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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 13, 2025)
[German]On May 13, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 71 vulnerabilities (CVEs), seven of which were classified as 0-day. Five vulnerabilities have already been … Continue reading
Outlook fails with error [4usqa] since May 2025
[English]Redmond has probably deactivated its "Microsoft Information Protection API" in the tenants. As a result, Microsoft Outlook no longer works, but throws the error [4usqa]. Here is a brief overview of the situation.
Outlook 365: CPU spikes will be fixed "soon"
[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook Classic have been plagued by high CPU load peaks (e.g. when typing texts) for months. After Microsoft acknowledged this problem with Office 365 (from version 2406, build 17726.20126), there is now also a schedule for a … Continue reading
Microsoft 365 Issues (Outlook Login) on April 24, 2025?
[German]Question for the Microsoft 365 administrators and users among our readers: Are there more sign-in problems with Outlook login or access today?
MS365 apps prompt for data backup in OneDrive; two GPOs for OneDrive are removed
[German]I'll pull out two topics separately that became known about Microsoft OneDrive a few days ago. Microsoft is rolling out an update that causes the Office applications from Microsoft 365 to prompt users to back up files to OneDrive (known … Continue reading
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 ...
Office 365: Microsoft will deactivate ActiveX by default
[German]A small addendum from the last few weeks. On April 11, 2025, Microsoft announced that support for ActiveX components would be deactivated by default in Microsoft 365 (i.e. Office 365).
Outlook 365: Microsoft confirms CPU spikes while typing
[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook Classic have been plagued for months by CPU load spikes when typing texts. Microsoft has now acknowledged this problem with Office 365 (from version 2406, build 17726.20126).
Update KB5002623 with fixes for Office 2016 crashes available via WSUS (April 15, 2025)
[German]Update KB5002700 for Microsoft Office 2016 (MSI installation) released on April 8, 2025, crashes in Excel, Outlook and Word 2016. On April 10, 2025 Microsoft has released an out-of-band update KB5002623 to fix that crashed. On April 15, 2025, Microsoft … Continue reading
Office 2016 update KB5002623 fixes crashes in Excel, Outlook, Word (April 10, 2025)
[German]With the Office 2016 update KB5002700 from April 8, 2025, users are facing problems with Office 2016 applications. The update caused crashes in Excel, Outlook and Word. On April 10, 2025, Microsoft released the KB5002623 update for Office 2016, which … Continue reading
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Tagged fix, issues, Office 2016, Patchday 4.2025, Update
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Microsoft 365 Family subscription reported as "cancelled" (April 10, 2025)
[German]If your Microsoft 365 Family subscription is currently "jerking", it could be Microsoft again. At the very least, Microsoft has stated that it is aware of a problem with "Microsoft 365 Family subscriptions". Specifically, there are more and more reports … Continue reading