Windows 11: Moment 5 Update KB5035942 is causing issues

Posted on 2024-04-05 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released a preview update KB5035942 for Windows 11 22H2 – 23H2 on March 26, 2024, which should also bring some minor innovations as a Moment 5 update. However, it seems that this optional update is causing problems for some people, such as blue screens, black screens or installation errors. However, Microsoft has also provided the dynamic update KB5036567 on March 25, 2024 to improve compatibility for Windows 11 22H2 – 23H2.

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Synology Active Backup for Microsoft 365: Problems with the backup of Teams (March 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-04 by guenni

Amazon[German]A short note for administrators who use Active Backup for Microsoft 365 from Veeam and may run into problems or an error when backing up Microsoft Teams. There are probably two traps: First, an API limit that you can run into. And there is a known problem that prevents the backup, as I have just learned.

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Veeam Backup O365: Fails during backup of Office 365 (April 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-04 by guenni

[German]Brief information for the administrators among our readers who use Veeam Backup O365 to back up data from Microsoft Office 365. A user has contacted us because he has recently encountered a backup error and asked whether other users have had similar experiences. However, there is a workaround to get around the problem. Addendum: An update to fix the issue has been released.

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Windows NTLM credentials vulnerability CVE-2024-21320: Fix from 0patch

Posted on 2024-04-04 by guenni

Windows[German]There is a vulnerability in Windows (CVE-2024-21320) that exposes NTLM credentials about Windows topics. Microsoft patched the vulnerability CVE-2024-21320 in January 2024. This patch provides a policy to prevent the exposure of NTLM credentials when theme files are located on network drives. ACROS Security has now released a micropatch for the 0patch agent that generally closes the vulnerability (without registry intervention).

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Microsoft slammed for a cascade of faults that leads to Storm-0558 cloud hack

Posted on 2024-04-03 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]The US Cyber Safety Review Board has now published its report on the hack of Microsoft Online Exchange in the summer of 2023 by the suspected Chinese group Storm-0558. The board's conclusion: Microsoft can't do security! And certainly not in its own cloud. A "cascade" of errors, committed by Microsoft or its employees, is responsible for the hack of the Microsoft Cloud and Microsoft Online Exchange accounts.

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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 ...

Windows 10: Prices for Extended Security Updates announced

Posted on 2024-04-03 by guenni

Windows[English]Microsoft has already announced that there will be an ESU program (Extended Security Updates Program) for Windows 10, which will no longer be supported on 14 October 2025. Even private users will be able to purchase extended security updates for their Windows 10 installations. However, it was previously unclear how much this ESU extension, which is to be purchased on an annual basis, would cost. Now, for the first time, Microsoft has named prices for ESU licenses for support renewal, which start at 61 US dollars for the first year.

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WordPress 6.5 released

Posted on 2024-04-03 by guenni

WordPress 6.5 (Regina) has just been released (April 2, 2024). It is the first update of WordPress in 2024. An overview of the new features can be found here – and a summary can be found here, here and here. I have updated the blogs and have not yet discovered any problems. However, anyone updating should make a backup of the database and the old installation beforehand.

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VMware plans two Cloud Foundation releases, can they do it? CISPE complaint filed

Posted on 2024-04-03 by guenni

[German]There are innovations from the VMware by Broadcom front. The company plans to publish two new releases of its VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) in 2024 and 2025. These should be better tailored to "customer needs" and simplify their virtualization job. Can these plans stop VMware customers from migrating to other platforms? The statements made by Broadcom/VMware executives to The Register certainly sound like a mockery to me (customers haven't yet understood how good we are for them). The European CISPE has probably lodged something of a competition complaint with EU policy makers.

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Proxmox releases import wizard for VMware ESXi VMs

Posted on 2024-04-02 by guenni

[German]Small piece of information for administrators in the VMware ESXi virtualization environment who have been thinking about migrating from this manufacturer to other platforms since the takeover by Broadcom. The developers of the Proxmox platform introduced an import wizard for VMware ESXi-based virtual machines at the end of March 2024. This should greatly simplify the transfer of virtual machines. Here is a brief overview of what it is all about and what you should know.

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Windows 10: Which Intel CPUs are compatible?

Posted on 2024-04-01 by guenni

WindowsWindows 10 is no longer as "hip" as Windows 11, but it might be interesting to have an overview of which Intel processors are compatible with Windows 10. After all, this operating system is still supported in the IoT Enterprise LTSC versions until 2031. A few days ago, Lothar posted a comment "Does my Intel® processor support Microsoft Windows® 10?" in the discussion area (thanks for that) and referred to the article "Does My Intel® Processor Support Microsoft Windows® 10?" from Intel.

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