Category Archives: Software

Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 12, 2020)

[German]On May 12, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates.

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Belkin shuts down Wemo NetCam Server at May 29, 2020

[German]Wemo-Netcam surveillance cameras will literally be useless after May 29, 2020. The reason: provider Belkin will switch off the Wemo NetCam servers at this time. The cameras are then effectively bricked and are electronic scrap.

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Security Update: Chromium Edge 81.0.416.72

[German]Microsoft released a security update for the Chromium Edge browser on 7 May 2020 (see ADV200002). Edge 81.0.416.72 fixes the highly rated vulnerabilities CVE-2020-6831 and CVE-2020-6464 (no details are available for either CVE). The new Chromium Edge can be downloaded … Continue reading

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Thunderbird 68.8.0 released

[German]The developers of the e-mail client Thunderbird released version 68.8.0 on 5 May 2020. This is a maintenance update for the 68 main version of the e-mail client, which corrects some bugs, but also contains security fixes.

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MS-Teams on Windows Server: Keep an eye on your RAM

[German]Brief information for administrators who are responsible for Windows servers and have Microsoft teams (Citrix, RDS, VDI) in use. Keep an eye on virtual memory, teams are a memory hog.

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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 ...


What is new about Microsoft SQL Server 2019?

In November 2019 Microsoft released its SQL Server 2019. If you want to inform yourself about the new features in Microsoft SQL-Server 2019, I have something for you.

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Intel Driver Support Assistant (DSA) drops scan error

[German]A German blog reader recently contacted me by mail and reported issues with the Intel Driver Support Assistant during scanning. I decided to publish a small blog post about it.

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Records Management in Microsoft 365

Short information for administrators in the area of Microsoft 365: Microsoft has announced its one records management solution as of April 30, 2020. This enables regulatory, legal and business critical records to be managed across enterprise data. Details can be … Continue reading

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Sysmon v11.0 from Sysinternals tools released

[German]Microsoft employee Mark Russinovich released his Sysinternals tool Sysmon in version 11.0 on April 28, 2020. Here is some information about it. And also a look how the whole thing looks like from a security point of view.

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PowerToys 0.17 with Auto Update released

[German]Microsoft released version 0.17 of PowerToys for Windows 10 users a few hours ago. These tools are free and offer nice additional features for Windows 10. The new version 0.17 includes the code for an auto-update for the tools, but … Continue reading

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