[German]Am 11. Februar 2025 (zweiter Dienstag im Monat, Patchday bei Microsoft) hat Microsoft auch das kumulative Update KB5051987 für Windows 11 24H2 freigegeben. Nun gibt es Berichtet, dass dieses Update nicht nur Installationsprobleme verursacht, sondern bei Installation den Windows Explorer beeinträchtigt.
[German]To officially install Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft requires the use of a compatible CPU. An updated list of compatible CPUs for AMD and Intel was published a few days ago. Not much has really changed – AMD has added a CPU, while Intel has dropped support for various CPUs for new OEM devices.
[German]Since the release of Windows Server 2025, a boot problem in iSCSI environments was confirmed by Microsoft as a known issue. Microsoft has now provided a fix for this problem on February 11, 2025 and lists the issue as resolved. This can be seen from an entry on the relevant Microsoft Windows Release Health dashboard.
A little tip for administrators who are responsible for the cloud and Microsoft Entra. Microsoft has made a collection of templates and materials for the end-user rollout available for download.
[German]A German blog reader contacted me a few days ago with a strange observation. The reader uses a backup solution that is launched cyclically via the Windows task scheduler. Since December 2024, however, the reader has noticed that the tasks of the task scheduler no longer run cleanly, but are deactivated. It affects a Windows computer in his environment, and it was unclear what is responsible for the deactivation of the backup task. After publishing the German blog post, the reader found out, that CCleaner was the culprit.
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[German]Microsoft updated information on two known bugs in Windows 11 24H2 in February 2025. Firstly, the support article that addresses the issue of Dirac Audio losing audio output when using cridspapo.dll was updated. And the bug that the use of Auto HDR can cause games to become unresponsive or display incorrect colors is said to have been fixed.
[German]Microsoft has recently made some announcements for functions in Microsoft 365 for March and April 2025 – 2026. The SharePoint add-ins will cease operation from 2026, and Azure ACS will also be discontinued. Here is a brief overview of what I have come across.
[German]I'm posting an observation here in the blog that a reader pointed out to me. In environments with Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Office 2021, there are problems with accessing the Exchange Online archive archive. It depends on the license, whether you can access the Exchange Online archive archive.
[German]The home pages of the web apps for Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.) can now be accessed via the new domain cloud.microsoft. Microsoft is thus implementing an announcement made in 2023.
[German]Once again a somewhat strange observation from the readership. I have received a report that Microsoft Office has recently been trying to prevent access to the domain aprimocdn.net. It seems to be a security issue, as can be seen from a dialog box.
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