Category Archives: Office

Does Microsoft Office 365 install itself automatically over Office 2016/2019?

[German]Users of Microsoft Office 2016 or 2019 may be facing a very messy problem. A reader pointed out to me that on two of his systems, the Office 2019 installation had suddenly been replaced by Office 365. Doing a quick … Continue reading

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Microsoft is upgrading parts of Office 2016/2019 to Office 365 …

[German]Quick note/question for readers who use Microsoft Office with a perpetual license. I got reports, that an April 2023 update has changed in the name for the Office update page, saying now, that the app is receiving Office 365  updates. … Continue reading

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Microsoft 365: Email and calendar issues in Outlook 2303 (Build 16227.20212) confirmed

[German]Microsoft confirmed issues with the latest Outlook version 2303 (build 16227.20212) last week. Users will not be able to view or access Microsoft 365 group calendars and email messages in Outlook Desktop after updating to this version, which will be … Continue reading

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Microsoft April 2023 Patchday issues

[English]As of April 11, 2023, Microsoft has implemented security updates for various Microsoft products on the monthly patch day. There was sporadic feedback from readers pointing out minor problems. I will summarize various messages in the comments of the readers … Continue reading

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Microsoft integrates ai.exe in Office 365; an explanation; and some trouble

[German]I am taking up an issue that has been brought to my attention several times now by blog readers and concerns users of Microsoft Office. Since "recently", attentive users have noticed that there is suddenly a program ai.exe on their … Continue reading

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

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 11, 2023)

[German]On April 11, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. The April 2023 patchday ends support for Office 2013, and two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 11, 2023)

[German]On April 11, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates fix 97 CVE vulnerabilities, seven of which are critical and one is a 0-day vulnerability. … Continue reading

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MS OneNote will block 120 dangerous file types in future

[German]Microsoft is reacting to the fact that OneNote is now being abused as a malware sling for systems. The application is supposed to block 120 dangerous file types in the future, so that they can no longer be abused for … Continue reading

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Is the Search in Outlook for Microsoft 365 broken? (March 2023)

[German]A short note and also a question to the readers for those affected. I have information that the search no longer works for Outlook users from the circle of Microsoft 365 customers. Microsoft is aware of the problem, but nothing … Continue reading

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Microsoft Guidelines for investigating attacks using CVE-2023-23397

[German]Microsoft is not getting any rest because of the critical Outlook vulnerability CVE-2023-23397. Even though there was a patch as of March 14, 2023, the vulnerability is not 100 percent closed. Late last week, Microsoft published an article to help … Continue reading

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