Analyses: VMware acts as planned with licenses; switching to alternatives a problem

Posted on 2024-04-12 by guenni

[German]In the last few days I have come across some information about VMware by Broadcom, which I would like to summarize in a small analysis here in the blog for the interested readership. On the one hand, it looks as if VMware by Broadcom is taking a very targeted approach to licensing and pricing and wants "the big fish" as customers. I also came across an article that sheds light on what alternatives there actually are apart from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) & Co.

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Unsecured Microsoft Azure Server exposes passwords etc. of Microsoft systems (Feb. 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-11 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Security researchers from SOCRadar have discovered an unsecured storage server on Microsoft Azure on which internal information about Microsoft's Bing search engine was stored. Well, the storage server, which was freely accessible to anyone, only contained unimportant stuff from Microsoft employees such as code, scripts and configuration files with passwords, keys and login data for accessing other Microsoft databases and systems.

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Microsoft Office Updates (April 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-11 by guenni

Update[German]On April 9, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates. Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2012 / R2 and Windows 7 (April 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-10 by guenni

Windows[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were published on April 9, 2024. Support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 expired in January 2024. However, updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 and Windows Embedded Standard 7. Continue reading →

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (April 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-10 by guenni

Windows[German]On April 9, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 23H2 to 21H2. Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 23H2 also received updates. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems. Continue reading →

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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 ...

Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (April 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-10 by guenni

Windows[German]On April 9, 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. Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 9, 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-10 by guenni

Update[German]On April 9, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products. The security updates address 147 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday. Continue reading →

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WordPress 6.5.2 released

Posted on 2024-04-10 by guenni

WordPress 6.5.2 has just been released (April 9, 2024). It is a security update of WordPress, which fixes a security issue and 12 bugs. An overview of the fixes can be found 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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Windows 10 21H2 – 22H2 Enterprise: Can not use Connected Cache after update KB5034203

Posted on 2024-04-09 by guenni

Windows[German]Addendum from last week on a problem that affects administrators in the corporate environment who rely on Connected Cache in Windows 10. The preview update KB5034203 released in January 2024 causes a bug in Windows 10 21H2 – 22H2 Enterprise, which means that the Connected Cache can no longer be used. However, Microsoft has published workarounds for this problem.

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Massive price hike in license costs: Is Citrix now also copying the "Broadcom business approach"?

Posted on 2024-04-08 by guenni

[German]German blog reader has told me that there are substantial price hikes for license renewals of Citrix Virtual Desktop solutions or other Citrix products. The question is "does Citrix copies the Broadcom business approach". Continue reading →

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