Microsoft Office Click2Run update broken? Error code 30088-27

[German]There seem to be problems with one of the latest Office updates, which affects the Click2Run versions of Microsoft Office 2016, 2019, 2021 and Office 365 version 2406. The attempt to perform an update search and update to the next build then fails with error code 30088-27. Here is the message from an affected person and the question: Are there other victims?

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Office 365: Teams Connector will be stopped from August 15, 2024 and discontinued on October 1, 2024

[German]Short information for Microsoft Office 365 administrators who use the connector for Microsoft Teams. From August 15, 2024, it will no longer be possible to set up new connections for this piece of software. On October 1, 2024, the product will be discontinued and will no longer work.

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Microsoft Teams changes: New labeling disappears – Classic Teams is EOL

Teams[German]A small addendum to Microsoft's plans for changes to the Teams client, which I came across a few days ago. Microsoft will remove the NEW label and the reminder of the end of support from the Teams client. The background to this is the end of support for the Microsoft Teams 1.x client on July 1, 2024. There are also new features for VDI solution for Microsoft Teams. Here is the relevant information.

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HornetSecurity quarantines Microsoft Exchange emails (July 2, 2024)

Mail[German]A information to the administrators among the blog readership who use HornetSecurity to filter mails (e.g. in Microsoft Exchange). A reader informed me that the mails in question (for Exchange) have been quarantined. On the HornetSecurity status page there is currently only a Degraded Performance note. Addendum: In the meantime, the provider is said to be in contact with Microsoft.

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Has the Qualys blog been hacked? (July 2, 2024)

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Brief information about Qualys, a technology company offering cloud security and compliance services. The question arises as to whether their blog may have been hacked. Because there is currently an entry in Cyrillic advertising "Banknotes in the online casino". I find this a bit strange and would at least like to have it mentioned, so I took a closer look.

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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 ...


Microsoft Teams: Desktop application fails to launch (July 2, 2024)

Teams[German]Support for Microsoft Teams Classic expired on July 1, 2024. Now the first readers have reported that the Microsoft Teams client will not start on July 2, 2024. Is this related? Unclear, but there is a status message from Microsoft that addresses this problem and promises an investigation by Redmond.

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Windows 10/Server 2019: Update KB5039217 causes English context menus on non English systems

Windows[German]Security update KB5039217 released by Microsoft for Windows Server 2019 (and Windows 10 1809) on June 11, 2024 is causing issues. On non English systems some context menus are in English – the localization has been broken. That's a odd situation, especially for end users on terminal server environment, if context menu entries von applications are suddenly in English.  Continue reading

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regreSSHion: Critical OpenSSH server vulnerability CVE-2024-6387

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]A critical vulnerability CVE-2024-6387 has been disclosed in OpenSSH servers. The vulnerability, known as regreSSHion, allows remote unauthenticated code execution – and security firms have found over 14 million potentially vulnerable OpenSSH servers on the internet. However, the risk should still be limited.

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Microsoft stops driver synchronization in WSUS in April 2025

Update[German]A short piece of information for administrators of Windows systems who use WSUS to distribute updates. Microsoft is ending the synchronization of driver updates via WSUS, as was also announced in the tech community. According to Microsoft, driver synchronization for Windows will in future be carried out via a cloud service. Here is a brief overview of the situation.

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GrimResource: Windows XSS vulnerability exploited with .msc files

Windows[German]There is a vulnerability in Windows that allows attackers to infect a system and search a network. Security researchers from Elastic uncovered this new infection technique in mid-June 2024 and dubbed it GrimResource. I was aware of this at the time, but have only just got around to writing about it here in the blog (due to my vacation).

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