Category Archives: Office

Excel 2016 can no longer load add-ins after Nov. 2024 update KB5002653

Posted on 2024-11-14 by guenni

[German]On November 12, 2024, Microsoft released the security update KB5002653 for Microsoft Excel 2016 (MSI version) to close various vulnerabilities. After installing the update, add-ins can no longer be loaded. Advertising

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (November 12, 2024)

Posted on 2024-11-14 by guenni

[German]On November 12, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (November 12, 2024)

Posted on 2024-11-13 by guenni

[German]On November 12, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 87 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including four critical vulnerabilities, four of which are classified as 0-day … Continue reading →

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Windows: Mail app will no longer work from December 31, 2024

Posted on 2024-11-11 by guenni

[German]Brief information for users of Windows 10 (and possibly Windows 11) who are still using the "Mail and Calendar" app as their email client. Microsoft has started the transition to the new Outlook app. Anyone holding on to the old … Continue reading →

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Script to prevent forced switch from Classic Outlook to New Outlook

Posted on 2024-11-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft wants to switch certain Microsoft 365 user groups from Outlook Classic to the new Outlook app from the beginning of 2025. A reader has written a "remediation script" to prevent this. I'll present it here, maybe someone can use … Continue reading →

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

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Migration from Outlook Classic to New Outlook starts for business customers at the beginning of 2025

Posted on 2024-11-08 by guenni

[German]Microsoft plans to migrate business customers from classic Outlook to the new Outlook app from beginning of 2025. This has been announced in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (MessageID MC926895). However, administrators can prevent this via a policy. Advertising

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iOS Outlook app: Sync to Exchange broken (Oct 25, 2024)

Posted on 2024-10-27 by guenni

[German]Since October 25, 2024, there seems to be a fault with Microsoft Exchange (on-premises), which means that the Outlook app for iOS no longer performs synchronization. I have received a user report and the problem is being discussed on the … Continue reading →

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Outlook 365: Issues sending mails (Oct 22, 2024) and more bugs

Posted on 2024-10-24 by guenni

[German]Quick question for administrators and users of Microsoft 365 installations. Have there been problems with sending emails since October 22, 2024? I have received corresponding reports. There are also a number of known and unknown problems for October 2024. I … Continue reading →

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Trouble with the new Outlook app: forced update and sluggish behavior?

Posted on 2024-10-19 by guenni

[German]Quickly asked about the status of the switch to the new Outlook app. There is an indication that the last Windows 10 update from October 2024 will carry out a forced update. And there was feedback that the new Outlook … Continue reading →

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Word bug fix: Documents with # or capital letters in the name were deleted

Posted on 2024-10-11 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from October 8, 2024 – on this date, Microsoft fixed a bug in certain versions of Word that caused documents with a # in the file name or capital letters in the file name extension to be deleted … Continue reading →

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