Category Archives: Office

Exchange Online service disruption? (August 11,-14, 2020)

[German]Since 11.8.2020 Microsoft has been experiencing a disruption in Exchange Online service. The service is occasionally disrupted in sub-functions (login, access). Blog reader Andreas P. has provided me with some information from the Dashboard for Administrators.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Support for Office services ends in October 2020 for older versions

[German]A short reminder for administrators and users who use Microsoft Office. Support for various Office services in older Office versions will end in October 2020. And for macOS, support for Microsoft Office 2016 will end.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (August 4, 2020)

[German]On August 4, 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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Does the Auto-Recovery of documents in Microsoft Office 2019 fail?

[German]Brief question in the round, if anybody has already noticed. Microsoft Office offers the Auto-Recovery of documents. However, this function is said to be a bug recently.

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

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Outlook issues: Crashes, deleted mails, slow start

[German]Currently, users of Outlook complain about various errors in the software. There are cases where the client needs up to one minute to start. Or there are crashes when certain pop mails are deleted. Here is a short overview of … Continue reading

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Sharepoint RCE vulnerability CVE-2020-1147 – Details now public, patch immediately

[German]A brief note for administrators in enterprises, who are responsible for Sharepoint installations. The details regarding an RCE vulnerability have now become public. It is important to patch the affected installations quickly.

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Office 365: TLS 1.0/1.1 support ends on Oct. 15, 2020

[German]Microsoft is now getting serious and will discontinue support for insecure TLS protocols in Office 365 on October 15, 2020. The step had been announced for a long time, but was postponed again due to coronavirus. Maybe the information is … Continue reading

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Outlook connection issues with Exchange Online (07/15/2020)

[German]As of July 15, 2020, Outlook users did not only have the problem that the application crashes due to an update. Some users were also no longer able to log on to Exchange Online with Outlook.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (July 14, 2020)

[German]On July 14, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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