[German]On July 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates along with some details for these Windows Server versions (from Windows Server 2012 to 2025).
[German]On July 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.
[German]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on July 8, 2025. The security updates fixes 128 vulnerabilities (CVEs), one were classified as 0-day. The following is a compact overview of the updates released on Patchday. More details about some vulnerabilities are following in discrete blog posts.
[German]A TMP platform module (vTPM) is required for the virtualization of Windows 11 or Windows Server 2025. The Hyper-V virtualization platform included in Windows allows vTPN and other options to be configured. However, the problem is when such a VM is moved and the vTPM certificates break. I have just come across an article from Microsoft that deals with this issue.
[German]Users are complaining that since the June 2025 updates, Microsoft Excel has been causing problems and freezes on startup or is very slow to open and close. The cause may be Trend Micro version 6.7.3981/14.3.1311.
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[German]In Windows Server 2025, there is a problem that ReFS-formed disks lead to high CPU/RAM utilization, so that the server becomes unusable over time and has to be restarted. There are now indications that this bug will be fixed by an update in August 2025.
[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.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
