[German]Short addendum from this week: Ingram Micro had to admit after technical problems a few days ago that business operations were affected by a ransomware infection. I had noticed it, but didn't realize that Ingram Micro also offers IT components in Germany and is relevant for many IT employees.
[German]Does anyone still use Microsoft OneNote for Windows and export notebook content to the old Word 97-2023 format? This feature will be discontinued at the end of July 2025.
[German]When converting to S/4HANA and the new SAP licensing model, strategic optimization of user authorizations is essential. What do companies need to consider when optimizing their authorization management?
[German]A German blog reader has informed me that the RemovableStorageDevice blocking GPI is broken in Windows 10 and 11 . USB device control via GPO simply no longer works since the April 2025 patchday. This has been confirmed by Microsoft, a fix is in the works. I'll post the information here in the blog in case other administrators stumble across the issue.
[German]At the end of June 2025, there were reports (at least that's how I interpreted them) that virus scanners would "soon" no longer be allowed to use the Windows kernel mode. According to Microsoft, the CrowdStrike case, which paralyzed millions of Windows systems, was the final warning to take this step. The question now is whether we are experiencing a paradigm shift or whether it is a deceptive package and what is behind it all.
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Brief information for users who have ever been on the Microsoft Answers forum for Windows, Edge, Office or other Microsoft products or have visited the Xbox forum. Their days are numbered, everything is being moved to Microsoft Q&A.
Microsoft has already updated its template files (Administrative Templates, ADMX/ADML files) for Microsoft Office 2016 and higher to version 5506.1000 on May 29, 2025. The template files contain the group policies for managing Microsoft Office.
[German]Warning to IT service providers and blog readers who ever buy a used Windows notebook, tablet or desktop PC system on eBay or other shops. A reader pointed out to me a couple days ago, that he had ordered refurbished Panasonic Toughpads FZ-G1(F) from Priceholes-com via eBay, but then discovered that they were infected with malware. He found the Chinese worm Synaptics.exe on the systems.
[German]Microsoft released the preview update KB5060829 for Windows 11 24H2 on June 26, 2025. The update corrects errors, but causes trouble. For example, administrators suddenly find entries triggered by the Windows Firewall for Advanced Security in the Windows Event Viewer. Microsoft now states that these entries can be ignored.
[German]From September 30, 2025 Microsoft intends to discontinue the standard connectivity of outbound connections for VMs in Azure and switch to new methods.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
