Quick note for administrators who have Azure AD Connect in use. As of August 2, 2022, the developers have probably released version 2.1.16.0. The reason for this release was a bug where auto-upgrade fails if the service account is in "UPN" format.
Developer Tavis Ormandy, who works on Project Zero for Google, has ported the Unix versions of Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect to Linux as a finger exercise. The Lotus port had already become known in May 2022. Then in July 2022, Ormandy was able to announce the port of WordPerfect to Linux – The Register wrote this article about it. He wrapped it all up in a .DEB package to allow easy installation on Ubuntu and Debian distributions. WordPerfect was quite popular in the 80s and early 90s – I used it mostly on Dec VAXes running VMS. However, with the raise of Word for Windows, this word processor has overtaken WordPerfect.
[German]Google has released the update of Google Chrome 104.0.5112.79 for Linux and macOS and 104.0.5112.79/80/81 for Windows on the desktop in the stable channel on August 2, 2022. The security update closes numerous vulnerabilities. The 104 version is also the basis for the Extended Stable.
[German]Brief note for VMware users and administrators. The vendor has published a security advisory for various products (VMware Workspace ONE Access, etc.) as of August 2, 2022, because there are numerous vulnerabilities there. In addition, I still came across an issue with VMware Workstation in conjunction with Windows 11, where TPM prevents cloning of VMs.
[German]Brief information for Microsoft Access users who have been suffering from an Access ACCDE/MDE bug introduced via update for weeks. Microsoft has also fixed the VBA library bug in Access for these versions with updates KB5002248 for Office 2016 and KB5002250 for Office 2013. Here is some information about the bug and the updates.
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[German]As of August 2, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2013. It fixes an Access issue that has been nagging for weeks. Here's a brief overview.
[German]The analysts at IDC have published the worldwide sales figures for tablet PCs and Chromebooks in the second quarter of 2022. While the shipment figures for Tablet PCs are increasing, there is a sharp drop for Chromebooks (which increased in sales during the corona virus pandemic).
[German]With one of the latest updates, Microsoft has once again implemented a bug in Microsoft Office (from version 2206 build 15330.20196). Both Microsoft Outlook and Word hang on certain documents that contain tables. Explicitly listed are emails with invoices from Uber. A patch is supposed to come in August 2022, and there is a workaround.
[German]There had been speculation about a slimmed-down Outlook Light app for Android devices for some time. Now, Microsoft has officially introduced this app, which is intended for weak Android devices. Currently, however, this variant is not intended for Germany or European countries.
[German]Mozilla developers have released versions 103.0.1 of the Firefox browser on August 1, 2022. This is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
