Category Archives: Office

Microsoft Office Patchday (November 3, 2020)

[German]On November 3, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday) Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. Here is a brief overview.

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Office 365: Download fails (in ConfigMgr) after Oct. 2020 Updates

[German]Administrators (or users) who have installed the October 2020 updates (for Windows 10 and Windows Server pendants) are probably facing issues. ConfigMgr and other tools will (possibly) not be able to download files for Microsoft Office 365 updates afterwards. The … Continue reading

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End of support for Windows 10 and Office builds (October 2020 to May 2021)

[English]With the October 2020 patchday, the end of support for various Windows and Office products is approaching, which will soon no longer receive updates. Here is a brief overview of which products are no longer supported or have already reached … Continue reading

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Bug or Feature: Why Microsoft Office forcibly installed PWAs in Windows 10

[German]A little rumor why Windows 10 users have been forced to install PWAs for Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word in Windows 10 and have them pinned to the Start menu, even if an Office was installed In one sentence: The … Continue reading

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (October 13, 2020)

[German]As of October 13, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released various security relevant updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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

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Windows 10 shows suddenly installed Office Apps like Excel

[German]Quite a crude story that a German blog reader pointed out to me. Windows 10 behavior as a malware? On his Windows 10, entries for Microsoft Office apps like Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word suddenly appear, even though he said … Continue reading

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Microsoft revamps Office and Windows support pages

[German]Microsoft plans to redesign the support pages for Microsoft Office and Windows in the future. On the support pages Redmond will provide information about updates for the respective products.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (October 6, 2020)

[German]On October 6, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday) Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. Here is a brief overview.

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Office: Instabilities/crashes due to C2R and MSI parallel installation?

[German]A short note for administrators who try to run Office modules in their environment both as Click-n-Run and MSI installations. This can lead to unstable Office installations, as I just learned from feedback from blog readers.

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Virtualization: New Office versions as performance killers

[German]What about the performance of new versions of Microsoft Office? Every new version has a bigger foot print and feels more sluggish. I have just seen an interesting evaluation of VMware for Office in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments that … Continue reading

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