[German]Brief note for administrators who are responsible for the deployment of the Citrix Cloud Connector. Normally, there is no need to worry about an update of this connector. However, in early May 2023, there is a connector update that administrators should be take care of. The installation of the update in question requires that the required DigiCert G4 root and intermediate certificates have been updated beforehand.
[German]Nasty surprise for Microsoft 365 users who use Microsoft's Outlook.com email service. Users of the free email service may suddenly find that they can no longer receive or send mails. The reason given for the Outlook.com going on strike is that the available storage capacity of OneDrive has been exceeded. The cause of this effect is a change in the OneDrive storage limit policy on February 1, 2023, which has now been rolled out more broadly. This is because Microsoft now also includes email attachments for Outlook.com in the 5 GB OneDrive storage limit.
[German]Bad news for users of Google's home automation products like the Nest Thermostats, the Dropcam camera or the Google Secure solutions. Google has announced that their support will be discontinued on April 4, 2024. The solutions in question will then no longer be accessible via app and will become more or less useless, as support will be missing. Here is a short overview of what Google has announced.
[German]This month, support for Microsoft Exchange 2013 expires, so administrators are facing a switch to Exchange 2019 or Exchange Online. A blog reader emailed me the other day because he ran into problems when migrating customers from Microsoft Exchange 2013 to Exchange Online. I'm posting the reader's experience report here – maybe it will help others who are affected.
[German]Microsoft has reminded Windows 10 users as of April 6, 2023 that support for version 21H2 will expire in June 2023. After that, these builds will not get any security updates. Users of version 21H2 have two options: Either they update the operating system to version 22H2. Or they check whether the machine is compatible for Windows 11 22H2 and switch to this version – at least that is what Microsoft writes. Another alternative would be to switch to a Linux distribution, provided that the required functions are available on this platform. And there would be the option of switching to Windows 10 1909 IoT LTSC – there is support there until 2029.
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[German]Taiwan-based manufacturer MSI (Micro-Star International) has admitted to a cyberattack on part of its IT network as of April 7, 2023. Earlier this week, the ransomware gang called Money Message infiltrated some of MSI's systems, according to its own statement. The group threatened to release captured files on the Internet next week if no ransom was paid by MSI.
[German]Microsoft updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 112.0.1722.34 on April 6, 2023. The browser gets new features (e.g. Enhanced Security Mode improvements) as well as security and bug fixes.
[German]Microsoft has just unveiled its Windows365 Frontline – a Windows 11-based system streamed from the cloud. The system is designed to offer a personalized Windows that can be deployed and managed via Microsoft Intune alongside cloud PCs and physical devices. The idea behind the Windows 365 Frontline rollout is to offer shift and part-time workers the flexibility of the cloud PC. Continue reading
[German]Brief note for administrators of Citrix Workspace App 2203: Build 2203 of the Citrix Workspace App in question seems to cause high resource utilization and thus performance problems under Windows. [Addendum: It's not clear to me, if version 2203 LTSC is affected, or if it's a typo and it affects 2303. I use 2203 here, in accordance with Citrix`support post.] The reason is probably due to the webview component of Edge (MSEdgewebview2). Citrix has suggested a workaround, but it is only applicable in certain scenarios.
[German]Anyone who owns a Nexx home automation system and uses it to remotely control their garage doors now has a fat problem. A vulnerability in the Nexx remote control allows hackers to gain unauthorized access to the garage doors. They can then remotely access this control, open the garage door and possibly enter the garage or even buildings via this route. Unfortunately, there is no countermeasure against such manipulations.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
