Next Windows: Windows 11, Windows Sun Valley or what?

Windows[German]Microsoft has announced an event on the topic of "next Windows" on June 24, 2021, where the future development of the operating system from Redmond is to be discussed. Until then, Windows Insider Previews will no longer be available for testing (see the article at deskmodder.de). In the meantime, the speculations revolve around the question of how Microsoft will name the upcoming Windows versions starting in the fall. Besides Windows 11, a new naming scheme of the Windows Sun Valley kind has now been brought into the discussion.

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Google Chrome 91.0.4472.101 with critical security fixes

[German]Google has released Google Chrome 91.0.4472.101 for Windows, Mac and Linux on June 9, 2021. It is a security update that fixes 14 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once. The browser should be patched quickly, as the 0-day vulnerability CVE-2021-30551 is already being exploited in the wild.

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Citrix Security Updates (June 2021)

Update[German]A brief note for administrators who deal with Citrix products. The manufacturer has released several security bulletins including security updates for its products on June 8 and 9, 2021. There is a Citrix Hypervisor Security Update, Citrix Cloud Connector Security Update, and Citrix Application Delivery Controller, Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance Security Update, respectively. Here's a brief overview of the security bulletins in question.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (June 8, 2021)

[German]On June 8, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Was Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Update KB2565063 forgotten in WSUS?

Windows Update[German]A brief question for the administrators among the blog readers who manage updates with WSUS. Has the current version of the update KB2565063 (Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package) been deployed on WSUS? Or did Microsoft simply forget about it or does not roll out security updates anymore?

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

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VLC 3.0.15 released

Sicherheit[German]The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.15 for Linux, macOS and Windows on June 8, 2021. It is only a minimal maintenance update, which should fix bugs.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (June 8, 2021)

Windows[German]On June 8, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2008 R2 with ESU support. Here is some information about the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for this operating system.

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Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (June 8, 2021)

Windows[German]As of June 8, 2021, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information on the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for these operating systems.

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (June 8, 2021)

Windows[German]On June 8, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version 21H1). Here are some details about the respective patchday security updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (June 8, 2021)

[German]On June 8, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – have been released. Below is a compact overview of these updates.

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