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Microsoft Office: cloud.microsoft is now the start page for web apps (Feb. 2025)
[German]The home pages of the web apps for Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.) can now be accessed via the new domain cloud.microsoft. Microsoft is thus implementing an announcement made in 2023.
Microsoft Office tries to connect and block aprimocdn.net
[German]Once again a somewhat strange observation from the readership. I have received a report that Microsoft Office has recently been trying to prevent access to the domain aprimocdn.net. It seems to be a security issue, as can be seen from … Continue reading
Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (February 4 and 11, 2025)
[German]On February 11, 2025 (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. Updates were also released for February 4, … Continue reading
Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 11, 2025)
[German]On February 11, 2025, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – and for other products. The security updates eliminate 55 vulnerabilities (CVEs), three of which are classified as critical and four as 0-day. Below is … Continue reading
Currently massive Outlook / Exchange Online problems (Feb. 2025)?
[German]A quick question for users of Microsoft Outlook with a connection to Exchange Online. Have there been more and more problems with Microsoft Outlook in recent days, with it no longer responding or working extremely slowly?
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 ...
Are contacts are suddenly deleted in Microsoft 365?
[German]I have recently received an information from a blog reader who is struggling with the fact that some of his users' Microsoft 365 accounts are sporadically deleting contacts.
Microsoft 365: Annoying advertising for Python in Excel —
[German]Microsoft just can't help itself and is forcing its business customers in Microsoft 365 to advertise Python in Excel. An administrator among the blog readers pointed this out to me (thanks for that).
Microsoft 365: Outlook for Mac loses access to Exchange On-Premises from October
[German]Brief information or reminder for administrators whose users are using macOS and rely on Microsoft 365 applications. Legacy support for Outlook on the Mac will expire in October 2025. This has implications if Outlook is to access mailboxes from on-premises … Continue reading
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Microsoft Office 365: Ricoh Scan error "Cannot connect to SMTP server"
[German]It currently that users of multifunction printers with a scan function that use a connection to a Microsoft Office 365 SMTP server are running into issues with certain devices. Users of Ricoh devices are receiving "Cannot connect to SMTP server" … Continue reading
Outlook: Temporary fix for crashes when writing mails
[German]Classic Outlook version 2412 (build 18324.20168) can crash when creating a new email or forwarding emails. Microsoft introduced a temporary fix on January 17, 2025 and plans to solve the problem with an update at the end of the month.