Category Archives: Office

Microsoft 365 is coming for consumers

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella indicated last week in an interview with journalists that Microsoft 365 will also be available for consumers (i.e. outside corporate environments).

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January 2019 patchday issues

[German]The updates Microsoft released on January 8, 2019, are causing major issues with Windows and other applications. Here's a summary of what I've seen over the last few days.

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Outlook: "external content is not allowed in secure email"

[German]Users of Outlook 2010 to 2016 may face the problem that they suddenly see the message "External content is not allowed in secure mail" when they access e-mail. It's not a bug, it's a feature – a couple of days … Continue reading

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (January 8, 2019)

[German]As of January 8, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 8, 2019)

[German]As of January 8, 2019, Microsoft released several security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Below is a compact overview of these updates and some notes.

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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 ...


Office 2010 Updates for January 2019 has been pulled

[German]Welcome to 2019 – especially for Microsoft's customers, who are relating to updates. Noting new this year: Microsoft has pulled the four updates issued for Office 2010 on January 2, 2019, to enable the new Japanese calendar.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (January 2, 2019)

[German]For the first Tuesday of the month (Office Patchday), Microsoft has released some non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016 on January 2, 2019.

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Beware of mistyped domain name ofice.com/myaccount

[German]At the end of the year a brief security warning to Office users who try to log on to their Microsoft Office account. A small typo, and you're already trapped, because Microsoft has failed to register the domain ofice [dot] … Continue reading

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Office 365: Search audit log properties documented

A brief not to administrators of Office 365 environments dealing with search audits. The results of a search audit log from the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center can be exported and saved as a CSV file. Microsoft recently documented … Continue reading

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Rule your inbox with Microsoft Cloud App Security

[German]In a tech community article, Microsoft explains how Microsoft Cloud App Security can be used to protect e-mail accounts against hostile takeover.

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