[German]Google is making two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatory for its Google accounts starting November 9, 2021. In May 2021, Google had announced this move in this blog post. I have been offered the 2FA protection on my Android smartphone on November 3, 2021. And I see from this article that it will be mandatory from November 9, 2021.
[German]Microsoft announced the general availability of its Windows Admin Center v2110 during its Ignite 2021 conference. Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based app for managing Windows servers, clusters, hyper-converged infrastructure and Windows 10/11 PCs.
Microsoft has introduced a total of 56 new group policies in Windows 10 and Windows 11 with version 21H2 for device management, PrintNightmare, Sandbox, Defender and so on.
[German]With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft also had to supplement and adapt its mobile device management (MDM). In an article What's new in mobile device enrollment and management dated October 22, 2021, Microsoft has responded. The article describes what's new in mobile device enrollment and management (MDM) in Windows 10 and Windows 11 for all Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices.
[German]Unpleasant surprise for some people who own an older Mac with an Intel CPU. Currently, there are more and more reports of people whose Macs can no longer boot after an update to macOS Montery. In case of doubt, hardware has to be exchanged to get a working system again.
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[German]WSUS administrators are facing issues when it comes to importing updates. For historical reasons, Internet Explorer is normally required for this import. However, Microsoft is relying on the Edge browser in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Now, instead of laboriously setting up Internet Explorer to import an update package, or tampering with PowerShell you can do this import using Microsoft Edge with IE mode as the browser. Blog reader Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus once wrote this together in a short How-To.
On Nov. 2, 2021, Microsoft experienced a disruption in Microsoft 365 services that blocked users from accessing OneDrive and SharePoint files. This prevented users from opening Excel files stored on OneDrive or SharePoint. Meanwhile, Microsoft states that the issue has been fixed again.
[German]Microsoft has published some Security Update Releases notifications and also revisions in October 2021. Since I have not been able to cover everything so far, I am summarizing the relevant notifications in a collective post. The security information ranges from a "Windows Key Storage Provider Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability" to the Azure AD Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
[German]It's an issue that seems to have blown up in some administrators' faces in mid-October 2021. VMware ESXI 7.0 administrators were getting a "non-accessible boot device" error message on virtualized Windows Server 2012 R2 machines. Then the server would no longer boot. The cause was a patch from Microsoft for the paravirtualized SCSI adapters.
[German]A few days ago, more Russian cyberattacks against U.S. companies became known. These are patterned after the SolarWinds attack, this time targeting Microsoft partners. Security researcher Tenable criticizes cloud service providers for ignoring basic security practices, thus abetting these attacks.
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