Windows Server 2019: Update KB5037765 fails with error 0x800f0982

Posted on 2024-05-15 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft seems to have hit a colossal bug in the cumulative updates distributed on May 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft). The update KB5037765 intended for Windows Server 2019 fails with the installation error 0x800f0982. More than half a dozen readers have already reported the problem – it probably does not affect English installations. Another reader has reported that he can no longer access his Server 2019 with RDP. Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-15 by guenni

Windows[German]On May 14, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some details on the respective security updates for Windows 10, with the KB5037765 update for Server 2019 failing with error code 0x800f0982. Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (May 14, 2024)

Posted on 2024-05-14 by guenni

Update[German]On May 14, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office and for other products. The security updates fix 49 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Strange cloud access to collector.azure.*

Posted on 2024-05-14 by guenni

[German]I'm posting here an observation from readers that relates to Microsoft's Azure and Microsoft 365 services. Since mid-April 2024, there have been cyclical accesses to various domains that list "collector" as a subdomain. Virustotal probably has no complaints, so it's not a security issue. It is now clear to me what exactly is causing these accesses.

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Azure Entra ID: Microsoft confirms issues with Single Sign On (SSO)

Posted on 2024-05-13 by guenni

[German]Administrators have been complaining for some time about sporadic problems with Single Sign On (SSO) under Microsoft's Azure Entra ID. Users are then sporadically unable to log in to their Microsoft 365 apps. Now there seems to be confirmation from a reader that Microsoft has confirmed this in internal status pages for Enterprise customers.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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VMware Player/Fusion Player is End of Sale; VMware security advisories now at Broadcom

Posted on 2024-05-12 by guenni

[German]End of the two VMware products: Workstation Player and Fusion Player, which were withdrawn from sale at the end of April 2024. Customers can use VMware Workstation as a replacement. Furthermore, there was brief confusion because security advisories for VMware products can now be found in the Broadcom support area, which was only accessible after registration. However, this plan has been dropped and the security information can now be accessed freely.

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FSLogix 2210 Hotfix 4 announced for 14. May 2024

Posted on 2024-05-11 by guenni

Update[German]An  update to FSLogix 2210 Hotfix 4 is scheduled for mid-May 2024. This update should raise hopes among administrators who have been struggling with problems with the new Microsoft Teams and possibly also Citrix VDI. In accordance with Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" calendar, FSLogix 2210 Hotfix 4 will be available for download on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, and will also be pre-installed on Windows 10 and Windows 11 multi-session Azure images.

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Broadcom leaks email-addresses from VMware administrators; AWS is out as a VMware customer, relief for cloud customers

Posted on 2024-05-10 by guenni

[German]Today we have a small collective article on Broadcom and VMware. Broadcom made a mistake and, as the company had to admit, they sent the e-mails of administrators at customer sites around the world for everyone to see. And at VMware by Broadcom, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has probably left as a major customer. So to round off the week, here's a brief summary of information that I've already had for a few days.

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Dell breached, customer data stolen (2024)

Posted on 2024-05-10 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Dell has informed customers by email that there has been a data leak (a hack). A database was accessed in which customer data such as name and address, as well as the hardware ordered from Dell, is stored. Dell sees the incident as "less serious", especially as no financial data was stolen. But the data leak affects millions of Dell customers who were registered there. Addendum: And the data was traded in a hacker forum, although the post there has probably since been deleted.

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Office Updates May 7, 2024

Posted on 2024-05-08 by guenni

[German]On May 7, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016. I'll summarize some information about these updates here in the blog.

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