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Category Archives: Cloud
Authentication service OKTA hacked by Lapsus$?
[German]Extremely unpleasant story if the whole thing turns out to be true. According to a report, the provider OKTA is investigating a possible hack. Okta is a provider of authentication services in the cloud, so a successful hack could have … Continue reading
Major Apple iCloud outage: Calendar, iMessages, iTunes, TV (March 21, 2022)
[German]Apple is currently (March 21, 2022, 18:00 CET) experiencing a major disruption of its cloud services, that is probably affecting the entire world. Many Apple services from the cloud such as iCloud Calendar, iCloud Mail, iTunes Store, Apple Music, Radio … Continue reading
Outlook.com: "Sync Email" settings error "Unable to load these settings. Please try again later."(March 2022)
[Geman]A brief article about Microsoft's Outlook.com: There is a problem for users who want to collect mails from other email providers via Outlook.com. The feature in question has not been usable for some time now, with an error message stating … Continue reading
IT crisis: Russia to run out of storage space in 2 months
[German]The international sanctions against Russia are forced a withdrawal of US cloud providers, who are cancelling services for Russian customers. Now an IT crisis is looming in Russia, because the country is running out of storage for data. In an … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 2021/365: AutoSave only in the cloud
[German]Frequent users of Microsoft Office 2021 and Office 365 have probably already noticed this. The AutoSave function now only saves files from Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the cloud (on OneDrive or SharePoint). A local storage is probably no longer … 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 ...
Multi-cloud security and compliance – challenges and best practices
[German]Companies are heading to the cloud. This often involves multiple cloud providers. Multi-cloud strategies further complicate cloud security and compliance, as controls and policies must be applied consistently across multiple cloud environments. IT security firm Orca Security looked at cloud … Continue reading
admin.microsoft.com and Office 365 Admin Center down (Feb. 3, 2022)
[German]Microsoft's admin.microsoft.com sub-domain is down, which means that many admin centers for Microsoft services (Office 365, etc.) are no longer accessible. Here is a quick overview of what is known so far. Addendum: It seems to affect Europe, Middle East … Continue reading
Exchange Online down? (January 17, 2022)
Exchange Online has been down on January 17, 2022, where users have problems accessing their Exchange Online mailboxes and calendars. It seems to affect mainly the regions Australia, North America and Japan. But I also got reports from Europe and … Continue reading
Cloud outages 2021: When Akamai, Facebook and Amazon was down
[German]The year 2021 was characterized by many uncertainties and the return of the coronavirus infection wave. At the latest since the outbreak of the pandemic, terms such as Next Normal and digital user experience have entered the vocabulary of many … Continue reading
Issue in Exchange Online (14.12.2021)
Short message about Microsoft Exchange Online. Yesterday there seem to have been disturbances that affected users of Exchange Online. Mails that were supposed to be sent via Exchange Online are delayed or get stuck as draft or to be sent.