Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 8, 2025)

Update[German]On April 8, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates. One update for Office 2016 causes issues with Excel, Outlook  and Word.

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Microsoft Edge Version 135.0.3179.* issue: can't open edge://welcome-new-device/

Edge[German]On April 3, 2025, Microsoft released Edge 135.0.3179.54 (and there is probably already 135.0.3179.66, which may fix the following bug) and closed security vulnerabilities there. However, I have received reports that there are problems with Edge 135.0.3179.54.

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Word/Excel 2016 crashing after April 2025 update KB5002700

[German]Die Sicherheitsupdates vom 8. April 2025 für Microsoft Office scheinen einige Kollateralschäden zu verursachen. Neben dem Outlook 2016-Kalender-Problem scheint das Microsoft das Office-Update KB5002700 auch Word 2016 sowie Excel 2016 zum Absturz zu bringen.

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Outlook 2016: Calendar access blocked after April 2025 update KB5002700

[German]On April 8, 2025, Microsoft released the Office update KB5002700 to close a number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2016. After installing this update, access to the calendar is no longer possible. However, there is a quick workaround.

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Patchday: Windows Server-Updates (April 8, 2025)

Windows[German]On April 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates along with some details for these Windows Server versions (from Windows Server 2012 to 2025). The security fixes relevant for Windows Server are described in the blog post Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 8, 2025).

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

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Patchday: Windows 10/11 Updates (April 8, 2025)

Windows[German]On April 8, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (April 8, 2025)

Update[Germany]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on April 8, 2025. The security updates eliminate 121 vulnerabilities (CVEs), one of which was classified as 0-day. This vulnerability has already been attacked. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.

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Outlook: Calendar remains empty

[German]Microsoft has already acknowledged a problem in its Outlook product at the end of March 2025, which means that the calendar no longer displays any entries.

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Driver synchronization in WSUS does not end in April 2025

Update[German]Small addendum to the never-ending topic "Microsoft will end "driver synchronization in WSUS in April 2025". As befits April, Microsoft has announced "the retreat from the retreat". The WSUS can still update drivers for Windows in the future (until further notice).

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Microsoft Word 365/2021 crashes (April 7, 2025)

[German]There is a problem with Microsoft Word 365 (and Word 2021). Since April 7, 2025, Word has been crashing in various versions when opening .doc files. The only remedy is to downgrade the relevant Office 365 / 2021 build.

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