Category Archives: Cloud

Does iCloud for Windows breaks video downloads and shows other people's photos

Posted on 2022-11-28 by guenni

[German]There are isolated reports of users complaining that they are shown unknown photos and broken videos using Apple's iCloud for Windows. The assumption is that this content comes from other users' accounts. Affected users  use iCloud for Windows to download … Continue reading →

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German data protection conference 2022 says Microsoft 365 still not GDPR compliant

Posted on 2022-11-27 by guenni

[German]The use of Microsoft 365 (including Office 365) is still not compliant with European general data protection rules (GDPR). Anyone using the product is breaching European GDPR law – at least as far as the standard configuration specified by Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Free Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace banned from France's schools

Posted on 2022-11-23 by guenni

[German]The French Ministry of Education has banned the use of free office solutions with US cloud connections such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace in French schools. The reason given for this is data protection concerns, as the offerings in … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office Online Server: Unfixed RCE vulnerability

Posted on 2022-11-13 by guenni

[German]As of November 8, 2022, Microsoft has released security updates for its Office Online servers to close vulnerabilities in Word and Excel. According to my information, a vulnerability exists (Server-Side Request Forgery, SSRF, to RCE, Remote Code Execution) that Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Adobe asks Creative Cloud user for an additional Pantone subscription to use Pantone Color books

Posted on 2022-11-03 by guenni

[German]Users who use Pantone color palettes (color charts) in files created with Adobe products will need a subscription to Pantone when using Adobe Creative Cloud in the future. Otherwise, only black colors will be displayed in corresponding documents, because Adobe … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Instagram has issues on Oct. 31, 2022 – Helloween?

Posted on 2022-10-31 by guenni

[German]The platform Instagram, which belongs to Meta (Facebook), seems to have technical problems. Users cannot log in or receive a message that their Instagram account is deactivated.

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Windows 10 (20H2-22H2): October Update KB5018410 causes OneDrive crashes/issues

Posted on 2022-10-29 by guenni

[German]Small addendum to the October 2022 patchday: The security update KB5018410 rolled out for Windows 10 version 20H2-22H2 turns out to be a real problem bear. Back on October 17, Microsoft had to roll out a special update to fix … Continue reading →

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Issues with OneDrive for Business Sync Client caused by update KB5018410 (Oct. 22, 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-22 by guenni

[German]Microsoft  is currently reporting various issues with the OneDrive for Business Sync Client. These range from problems when logging off, to the synchronization of a Teams website that does not end, to the problem that the OneDrive for Business Sync … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365 App: Connection issues (since Aug. 17, 2022) due to Tenable security tool?

Posted on 2022-09-02 by guenni

[German]Since August 17, 2022, Microsoft Cloud users have been suffering from issues when using Microsoft 365 Apps. Users are unable to log in and receive errors. I had already reported in the German blog post Microsoft Cloud-Störungen 17. – 23. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft changes cloud licensing in the EU on Oct. 1, 2022

Posted on 2022-08-30 by guenni

[German]On October 1, 2022, Microsoft will change its licensing terms for its cloud offerings in Europe. These changes are intended to make it easier for cloud service providers to compete with Microsoft. This is probably a reaction to complaints about … Continue reading →

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