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Category Archives: Cloud
MO682702: Microsoft 365 suite disruption, teams affected (10/20/2023)
[German]On October 20, 2023, Microsoft 365 suite experienced a disruption. Users in Europe were unable to access several Microsoft 365 services or experienced loss of functionality. In particular, MS Teams users were affected and were unable to send messages, receive … Continue reading
Windows Server 2022: Update KB5031364 installs Azure Arc Setup
[German]Microsoft is using security update KB5031364 from October 10, 2023, once again to ship bloatware to Windows Server 2022 and causing frustration on the administrators side, struggling with an unwanted feature. People were quite surprised when an icon for Azure … Continue reading
Exchange Online: Microsoft deaktiviert Spam-Regel, die alles als Junk-Mail betrachtet hat (EX682041)
[German]Exchange Online administrators may have received a number of copies of their users' outgoing emails classified as spam in the last few hours. The cause was a spam rule causing false-positive spam notifications. Microsoft has confirmed the whole thing as … Continue reading
Exchange Online: Incident EX680695 (Oct. 11, 2023)
As of October 11, 2023, Exchange Online has experienced a severe mail traffic disruption. Several readers reported problems receiving emails from external email addresses. Microsoft has confirmed the incident and claims to have already rolled out a fix. Spoiler: They … Continue reading
OneDrive: Photos in albums don't count double in storage consumption after all (Oct. 2023)
[German]Microsoft has made an U turn on a recent announcement that photos in albums on OnDrive would be counted twice in storage usage. The latest statement is that photos in albums will not be added to storage capacity if the … 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 ...
UK competition authority CMA launches market investigation into cloud services
[German]The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a market investigation into cloud services in the UK. Following an investigation by Ofcom, the aim is to examine in more detail whether there are any competition concerns and, if so, … Continue reading
Philips Hue lights require cloud account from 2024
[German]User of a "smart" Philips Hue light will have to create an account from 2024 to be able to control the gadgets in question via app. Philips had recently introduced a new security system and also promised support for the … Continue reading
Cloud withdrawal saves 37signals millions of US dollars
[German]The cloud is expensive and sometimes useless – the cloud-first strategy of some providers, which has lured users en masse to such offerings, is leading them into cost traps. Now US company 37signals has pulled the emergency brake after having … Continue reading
Exchange Online: Retirement of Exchange Web Services (EWS) after October 1, 2026
[German]Note to Exchange Online administrators. Microsoft has just announced in a blog post that it will discontinue Exchange Web Services (EWS) on October 1, 2026. All communication will then have to be done via Microsoft Graph from that date. So … Continue reading
Data leak: Microsoft AI researchers lose 38 TBytes of internal data via GitHub/Azure cloud storage
[German]Next data leak and security incident at Microsoft: Security researchers at Wiz have stumbled upon 38 terabytes of private internal data stored on an Azure Cloud Store instance via a public Microsoft AI GitHub repository. Access was enabled by a … Continue reading