cloud Code Coding agent (Cursor) caused a database to be deleted by a company's infrastructure provider. At the same time, the backups were also deleted by the infrastructure provider because they had linked … Continue reading
Are there issues with Outlook.com on iOS and other clients?
There has been an issue with Outlook.com for several hours now, affecting North America for certain and likely Europe as well. Regarding the outage: Users are experiencing intermittent difficulties logging in to the Outlook.com service, which is preventing them from … Continue reading
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
The GitHub Disaster on April 23, 2026 – Who broke It?
Outages on GitHub are piling up, the GitHub team is frustrated, and Microsoft is piling on with Copilot. Then, on April 23, 2026, am "incident" randomly destroyed GitHub repositories during commit operation. On GitHub there is now a Incident with … Continue reading
MC1269861: Deleted OneDrive files do not always go to the Recycle Bin
[German]Another update from April 3, 2026, affecting Microsoft OneDrive users. On that date, Microsoft announced that starting in May 2026, files deleted from the OneDrive cloud will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin. However, recovery via the OneDrive … Continue reading
Microsoft Outlook (2019, 2021, 365): Unable to connect to Exchange Online mailboxes
[German]A quick question for users and administrators who are still using Microsoft Outlook 2019 (support for Office 2019 expired in October 2025). I've received a report that it's currently no longer possible to connect to Exchange Online mailboxes. There have … Continue reading
Exchange Online: Permission change on "Public Folders" is denied
[German]A question for all Exchange Online tenant administrators. Are you currently still able to set or change permissions for public folders? A blog reader contacted me because he's been having trouble with his tenant for the past few days—he can't … Continue reading
Microsoft 365 Local and Azure Local available
[German]Microsoft started to offer Microsoft 365 Local to customers who operate an Azure Local infrastructure. This is a scenario in which the Office 365 apps run on the local Azure structure. It's a strategy to hold up the move to … Continue reading