Category Archives: Cloud

Exchange Online: Client Access Rules (CARs) supported until Sept. 2024

[German]A short note for administrators who are responsible for Exchange Online in companies and have used Client Access Rules (CARs) so far. Actually, the support for CARs should expire – but Microsoft announced a few days ago an extension of … Continue reading

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AlienFox: Toolkit to compromise email and web hosting services in the cloud

[German]AlienFox is a toolkit for compromising email and web hosting services. This toolkit is highly modular, comes in multiple versions, and attempts to exploit misconfigurations in the cloud to grab credentials for services such as AWS, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, … Continue reading

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Citrix Cloud Connector May 2023 upgrade requires new DigiCert G4 root and intermediate certificates

[German]Brief note for administrators who are responsible for the deployment of the Citrix Cloud Connector. Normally, there is no need to worry about an update of this connector. However, in early May 2023, there is a connector update that administrators … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365: Outlook.com can't send/receive mails, due to reaching Microsoft's OneDrive file limit

[German]Nasty surprise for Microsoft 365 users who use Microsoft's Outlook.com email service. Users of the free email service may suddenly find that they can no longer receive or send mails. The reason given for the Outlook.com going on strike is … Continue reading

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Google Dropcam and Nest Secure reaches End of Live on April 8, 2024

[German]Bad news for users of Google's home automation products like the Nest Thermostats, the Dropcam camera or the Google Secure solutions. Google has announced that their support will be discontinued on April 4, 2024. The solutions in question will then … Continue reading

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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 ...


Issues with new 365 tenant/accounts – Migration Exchange 2013 to Exchange Online

[German]This month, support for Microsoft Exchange 2013 expires, so administrators are facing a switch to Exchange 2019 or Exchange Online. A blog reader emailed me the other day because he ran into problems when migrating customers from Microsoft Exchange 2013 … Continue reading

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Windows365 Frontline introduced

[German]Microsoft has just unveiled its Windows365 Frontline – a Windows 11-based system streamed from the cloud. The system is designed to offer a personalized Windows that can be deployed and managed via Microsoft Intune alongside cloud PCs and physical devices. … Continue reading

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Citrix Workspace App 2203: MSEdgewebview2 causes high resource usage and performance issues

[German]Brief note for administrators of Citrix Workspace App 2203: Build 2203 of the Citrix Workspace App in question seems to cause high resource utilization and thus performance problems under Windows. [Addendum: It's not clear to me, if version 2203 LTSC … Continue reading

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Bi(n)gBang: Microsoft Azure vulnerability allows Bing search hijacking and Office 365 data theft

[German]A nice case about the risk of the cloud. Microsoft 's Azure may have allowed a misconfiguration of some apps or services. As a result, attackers could potentially inject malicious code into Bing search results pages to manipulate them. It … Continue reading

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Deprecated Remote PowerShell gets reprieve in Exchange Online

[German]To force administrators of Exchange instances to the more secure PowerShell v3 modules, Microsoft plans to discontinue Remote PowerShell (RPS) in Exchange Online. It was supposed to be disabled for all customers starting June 2023 – and already on April … Continue reading

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