[English]Time for some news on VMware by Broadcom and a look at the VMware paradox. According to an analysis, VMware will lose 35% of its workload in three years as customers jump ship. British supermarket giant Tesco is suing VMware, which is generating negative publicity. And yet VMware by Broadcom is still raking in huge profits.
[German]I'm posting a problem on the blog that was brought to my attention by a reader. It concerns WSUS (Windows Services Update Server), which is also to be used for update management for Windows Server 2025. An administrator contacted me because WSUS does not recognize updates for Windows Server 2025. The problem may also affect Windows 11 clients.
[German]Has Fortinet just discontinued its free VPN client? Brief information for administrators and IT staff who rely on Fortinet products. The provider previously offered a free VPN client in its FortiClient package, which was probably used by some of our readers. Yesterday, I received information that Fortinet has probably "discontinued" the free VPN client. Anyone who wants to continue using the product will have to "purchase a license in the future." Is the product discontinued?
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[German]Protagonists are currently celebrating "vibe coding" as the philosopher's stone and a revolution in software development. Developers are no longer needed; everyone lets AI write their code. In Brazil, this trend is showing its ugly face. A popular dating app for lesbian women was developed using vibe coding. What looks like a cool thing is turning into a worst-case scenario for users. The personal data of users could be easily retrieved using a GET command.
[German]On September 9, 2025 (the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patch Day), Microsoft released several security updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. This month, serious vulnerabilities in Office were closed. Below is an overview of the available updates.
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[German]On September 9, 2025 (the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft's patch day), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below, I have listed the updates provided, along with some details for these Windows Server versions (from Windows Server 2012 to 2025).
[German]On September 9, 2025 (the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft's patch day), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still-supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are designed to fix vulnerabilities and issues.
[German]On September 9, 2025, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, and other products. The security updates address 81 vulnerabilities (CVEs), eight of which are critical, two of which were classified as zero-day vulnerabilities and are publicly known. Below is a brief overview of these updates, which were released on Patch Day.
[English]It seems to be turning into a never-ending story: SSD problems under Windows 11 24H2, presumably triggered by the cumulative security update KB5063878 from August 12, 2025. After an explanation and a fix were provided for a Japanese Windows 11 24H2 via preview update KB5064081 on August 29, 2025, I came across another explanation for possible SSD problems with SSDs with Phison controllers.
[German]Citrix has announced to replace its old, file-based (legacy) licenses with a new cloud-based "License Experience." It comes with telemetry-driven improvements, renders the old license servers obsolete, and will be mandatory for customers starting April 15, 2026.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
