[German]Another small addendum from this week, which I'll pull out separately. Intel has released an update of its Intel Arc and Iris Xe graphics drivers to version 31.0.101.4972. This update is supposed to fix a number of problems (e.g. with Starfield (DX12). It is not documented that this graphics driver update under Windows 11 also fixes a problem in Microsoft Office which prevents Office documents from being loaded.
[German]Microsoft is using Windows Hello in its operating system for password-free login. This is supposed to be more secure than a password, as it cannot be stolen. Security researchers were asked by Microsoft's Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) to check the security of the fingerprint sensors and thus of Windows Hello. During the evaluation, the researchers discovered several vulnerabilities and were able to trick the fingerprint sensors in Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14 and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops.
[German]Brief information for administrators of Microsoft Exchange Servers who are waiting for the cumulative update for the second half of 2023. Redmond has announced that two outstanding cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server 2019 will no longer be rolled out in 2023, but will be postponed to 2024. This is because no more CUs will be rolled out in December 2023. For example, TLS 1.3 support has been announced with CU14.
[German]A quick question for administrators in the readership who use Microsoft Office 365. A reader has contacted us because problems are occurring in his environment when opening mail attachments from Outlook. The attachments cannot be opened in Word or Excel. Updating the Intel® Arc™ & Iris® Xe graphics driver for Windows could help.
[German]A quick question for administrators who have installed the November 2023 security updates on Windows Server 2022. I have come across reports – mainly from English-speaking administrators – where the installation of the update KB5032198 fails with the error 0x8007000d (or 0x800f081f). The error does not seem to be that widespread, but I have found several people affected.
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[German]I'm posting a reader observation about the new Microsoft Teams 2.0 client here on the blog to find out whether the problem is more widespread or an isolated case. It's about the new Teams 2.0 client, which probably still has bugs and, for example, incorrectly distributes the presence status to contacts. A reader pointed this problem out to me the other day.
[German]The new Microsoft Teams 2.0 client has been available since September 2023 and is probably being tested and partially rolled out in companies. The switch will be mandatory from April 2024 (New Microsoft Teams 2.0 client mandatory from April 1, 2024). In the last few days, I have come across a few issues and questions that I would like to address in a collective article. These range from the fact that the Outlook add-in is missing during installation to crashes of the new client.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.5.0 on November 21, 2023. It is an update that is intended to fix some bugs and vulnerabilities. Thanks to the readers for the tips – Thunderbird was automatically updated a few hours ago.
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[German]A quick question for Exchange Online administrators. A reader reports problems with the delivery of mails that are delivered from on-premises Exchange servers. Since the November 2023 patchday, these are supposed to be moved directly to quarantine after acceptance. The recipient of the emails therefore never receives them in their Exchange Online mailbox.
[German]On November 21, 2023, the Mozilla developers released the new Firefox 120 and the maintenance update of Firefox 115.5 ESR. Firefox 120 is a new development branch. Here is a brief overview of the updates in question, including the fixes and new features. Thanks to the readers for their comments.
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