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Category Archives: Office
Microsoft Office, the Cloud, Licenses and Security
[German]Companies using Office 365.com as a cloud solution may run into security issues if they have booked the 'wrong' license plan. This is because Microsoft keeps log files for a different period of time (90 days to 1 year) depending … Continue reading
Microsoft Office Patchday (March 2, 2020)
[German]On March 2, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office (this time only for Office 2016 and Skype for Business 2013) that are still supported.
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Exchange Server 2013: Issue with Security Update KB4536988
[German]When you install security update KB4536988 (Feb. 2020) to close the vulnerability CVE-2020-0688, Exchange Server 2013 may experience an issue that was described a year ago in Exchange Server 2016.
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Changes in Microsoft Office 365 Login/Authentication
[German]Microsoft has announced that it will soon revise the visual design of the login page for Office 365, Azure and Dynamics. And there will be major changes to Exchange Online authentication from October 13, 2020.
Attack to unpatched Exchange Servers (CVE-2020-0688)
[German]Attention Exchange Server Administrators – Cyber criminals are currently scanning the Internet for unpatched Exchange installations to exploit vulnerability CVE-2020-0688.
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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Security information for Linux and Exchange
[German]In this blog post I summarize some security information that has come to my attention in the last few hours. These are topics, for which I do not want to publish separate individual contributions in the blog. It is about … Continue reading
Office 365 ProPlus: No forced Bing search for Chrome
[German]It's a classic U turn: Microsoft now don't force Office 365 ProPlus customers to install a Bing search extension in Chrome browser, as it has been announced in mid January 2020.
Microsoft Security Update Summary (February 11, 2020)
[German]On February 11, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Flash, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates.
Outlook.com Premium Portal will be shutdown Feb. 2020
[German]A brief note for users of Outlook.com Premium that Microsoft will shutdown the associated portal End of February 2020. Personalized e-mail addresses will require an Office 365 Home or Premium subscription as of February 28, 2020.
Reactivate Microsoft Office Equation Editor 3.0
[German]On January 9, 2018, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office. Subsequently, users discovered that the formula editor was missing in Word or other Office modules. Here is some information and a solution how to get the Equation editor back.