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Microsoft 365: Service degration (August 5, 2024)
[German]On August 5, 2024, there will be another disruption to Microsoft 365 features and services, which will probably affect various users worldwide. Microsoft has already confirmed the problem under MO851360 in the status area for MS 365 administrators. The effects … Continue reading
Cyber attack and bug cause of the Microsoft Cloud outage on 30.7.2024
[German]On July 30, 2024, there was a partial outage of Microsoft cloud services (Azure, Microsoft 365, etc.) worldwide. I had reported – but not all users were affected. Microsoft has now published a post-incident report and identified the initial causes. … Continue reading
Microsoft 365: Administrators no longer receive passwords by email; unlicensed accounts are archived
[German]A few more additions to Microsoft 365 in the last few days: Microsoft is burying the option for administrators to have a password sent to them by email when setting up or editing new Microsoft 365 user accounts. This option … Continue reading
Microsoft Entra / MS 365 down (July 30, 2024)
[German]Currently Microsoft is struggling with a hiccup in its cloud services. A reader informed me at around 2:29 pm (Central European Time) that Microsoft Entra had been unavailable since 2 hours. Here is a brief update on what is now … Continue reading
Windows Server: Confirmed that July 2024 updates will break Remote Desktop
[German]With the security updates that Microsoft rolled out for Windows on July 9, 2024, there are problems with remote connections. I have received some reports that the Remote Desktop Gateway service is broken and regularly crashes under some Windows versions … 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 ...
CrowdStrike: Investigation report; amount of damages and compensation; attribution of blame
[German]Now that the initial dust has settled after the CrowdStrike incident, which paralyzed 8.5 million Windows systems following a faulty update, new information has emerged. CrowdStrike has presented an initial investigation report into what exactly happened. There are initial figures … Continue reading
iOS: No access to Microsoft 365 in the Edge browser for some users (July 24, 2024)
[German]As of July 24, 2024, Microsoft has posted information in the Microsoft 365 admin dashboard that addresses resource issues that some iOS users are experiencing in the Edge browser. However, there is a workaround for this issue.
Microsoft confirms Bitlocker queries through Windows July 2024 updates
[German]On July 9, 2024, Microsoft released a series of security updates for Windows. For some users, this leads to a prompt for the Bitlocker recovery key appearing when booting. I had already reported on this for Windows 11. However, Microsoft … Continue reading
CrowdStrike analysis: Why an empty file led to BlueSceen
[German]On July 19, 2024, a faulty update of the CrowdStrike Falcon EDR software – specifically a file for a driver – caused millions of Windows computers worldwide to fail with a blue screen, while macOS and Linux systems were not … Continue reading
filefactory.com down? (July 22, 2024)
[German]FileFactory is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and share files. The provider advertises unlimited uploads and unlimited downloads. There are probably free offers and also subscriptions. But the filefactory.com site has been down since July 22, … Continue reading