Category Archives: Office

Microsoft Office Updates with fix for Excel bug (September 6, 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-07 by guenni

[German]As of September 6, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. This month, there are updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016, fixing an Excel issue that … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office: Macro execution blocked for security reasons, when accessing Access ACCDB databases via IP address

Posted on 2022-09-05 by guenni

[German]Recently, a problem was reported to me by Tobias Migge. The problem: Customers or users get "suddenly" the error that macros are blocked for security reasons when accessing backend ACDB databases via IP address, which are located on a server. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365 App: Connection issues (since Aug. 17, 2022) due to Tenable security tool?

Posted on 2022-09-02 by guenni

[German]Since August 17, 2022, Microsoft Cloud users have been suffering from issues when using Microsoft 365 Apps. Users are unable to log in and receive errors. I had already reported in the German blog post Microsoft Cloud-Störungen 17. – 23. … Continue reading →

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Office 365: Outlook suddenly requests password (August 29, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-29 by guenni

[German]A quick question for the administrators among the readers. I just received an e-mail from a reader whose customers suddenly (i.e. probably since the weekend) want a Microsoft Outlook password. What is at issue: Does this only affect the systems … Continue reading →

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Outlook: Advertising for Office 365 in mobile apps, anger over new Windows layout

Posted on 2022-08-24 by guenni

[German]Small addendum and summary of two issues with which Microsoft is currently annoying users of Microsoft Outlook. First, users of the Outlook app for Android and iOS receive ads for Office 365. In addition, there is quite a bit of … Continue reading →

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

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Microsoft: Workaround for Outlook crash; rollback of Microsoft 365 to version 2205

Posted on 2022-08-12 by guenni

[German]Users of Microsoft Office products beware. Microsoft has commented on a crash bug in Outlook (I reported recently) and published a workaround. In addition, Microsoft 365 had to be rolled back from version 2206 to version 2205 due to app … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365 Version 2206 version 2206: New bug in Monthly Channel (August 2022) crashes in apps

Posted on 2022-08-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has just confirmed a bug in Microsoft 365 apps version 2206 in a ticket. The bug causes crashes in Office apps when performing certain operations. The issue occurs in Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise in the Monthly Channel. Addendum: … Continue reading →

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (August 9, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-11 by guenni

[German]On August 9, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. However, there is collateral damage for Excel 2013. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Issue with Excel 2013 Update KB5002242 (August 9, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-10 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released security update KB5002242 for Excel 2013 on August 9, 2022 (Patchday). The patch is supposed to eliminate both a vulnerability and a bug in this Excel version. However, there is feedback from readers on the blog that … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 9, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-10 by guenni

[German]On August 9, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. The security updates also eliminate 118 vulnerabilities, 17 of which are critical and two … Continue reading →

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