VMware by Broadcom: (Vain) hope of the partners for a White Label "lifeline"?

Posted on 2024-03-26 by guenni

Paragraph[German]Ever since Broadcom terminated the contracts of its VMware partners, streamlined its product portfolio and switched everything to (very expensive) subscriptions in the VMware Cloud, there has been a great deal of uproar. Now some small and medium sized cloud service providers are hoping that they can continue to offer VMware virtualization to their customers via white label contracts from the VMware by Broadcom CSP program. Here's a quick look at what our colleagues at The Register have found out off the record. And I received an assessment from the "partners" that sheds some light on the matter.

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Does Windows 10 update KB5034763 block protocol changes (URL association)?

Posted on 2024-03-25 by guenni

Windows[German]I'm going to post an issue here in the blog that I came across a few days ago. The problem is that since the February 2024 update under Windows 10, it is no longer possible to make changes to web protocols via API calls. However, this is needed in order to be able to register other applications for handling URL calls. It looks like the February 2024 update KB5034763 is the problem.

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Bug in "Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server" (March 2024)

Posted on 2024-03-24 by guenni

Windows[German]I would like to address a small problem that may affect some administrators who use the Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server. There is a bug in the tool that leads to errors when executing commands if a hyphen is used in NETBIOS names. Before anyone goes looking for a wolf, here is the relevant information.

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Stop: Disable the scanning of documents by Adobe AI solutions!

Posted on 2024-03-23 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]Adobe has begun to introduce its own AI solutions in its products. There is a risk that Adobe products will begin to scan all documents in companies in order to obtain data for feeding the AI solutions. Administrators should therefore take immediate action to prevent this scanning, until it's clear what's going on. There seems to be a solution for Windows to stop scanning, but I am not aware of anything similar for macOS and other operating systems.

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Windows Server: Fix for (Kerberos) LSASS memory leak through March 2024 updates

Posted on 2024-03-23 by guenni

Windows[German]On March 22, 2024, Microsoft released a special update with a fix for Windows Server that eliminates an LSASS memory leak caused by the March 2024 updates. I had reported here in the blog that on some systems Kerberos requests on domain controllers fill up the memory. The servers then experience performance problems or even fail and have to be restarted sporadically. This problem is to be resolved by the special updates for both local and cloud-based Active Directory DLCs. There is no fix for Windows Server 2019 yet. Addendum: The fix for Server 2019 is available since March 25, 2024.

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

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Microsoft has fixed an Exchange EWS issue from March 14, 2024 on Macs

Posted on 2024-03-23 by guenni

Exchange Logo[German]A small addendum from this week. A reader emailed me a few days ago to say that there was a problem with Microsoft Exchange in connection with a mail client with EWS. According to the reader's observations, this has been occurring since 14.3.2024: Mail clients only sporadically connect to Exchange EWS on the Mac. Here is some information about the "permanent construction site" Microsoft Exchange connection on the Mac, which I had already taken up in the blog. The problem should have been resolved since March 19, 2024.

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Is Broadcom going downhill with its VMware measures? Silent layoffs and CISPE calls for EU measures

Posted on 2024-03-22 by guenni

[German]Are we currently witnessing how Broadcom is driving virtualization specialist VMware downhill? Instead of earing huge revenues, the vendor will eventually be faced with a shambles? I have often reported on the trials and tribulations of Broadcom's management. Now I have come across the fact that many VMware employees with US visas are at risk of losing their jobs, which could mean a loss of around 40% of the workforce. And the European cloud operators' association CISP is calling for the EU to intervene because it believes the business of cloud providers and customers who use VMware products is under threat. The background to this is the termination of long-standing contracts by Broadcom, together with new contracts that result in massive price increases.

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Microsoft 365 connection issues: Outlook shows red exclamation mark

Posted on 2024-03-22 by guenni

[German]This week an administrator contacted me, reporting sudden connection issues with Microsoft 365 and Outlook apps. After I've published a German blog post about that observation, other German users confirmed these connection issues.

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Unsaflok: Millions of hotel doors can be opened with fake key cards

Posted on 2024-03-21 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Electronic locks from Saflock are used in many hotels and even in apartments. The doors secured in this way can be unlocked using RFID cards. Great thing? Unfortunately, security vulnerabilities mean that these electronic RFID locks can be picked using simple means. Millions of locks used in 13,000 hotels and apartments worldwide are affected.

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Google Chrome 123.0.6312.58/.59 and 122.0.6261.139

Posted on 2024-03-21 by guenni

Chrome[German]Google has released an update to the Google Chrome browser (branch 1232) in the Stable Channel on March 19, 2024. The Extended Stable Channel and the app for Android have also received an update. The updates fix bugs and close vulnerabilities. Here is an overview of these updates.
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