[German]Short addendum from the end of last week. Microsoft has generally released Windows 11 24H2 and is rolling out this operating system version to all systems that are classified as compatible. This means that more systems will now automatically be offered the upgrade to this Windows 11 version.
[German]A short note for administrators who distribute updates for Microsoft Defender via WSUS or ConfigMgr (MECM ). There was probably a problem at Microsoft, so that the update distribution has stalled since May 2, 2025, although updates are available from Microsoft for the Defender. However, the issue has been fixed, updates should now be synced again.
[German]Quick reminder for users of Microsoft's Skype service. Microsoft is discontinuing its Skype service today, May 5, 2025. Users with remaining credit will be able to make calls using the dial pad. Skype users should delete the app or application for security reasons.
[German]It has recently become known that remote desktop connections (RDP access) can also use old, revoked passwords from the cache for connections. Some people see this as a security risk. Microsoft has been informed by the security researcher, who discoved this behavior. However, Microsoft does not want to change this situation.
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[German]The vendor of remote maintenance software, AnyDesk, now also wants to convert existing customers to an "updated license model" when the old licenses expire. This is being sold as "exciting news" about being able to grow with the company. At the moment, I can't really tell what the catch is for existing customers. I'll pass on the information I received from a reader here in the blog.
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[German]"I would have been fired for this tweet under Steve Ballmer" is the confession of a Microsoft product manager who uses a Mac with macOS for his work, but has a VM with Windows 11 running on it.
[German]How can we optimize bulk operations with PowerShell scripts in Microsoft Exchange? With PowerShell v7, Microsoft has offered the possibility of using multi-threading techniques. The Exchange team has dealt with the options in question in a blog post and describes various possibilities, that are not to complex and suitable for PowerShell operators.
[German]A little tip for administrators of Windows systems. Mark Heitbrink has sat down and built a small PowerShell script that checks the Active Directory under Windows for orphaned administrator accounts and cleans the system of such corpses. The PowerShell script can do a few more things.
[German]A little "story from the past of Windows": In Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2), users had to experience that logging into their user account was very slow if a solid color was used for the desktop's background. After a long time, Microsoft developer Raymond Chen has come out of the closet and revealed the reason.
[German]The security update KB5055528 from April 8, 2025 for Windows 11 23H2, as well as subsequent updates, have caused a new collateral damage according to Microsoft. Systems with Windows 11 23H2 can no longer be updated to Windows 11 24H2 via WSUS when the update is installed because this installation fails with error 0x80240069.
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