Intune: ‘Remove built-in Windows app’ setting explained

[German]In the Microsoft Intune (Azure) is a new setting option 'Remove built-in Windows app'. With this option administrators are able to remove built-in apps from a Windows 10 install. ### The article ist outdated, MS has removed the described feature. ###

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Operating-System/Browser share (January 2020)

[German]It's early February 2020, and Windows 7 has reached end of support. Time to take a look at the current market shares of desktop operating systems as of the end of January 2020.

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Surface Pro 7/Laptop 3: Update causes 640 x 480 Mode issue

[German]A graphics driver update for the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 and the Surface Laptop 3, dated January 30, 2020, causes some users to have a graphics resolution of only 640 x 480 pixels at the DisplayPort.

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Microsoft Teams down due to certificate failure (Feb. 3, 2020)

[German]Microsoft's Teams services are currently down (February 3, 2020, since 2.40 pm). The reason is an certificate issue, that blocks the access to the teams account. 

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Outlook.com Premium Portal will be shutdown Feb. 2020

[German]A brief note for users of Outlook.com Premium that Microsoft will shutdown the associated portal End of February 2020. Personalized e-mail addresses will require an Office 365 Home or Premium subscription as of February 28, 2020.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Windows 10 V1909 Enterprise: Telemetry can be deactivated

[German]The transfer of telemetry data to Microsoft can be completely disabled in Windows 10 Enterprise November 2019 Update (Version 1909). This is the result of an analysis by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision.

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Reactivate Microsoft Office Equation Editor 3.0

[German]On January 9, 2018, Microsoft released security updates for Microsoft Office. Subsequently, users discovered that the formula editor was missing in Word or other Office modules. Here is some information and a solution how to get the Equation editor back.

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Windows 10 VMs with Legacy Edge Browser for tests

[German]A brief hint for people who still need the old Edge Browser. Microsoft has just released virtual machines with Windows 10 and old Edge Browser for testing purposes.

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Windows 10: Issues with Update KB4528760 / KB4532695

[German]Microsoft released the KB4528760 and KB4532695 updates for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 in January 2020. In the blog post I give a short summary of issues users have encountered during the last days.

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Security information (January 31, 2020)

[German]To conclude the month of January 2020, here is some information on security issues that have come to my attention in the last few hours.

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