[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.
[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.
[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.
[German]Once again, I brought a topic out of the "crypt" that I had already addressed here in the blog at the end of March 2024. A blog reader contacted me at the end of April 2024 and asked whether there was an "authenticator requirement for Microsoft Office"? Microsoft is continuously moving forward to enforce multi-factor authentication on its products such as Microsoft 365/Office 365.
[German]Today I'm posting another reader note about the old Microsoft Teams 1.7 client here on the blog, which has problems with the language. I had already discussed the problem here on the blog in February 2024 – nothing has changed. Furthermore, it is about the new Teams 2.x client, which causes various problems with FSLogix in companies with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in the Microsoft and Citrix environment. Here is a brief review and a summary of what readers have told me about this.
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[German]Another addendum from the April 2024 patchday. The updates not only cause problems with NTLM connections to Windows Server. There are also reports that the KB5036909 update can also lead to LSASS crashes on domain controllers (DCs). In any case, Microsoft has published corresponding information on its Windows Release Health pages.
[German]Good question raised by a Microsoft Intune administrator. The man had problems with certificates and took a closer look. It looks like Intune is permanently storing the CA certificates generated for on-premises systems in the cloud. Another Intune administrator pointed me to the relevant post on reddit.com. The question is whether this can be confirmed.
[German]Following a series of serious security incidents, including the Microsoft Cloud, the Redmond-based giant now wants to turn things around. Security is now "above all else", they say, and a "Secure Future Initiative" has been launched at Microsoft. There have already been signs of this for a few days. But now it's all officially announced on the web. Time for a few defeatist thoughts on this topic and on Microsoft.
[German]I got several reports from administrators, facing issues with Adobe Acrobat Reader 24.002.20687 in a RDS server environment. It seems that the Adobe Acrobat Reader is crashing since mid April 2024, due to a "test version" integrated in the newest software version.
[German]Since January 2024, users of Windows 10 and Windows 11 (as well as Windows Server 2022) have been struggling with Microsoft's attempt to install an update to the WinRE environment. In January 2024, numerous users around the patchday were met with the installation error 0x80070643 when trying to install the KB5034441 update. Despite several attempts to rectify the situation in the following months, Microsoft was unable to eliminate the installation error. Now comes the admission that there is no automatic fix for the update – manual work is required.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
