[Ger]Brief information for administrators. Browser manufacturers and Certificate Authorities (CAs) have decided to shorten the lifespan of TLS server certificates from 13 months to 47 days. However, there is a transition period for this change until 2029, during which the validity period of a TLS certificate will be gradually reduced.
WordPress 6.8 was released on April 15, 2025. The announcement of this version can be found here. The update should bring some improvements and speed up websites.
[German]Exciting information that became known at the beginning of April 2025. Mozilla wants to introduce Thundermail and Pro services. The aim is to offer an open source alternative to Gmail and Office365 that focuses on data protection, reducing dependencies and better user control.
[German]I am posting a very unusual observation by an administrator among the blog readers here on the blog. He noticed that an ominous folder c:\virus was "suddenly" created on his clients on the system drive. The cause has not yet been proven, but there are some indications that Trend Micro is the root cause. Perhaps someone else from the readership has made such an observation.
[German]On April 11, 2025, Microsoft released the out-of-band update KB5058919 for Windows 11 22H2 (Enterprise and Education) and Windows 11 23H2 (all versions). This special update had to be released because there were problems with Active Directory group policies.
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[German]An addendum from April 8, 2025: Microsoft also released various updates for the Windows RE environment for Windows 10 on this date. Further updates for Windows 10 make improvements to the Windows Setup binaries or all files used by Setup for feature updates in Windows 10.
Microsoft has released the Dynamic Update KB5055671 (Safe OS Dynamic Update) for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 on April 8, 2025. This update is available via Windows Update and improves the Windows Recovery Environment (Win RE) in Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025.
Short addendum (was offline for a while): Microsoft has released the Dynamic Update KB5056789 for Windows 11 22H2/23H2 on April 8, 2025. This update is available via Windows Update and improves the Windows Recovery Environment (Win RE) in Windows 11 version 22H2 and Windows 11 version 23H2.
If anyone is using Windows Autopilot and getting a TPM check error on new 2025 PCs, this is a known bug that Microsoft is working on.
Quick reminder for administrators who manage devices via Microsoft Intune. Microsoft is changing the URLs for the endpoint with Windows, Mac and Android. Adjustments are required by the end of April 2025.
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