[German]Microsoft already announced last Friday, November 18, 2022, that they are now looking to broadly distribute their Windows 10 October 2022 Update (commonly referred to as Windows 10 22H2). This marks the beginning of the wide rollout, and the feature upgrade to this OS version is likely seen as ready for use in corporate environments.
[German]Issues with remote desktop connections have been bugging Windows users for months. I had already reported about the problem in October 2022 in the blog post Windows 11 22H2: Microsoft investigates RDP issues. Microsoft has confirmed as of November 22, 2022 that connection problems with Remote Desktop Connections may occur in Windows 11 version 22H2. At the same time, it suggests measures to fix such problems.
The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.18. The changelog lists minor fixes under macOS and other bugs fixed. The update is not yet offered in the VLC player. However, the download is already available on FTP server. (via)
[German]The French Ministry of Education has banned the use of free office solutions with US cloud connections such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace in French schools. The reason given for this is data protection concerns, as the offerings in question are not in line with France's IT strategy and violate EU law.
[German]Vendor AnyDesk seems to have raised the prices for the use of its remote maintenance software considerably. I myself do not use such remote maintenance software, so I did not notice this. However, a blog reader pointed this out to me by email and provided some details.
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[German]Microsoft hat released as of November 21, 2022 Edge version 107.0.1418.56 -Browser in stable channel. It's a bug fix update, the release notes says: Fixed various bugs and performance issues.
[German]Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 has already expired on July 10, 2019. For Microsoft SQL Server 2012, on the other hand, support ended on July 12, 2022, which means that Microsoft has also shut down the SQL Registry Portal. However, it seems that there are still a lot of installations of these SQL Server versions. In an article dated November 19, 2022, Microsoft notes that there are Extended Security Updates for SQL Server via Microsoft Azure services.
Security provider Trend Micro (TM) has now presented its Cyber Risk Index (CRI) for the first half of 2022. According to TM, the global cyber risk is at an elevated level. Many companies surveyed said they had experienced security incidents in the last twelve months as a result of which customer data was lost or stolen. Many companies had particular difficulty keeping track of and defending against an ever-growing cyberattack surface. Continue reading
[German]Short tip for Windows 10 system administrators who find that new applications suddenly stop working and require the WebView2 Runtime. Microsoft has created a small tech community post showing how IT administrators can manually download WebView2 Runtime and then deploy it to Windows 10 machines.
[German]In October 2022, Oracle's developers had released VirtualBox version 7.0.0 (VirtualBox 7.0.0 with Secure Boot and virtual TPM support). Now, an update to version 7.0.4 has already been added to 7.0.2. This version is also a maintenance update for bug fixes.
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