[German]Besides the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC for 2021, Microsoft has just announced a new Office 2021 (as well as an LTSC version) for the 2nd half of 2021. This new Office 2021 version is supposed to get only five years of support for updates.
[German]Microsoft has just announced its plans for its Windows 10 versions in the Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). There will probably be a new version in the fall – but it will (surprise) only be provided with updates for five years.
[German]Short question for the blog readership: have you encountered any cases these days where Windows 10 machines running version 1909 or later lapse into the pre-boot menu after booting? A blog reader confronted me with this problem.
[German]Microsoft had pulled a second Servicing Stack Update (SSU) KB4601390 for Windows 10 due to serious issues. In the meantime, they have replaced the SSU from February 9, 2021 with the new Servicing Stack Update KB5001079. Here is some information, how to re-enable further update installs on affected Windows 10 clients and Windows Servers.
[German]Microsoft has released the update to Edge 88.0.705.74 on February 17, 2021. It is a security update that fixes nine vulnerabilities that have already been fixed in Google Chrome 88. Here is some information about it.
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[German]Last night Microsoft officially announced the upcoming Windows 10 21H1 and at the same time started the "beta test" with Windows Insiders in the beta channel. It will probably be a "small feature update" again, which brings the Windows 10 20H2 to the 21H1 via enablement update. Oh yes, the feature update is scheduled for general release in the first half of 2021.
[German]Interesting information I just came across. Chromebook sales with Chrome OS surpassed Apple Mac unit sales for the first time in 2020. And Chromebooks are gaining market share at the expense of Microsoft Windows.
[German]Google developers have updated the Chrome browser to version 88.0.4324.182 as of February 16, 2020 in the desktop version for Linux, macOS and Windows. This security update fixes 106 vulnerabilities in the older browser versions.
[German]As of February 16, 2021 (3rd Tuesday of the month, C-Week), Microsoft has released several optional cumulative (preview) updates for Windows 10 as well as its Windows Server counterparts. Here's an overview of the updates in question.
[German]A brief message for users of Microsoft Edge – version 88.0.705.68 (current is 88.0.4324.182). I received several reports from German users, facing browser crashes. Here is a rough overview of what is going on and a workaround.
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