Category Archives: Office

Microsoft 365: Login error 700003

Posted on 2024-03-14 by guenni

[German]A quick question for Microsoft 365 users and administrators. Do you face temporary sign in issues with Microsoft 365 in the relevant office apps since March 10, 2024? A reader contacted me by email and reported corresponding issues. On Monday, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office Updates (March 12, 2024)

Posted on 2024-03-14 by guenni

[German]On March 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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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 12, 2024)

Posted on 2024-03-12 by guenni

[German]On March 12, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – and for other products. The security updates eliminate 73 vulnerabilities (CVEs), two of which are 0-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited. Below is … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Outlook RCE vulnerability CVE-2024-21378; patched in February 2024

Posted on 2024-03-12 by guenni

[German]On February 13, 2024, the remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2024-21378 in Microsoft Outlook was also closed with the security updates. As of March 11, 2024, an in-depth analysis of the vulnerability has now been published, as I saw in a … Continue reading →

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EU data protection authority says: EU Commission violates GDPR with Microsoft 365

Posted on 2024-03-12 by guenni

[German]Monday, March 11, 2024, the European Data Protection Supervisors (EDPS) publicly stated in a report that the European Commission has violated its own (data protection) regulations when using Microsoft 365. The EDPB panel has instructed the EU Commission to stop … Continue reading →

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Road map for new Outlook app; classic Outlook supported up to 2029

Posted on 2024-03-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has presented last week a road map for the provision of the new Outlook app for commercial users. As soon as the new Outlook app is generally available, business users can opt out to remain with classic Outlook. This … Continue reading →

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Office Updates March 5, 2024

Posted on 2024-03-05 by guenni

[German]On March 5, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016 and Excel. Here is some information about this update. Advertising

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Outlook 365 message "Windows search module disabled", Windows Server 2022, terminal server environment (Feb. 2024)

Posted on 2024-03-03 by guenni

[German]I'm posting a problem here in the blog that was brought to my attention by a blog reader recently. The administrator in question is struggling with the fact that he keeps seeing the message "Windows search module deactivated" in Outlook … Continue reading →

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Outlook 365 version 2402: Broken Exchange ActiveSync connections fixed (Feb 28, 2024)

Posted on 2024-03-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft claims to have fixed the problem of broken Exchange ActiveSync connections under Outlook 365 version 2401 (Build 17231.20194) with the update to Office 365 version 2402 (Build 17328.20142) on February 28, 2024. I will therefore take it up separately … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office Updates (February 13, 2024)

Posted on 2024-02-15 by guenni

[German]On February 13, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016 and other products. A critical vulnerability in Outlook will be closed in February 2024. Below you will find an overview … Continue reading →

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