Outlook/Apps failing sending mails? Microsoft has disabled SMTP (July 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-13 by guenni

[German]Very brief information for users and administrators who use Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Office 365 with Exchange Online and are suddenly confronted with the problem that the sending of emails in Microsoft Outlook or in other applications is on strike. Microsoft has disabled SMTP support for security reasons with an update for Exchange Online. Here is a brief overview for those affected, administrators and service providers.

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (July 12 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-13 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and 2012/R2.

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022-Updates (July 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-13 by guenni

Windows[German]On July 12 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various problems. In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (July 12 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-13 by guenni

Windows[German]On July 12, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version). Here are some details about each security update.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-12 by guenni

Update[German]On July 12, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. The security updates also eliminate 84 vulnerabilities, including one 0-day. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on Patchday.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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WordPress 6.0.1 released

Posted on 2022-07-12 by guenni

As of July 12, 2022, the developers have released WordPress 6.0.1. This is a maintenance update that contains 31 bug fixes. Details about the fixes can be found in the release notes.

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Microsoft releases autopatch for Windows (July 11, 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-12 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has kept its word, and has now officially released Autopatch, which was announced in April 2022 for July 2022. The paid product, Windows Autopatch, is intended to manage all aspects of enterprise deployment of quality and feature updates, drivers, firmware, and Microsoft 365 apps for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

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Office macro blockade: suspension is only temporary

Posted on 2022-07-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has explained itself regarding the deactivation of VBA macros in Office applications. The fact that the disabling of the macros has been withdrawn is only a temporary measure. At some point in the future, VBA macros in Office applications will again be disabled by default.

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Thunderbird 102.0.2

Posted on 2022-07-12 by guenni

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client on July 12, 2022. This should fix a number of bugs and is already the second bug fix update within a few days for the recently released 102 version.

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Meta Vice President "Throws out the underperformers"

Posted on 2022-07-12 by guenni

[German]Maher Saba is vice president of remote presence and engineering at Facebook parent company Meta, a top management position after Marc Zuckerberg. In a message to managers of the company, he instructed them to look for "underperformers" and kick them out.

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