Category Archives: Cloud

Outlook authentication issues with Microsoft cloud fixed?

[German]Microsoft has just announced that they have fixed an issue with classic Outlook authentication in Microsoft 365. Here is some information.

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Exchange Online Service disruption (30.4. – 1.5.2020)

[German]Brief info: Blog reader Andreas P. informed me by mail about service disruptions at Exchange Online that started end of April and still continues on May 1, 2020.

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Microsoft disables OneDrive thumbnails

[German]Microsoft has now also started to reduce the data traffic associated with the OneDrive online storage. Since a few days no preview images are displayed on macOS and Windows for several file types on synchronized local OneDrive files.

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Disabling Exchange Online Basic Authentication in 2021

[German]In view of the corona crisis, Microsoft has postponed his announced plans, to retire the basic authentication of Exchange Online in autumn 2020. This authentication will now be switched off in the second half of 2021 at the earliest.

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SharePoint/OneDrive for Business was disturbed (03/31/2020)

[German]As of March 31, 2020 there was a service disruption affecting both SharePoint and OneDrive for Business. Blog reader Andreas P. informed me this morning by e-mail about these disruptions. It looks as if the throttling measures of Microsoft have … Continue reading

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

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Microsoft Cloud exhausted by Covid 19 consequences

[German]Microsoft has been literally overrun with its cloud infrastructure due to the lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. The wave of new home office users increases the cloud usage by 775 percent.

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Temporary restrictions for MS Teams, OneNote, Office365

[German]After the increase in home office sessions as part of the corona crisis led to functional issues in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft is reducing now the functionality of its Microsoft 365 online services.

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Microsoft throttles non-essential Office 365 features

[German]Microsoft has announced a reduction in non-essential Office 365 features in response to increased online usage of its cloud solutions. This is to ensure the availability of Office 365.

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Azure & Xbox Live outage?

[German]Currently there seem to be issues or a failure with Microsoft Azure, at least in the USA. The Xbox Live service is also affected by this – and this in times of Coronavirus, where people are supposed to stay at … Continue reading

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Azure-Learning Repository

[German]David das Neves has  pointed me some days to ago to a repository he has put together with training materials about Microsoft Azure. Here are some hints.

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