[German]Google recently released version 124 of its Google Chrome browser. In addition to vulnerabilities, the developers have also made some changes to the TLS encryption (X25519Kyber768 key encapsulation for TLS). However, there is now feedback from users complaining that this change can break the TLS handshake to web servers. This also affects Chromium-based browsers such as Edge 124.
[German]Since October 2023 there has been a known issue with Bitlocker under Windows 10 and Windows 11, which can lead to problems with administration using MDMs. An error 65000 was then reported by Bitlocker. The problem was then fixed with preview updates in January 2024. But Microsoft did not make the information public until April 26, 2024.
[German]Brief information for AnyDesk (remote desktop software). On April 24/25, 2024, the remote maintenance provider AnyDesk rolled out a "rotten" version of its AnyDesk client, which is blocked by Microsoft Defender under Windows. The background to this is that the client was digitally signed with a revoked certificate. Several blog readers have pointed out the problem to me, but I have only just got around to addressing it in the blog. On April 29, 2024 my test confirmed, that there still versions of anydesk.exe downloadable from the internet, that has been signed with the revoked certificate. Here is a brief summary of the continuation of the chaos surrounding AnyDesk.
[German]Brief information for Office users and administrators. Microsoft has remind its users recently once again that support for its Microsoft Office versions 2016 and 2019 will end in October 2025. The same applies to the associated Productivity Server, i.e. administrators and IT managers must consider how to replace the relevant Office versions in companies.
[German]There has been a lot of criticism of VMware by Broadcom's licensing policy from customers who are faced with massive price increases. Particularly in the area of charitable organizations, there are indications that Broadcom wants to withdraw with VMware. Partners who negotiate with customers in the charity sector have been told that "VMware is not suitable for everyone". Continue reading
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[German]Brief information for blog readers that Maksymilian has just pointed out to me. Microsoft's developers updated the Edge browser to version 124.0.2478.51 on April 19, 2024. However, this causes problems with (insecure) http pages and blocks downloads, for example. It's stupid when this happens on an intranet in a corporate environment. Incidentally, this also applies to the Chromium counterpart. But there is a workaround that Maksymilian provided me with (thanks for that).
[German]Brief information for the administrators among our readers who use Veeam Backup O365 to back up data from Microsoft Office 365. The manufacturer has released cumulative patches for Microsoft 365 7a to fix some issues with the product. I had reported on such problems. The workaround suggested there should then no longer be necessary.
[German]Microsoft is now giving company administrators a whole year more time to switch from the classic Teams 1.x client to the new Teams 2.0 client. The original plans to force companies to switch to the new Microsoft Teams 2.0 client by April 1, 2024 are already a waste of time anyway. The previous three-month grace period until summer 2024 has simply been extended by a whole year. Continue reading
[German]After the March 2024 updates, a user contacted me because he was prompted to update his license in Microsoft Office 365. The topic has been left lying around for a while, but I'm including it here in the blog – perhaps there are other readers who are affected.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5036980 for Windows 11 version 22H2 and 23H2 on April 23, 2024. The preview update brings a number of fixes for these Windows 11 versions. It is an optional update whose fixes will be rolled out generally in the following month.
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