Category Archives: Office

Outlook: Temporary fix for problems with encrypted e-mail replies

[German]Microsoft Outlook seems to have issues with encrypted emails. Reply emails that are encrypted can then no longer be read by the recipient. The problem seems to have existed since the beginning of May 2024, as I saw in a … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Updates (May 14, 2024)

[German]On May 14, 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 (May 14, 2024)

[German]On May 14, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office and for other products. The security updates fix 49 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were … Continue reading

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Azure Entra ID: Microsoft confirms issues with Single Sign On (SSO)

[German]Administrators have been complaining for some time about sporadic problems with Single Sign On (SSO) under Microsoft's Azure Entra ID. Users are then sporadically unable to log in to their Microsoft 365 apps. Now there seems to be confirmation from … Continue reading

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Authentificator mandatory for Microsoft Office?

[German]Once again, I brought a topic out of the "crypt" that I had already addressed here in the blog at the end of March 2024. A blog reader contacted me at the end of April 2024 and asked whether there … Continue reading

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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 ...


End of support for Office 2016 and 2019 in October 2025

[German]Brief information for Office users and administrators. Microsoft has remind its users recently once again that support for its Microsoft Office versions 2016 and 2019 will end in October 2025. The same applies to the associated Productivity Server, i.e. administrators … Continue reading

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Office 365: After Office updates new option 'Update license' since March 2024

[German]After the March 2024 updates, a user contacted me because he was prompted to update his license in Microsoft Office 365. The topic has been left lying around for a while, but I'm including it here in the blog – … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office LTSC 2024: Preview available for macOS and Windows

[German]A short addendum or information for administrators in companies who are responsible for Microsoft Office. There will be a Microsoft Office 2024 in 2024, and a preview was announced for April 2024 (see Microsoft Office Office 2024 and Microsoft Office … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Updates (April 9, 2024)

[German]On April 9, 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 (April 9, 2024)

[German]On April 9, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products. The security updates address 147 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on … Continue reading

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