Microsoft Office 2019 und Microsoft Teams Problem (Jan. 2025)

Posted on 2025-01-21 by guenni

[German]Question to the readership whether anyone has observed problems with Microsoft Office 2019 in conjunction with Microsoft Teams 2.0 after the January 2025 patch day (14.1.2025). Here is an observation from a blog reader.

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Windows 10/Server 2022: Microsoft confirms SgrmBroker issues after Jan. 2025 update

Posted on 2025-01-21 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has distributed security updates (e.g. KB5049981 for Windows 10 21H2-22H2) for the January 2025 Patchday (14.1.2025). After installing this update, administrators noticed that the SgrmBroker service (broker for runtime monitoring of system monitoring) no longer starts under Windows 10 and Windows Server 2022. Microsoft has now commented on this issue.

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Windows Server 2022: Out-of-band Update KB5052819 fixes NUMA nodes start issues

Posted on 2025-01-20 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled update KB5052819 for Windows Server 2022 on January 18, 2025, which upgrades the OS build to version 20348.3095. This out-of-band update is intended to fix operating system startup problems that can occur on systems with two or more NUMA nodes.

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Microsoft fixes crashing Microsoft 365 (Office) apps (16. Jan. 2025)

Posted on 2025-01-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a new build of Microsoft 365 that should fix the crashes of Microsoft Outlook and other Office 365 applications on Windows Server 2016 that I reported in January 2025.

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Microsoft'a Marketing tales: Windows 11 is free for a short time; support for Microsoft 365 app ends in October 2025 for Windows 10

Posted on 2025-01-20 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]Microsoft reached last week into its marketing bag of tricks again and put some questionable things on the table to promote Windows 11. It says that "Windows 11 is free for a short time". And another joke is unpacked: Microsoft writes that support for the Microsoft 365 apps under Windows 10 will end when it ceases to receive regular updates on October 14, 2025.

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

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Noyb complains about data transfer to TikTok, AliExpress & Co

Posted on 2025-01-19 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The data protection activists from Austrian noyb have filed complaints in European countries against the Chinese companies TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi. The issue is the unlawful transfer of user data to China, which the companies openly admit.

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Microsoft has started to force the upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 since January 16, 2025

Posted on 2025-01-19 by guenni

Windows[German]On January 16, 2025, Microsoft decided to open the floodgates for the feature upgrade of Windows 11 machines to version 24H2. This means that more users will suddenly be offered the feature update and their system will be upgraded to the new version. This may not be to the benefit of users in all cases, as 24H2 still has a number of bugs.

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Microsoft 365 Personal and Family shipped with Copilot, but hefty price hike

Posted on 2025-01-19 by guenni

[German]Private users of Microsoft's subscription products can look forward to a hefty price increase for the Microsoft 365 Personal and Family products. This "no-alternative" software is now being enhanced by Microsoft with Copilot, and that costs money. The subscriptions for private users will become significantly more expensive (thanks to the reader for pointing this out).

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Windows 11 and trouble with HP consumer notebook

Posted on 2025-01-19 by guenni

Windows[German]German blog reader Martin contacted me by e-mail this week because a new HP consumer notebook (HP 15s-fq0318ng) came across his desk. Windows 11 24H2 was pre-installed on this system. The experienced supporter can guess what's coming: Martin tried to set up the device for the user and ran into all sorts of "messes", which I outline below.

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Windows 11: Virtualbox collides with Hyper-V?

Posted on 2025-01-18 by guenni

Virtualbox[German]An unpleasant observation that is being discussed in the Virtualbox community. Virtualbox only works under Windows 11 if Hyper-V has been removed as a platform (and other virtualization functions). Apparently the hypervisors (still) collide. But removing Hyper-V and the other virtualization functions under Windows 11 is not at all trivial and has side effects.

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