Category Archives: Office

Workaround for Outlook 365 crash (Aug. 2024) published by Microsoft

[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook 365 (version 2407 build 17830.20138 and higher) occasionally report that the application crashes. This is caused by corrupted, server-based rules for the Microsoft 365 email account. Microsoft has now published a workaround to temporarily fix this … Continue reading

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Has Microsoft fixed update error code 30088-27 in Office Click2Run?

[German]Since July 2024, users reported increasingly that the update function of Microsoft Office Click2Run installations is broken. Error code 30088-27 is reported when trying to update Office. A blog reader got in touch and gave some hints as to what … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Updates (August 13, 2024)

[German]On August 13, 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 (August 13, 2024)

[German]On August 13, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 88 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including seven critical vulnerabilities, 10 of which are classified as 0-day … Continue reading

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Warning about Microsoft Office spoofing vulnerability CVE-2024-38200

[German]Microsoft has published a warning of an unpatched spoofing vulnerability CVE-2024-38200 on August 8, 2024 (with update on August 10, 2024). The vulnerability is included in all Office versions (Office 2016 – 2021, Office 365).

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

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Office Updates from August 6, 2024

[German]Small addendum from Tuesday this week. On August 6, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016. I'll summarize some information about these updates here in the blog.

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Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage available

[German]Microsoft has just announced the general availability of its Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage solutions. Microsoft 365 Backup allows you to back up and restore data from OneDrive, SharePoint and Exchange.

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Office 365: Teams connectors can now be used until December 2025

[German]Brief information update for Microsoft Office 365 administrators who use the connector for Microsoft Teams. This was actually due to expire on August 15, 2024 and then stop working on October 1, 2024. After massive protests from customers, Microsoft wants … Continue reading

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Administrative template files (Microsoft 365, Office) July 2024

[German]Microsoft has published updated administrative template files for Microsoft 365 including various Microsoft Office versions as of July 16, 2024. These can be used in corporate environments to manage functionality and settings via group policies.

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New Outlook for Windows generally available from August 1, 2024

[German]The preview phase of the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows will end on August 1, 2024. The client in question will then be generally available for commercial accounts. However, users can still use the classic Outlook client, as the new … Continue reading

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