Category Archives: Software

Exchange Online: Retirement of Exchange Web Services (EWS) after October 1, 2026

[German]Note to Exchange Online administrators. Microsoft has just announced in a blog post that it will discontinue Exchange Web Services (EWS) on October 1, 2026. All communication will then have to be done via Microsoft Graph from that date. So … Continue reading

Posted in Cloud, Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Edge 117.0.2045.35/36 (19. Sept. 2023)

[German]Microsoft first updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 117.0.2045.35 on September 19, 2023, and then to version 117.0.2045.36 shortly thereafter. The release notes here and here respectively state, "Fixed various bugs and performance issues for the … Continue reading

Posted in browser, Software, Update | Tagged | 1 Comment

Microsoft Security Update Summary (September 12, 2023)

[German]On September 12, 2023, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates fix 61 CVE vulnerabilities, two are 0-day vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these … Continue reading

Posted in Office, Security, Software, Update | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Microsoft introduce the new Outlook for Windows in a video

Margie Clinton, Group Product Manager on the Outlook team, and Robert Novitskey, partner engineering manager for Outlook for Windows have provided an update on the new Outlook for Windows (app) via video. That's according to this Techcommunity post, where the … Continue reading

Posted in General, Software | Tagged | Leave a comment

Thunderbird 115: Suddenly refuse to sync mMails from outlook.com

[German]Brief information for Thunderbird users, who observe the mail client suddenly can't sync mails from Microsoft accounts (hotmail.com or outlook.com etc.). A manual intervention is necessary, where JavaScript has to be activated and then the authentication of the Microsoft accounts … Continue reading

Posted in issue, Software | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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 ...


Thunderbird: Update from 102.15.0 to 115.2.0 is offered

[German]Brief notice for users of the Thunderbird email client who are still on the 102 development branch. The Mozilla team has just released the update from version 102.15.0 to version 115.2.0 of the current development branch. You can have Thunderbird … Continue reading

Posted in issue, Software | Tagged | 2 Comments

Notepad++ v8.5.7 fixes vulnerabilities

[German]In mid-August 2023, security researcher Jaroslav Lobacevski had made public four vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-40031, CVE-2023-40036, CVE-2023-40164, CVE-2023-40166) in Notepad ++ editor for Windows. The vulnerabilities' rating ranges from medium to high. The developer, having known about these vulnerabilities for months, has … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software, Update | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Google Chrome 116.0.5845.179/.180 security update

[German]Google has released updates to the Google Chrome browser 116 in the stable and extended channels for Mac, Linux and Windows as of September 5, 2023. These are security updates that are rolled out and are intended to eliminate vulnerabilities … Continue reading

Posted in browser, Security, Software, Update | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Group Policy Analytics tool now generally available

[German]Tip for administrators of Windows systems who work with Group Policies or want to switch from GPOs to Microsoft Intune and take over the GPO settings. Microsoft has just announced the general availability of its "Group Policy Analytics tool". Group … Continue reading

Posted in Software, Windows | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-40481, CVE-2023-31102) in 7-ZIP; fixed in version 23.00 (August 2023)

[German]A short update from the end of August 2023. Security researchers have found two vulnerabilities in the 7-Zip program, which is used to pack and unpack ZIP archive files. The vulnerabilities CVE-2023-40481 and CVE-2023-31102 are classified as high-risk from a … Continue reading

Posted in Security, Software, Update | Tagged , , | Leave a comment