[German]The use of Microsoft Teams in schools of German state Hesse (Hessen) is being phased out for data protection reasons. This has just been announced by the Hessian data protection commissioner. Data protection-compliant substitute solutions are available for use for video conferencing in schools. So the authorization to use teams is coming to an end.
[German]The hack of US manufacturer Ubiquiti Networks (IoT devices, cameras, etc.) that became known in January 2021 was probably more serious than the company admitted. The attackers are said to have had access to source codes and credentials. Addendum: Statement from the manufacturer added.
[German]A few hours ago, there was a worldwide outage of the Microsoft cloud services Xbox Live, Teams, Office 365, OneDrive and Bing. A DNS resolution error was probably the problem. The problem seems to be solved at the moment..
[German]German blog reader bon-go sent me his revised PowerShell/batch script to uninstall the buggy March 2021 updates in Windows 10 that are causing the printing issues reported here on the blog. I'm posting the updated version of the script here on the blog – perhaps it will be of interest to someone.
[German]Quick question to administrators and users of Outlook 2016. Are there any issues (lags or hangs and slow reactions) after installing the update KB4493226 from March 2, 2021? I got first reports about some trouble.
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Microsoft internally wants to change its systems (servers, but also clients) to Linux in the medium future. So Windows will be phased out in the long run – they are only considering to port a part of the GUI and some essential tools to the development under the project name WiLux.
[German]Many users swear by O&O Shutup10 to turn off telemetry data collection under Windows 10. However, there was a problem with telemetry data collection being automatically reactivated under Windows 10 when it was switched off with O&O Shutup10. Now there is an update for O&O Shutup10. In addition, there is a way how to disable telemetry collection in Windows 10 with on-board tools. I'll just post it on the blog.
[German]What is the threat situation at the end of March 2021 with regard to on-premises Exchange Server and the exploitation of the vulnerabilities that became known at the beginning of March 2021? Microsoft has provided analyses of which ransomware groups are working in this field. Time for a look at the risk situation. Oh yes, even if the date suggests it: This isn't an April Fool's joke.
[German]Google has released Google Chrome 89.0.4389.114 on March 30, 2021. The browser should be updated promptly, as Google closes eight vulnerabilities. Here's a brief overview.
[German]After the mass hack of on-premises Exchange Server at the end of February and in March 2021, the question is how to prevent such a thing. I have some information from Barracuda Networks that I would like to post here on the blog for you to read – even though they are singing the praises of the cloud.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
