Category Archives: General

TikTok gets fined 345 million by Irish data protection authority

[German]The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued its final decision regarding an investigation into TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) on September 1, 2023. The investigation examined whether the platform had complied with its obligations regarding the processing of children's personal data. … Continue reading

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Microsoft introduce the new Outlook for Windows in a video

Margie Clinton, Group Product Manager on the Outlook team, and Robert Novitskey, partner engineering manager for Outlook for Windows have provided an update on the new Outlook for Windows (app) via video. That's according to this Techcommunity post, where the … Continue reading

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Attention: Transcription APIs from teams will be chargeable from Sept. 1, 2023 onwards

[German]One more small warning, even if it's currently more likely to affect developers who use Microsoft's cloud stuff via API. There is a preview of the Teams transcription APIs, which can be used to create meeting transcripts and recordings using … Continue reading

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Changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 due to EU competition concerns

[German]The EU competition investigations underway against Microsoft seem to be having an effect. Suddenly, Redmond is announcing changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 to address European competition concerns. These changes will affect our Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites … Continue reading

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Windows 11: Microsoft has stopped aggressive Bing change advertising in Chrome

[German]Microsoft tried it again, and rolled out  a campgaign of aggressive ads for their Bing search engines to Google Chrome users on Windows 11. Could have been the reason why some people contacted me about the  obskure files BGAUpsell.EXE /BGAUpdate.exe … Continue reading

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Microsoft AI event on September 21, 2023 in New York

On September 21, 2023, Microsoft will hold an event in New York. I had not addressed the topic here in the blog, but has read first speculations of other media what will be shown at the event. Advertising

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EU Commission opens competition proceedings against Microsoft over Teams

[German]Now it's official what has been whispered behind closed doors by insiders for weeks. The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether Microsoft may have violated EU competition rules. At issue is Microsoft's communications and collaboration product Teams … Continue reading

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EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft for Teams bundling with Office 365

[German]It has already been whispered about for a week: The EU Competition Commission is investigating an antitrust complaint against Microsoft because of the Teams bundling with Office 365. On the one hand, competitor Slack had complained about Microsoft to the … Continue reading

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Microsoft requires additional licenses for Planner and To Do when auditing

[German]Microsoft has just made public a change that could affect users of Microsoft 365. Whoever evaluates audit events for Planner, Project and To Do in Purview Premium Auditing, needs appropriate (additional licenses). I stumbled across this issue by chance on … Continue reading

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AI is when ChatGPT gives you "valid keys" for Windows 10/11

[German]It's a little bit of fun that shows that Microsoft doesn't really have a handle on its AI solution ChatGPT (yet). What only Chinese bot farms have been able to do so far, could also be done with ChatGPT (or … Continue reading

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