[German]Microsoft is introducing outbound email limits for tenants to prevent misuse of Exchange Online by sending emails in bulk. This was announced by the Exchange team in February 2025. The limits were due to take effect in March 2025 and their introduction will depend on the number of licenses in the tenant. However, Microsoft has apparently postponed the introduction until April 2025.
[German]In February 2025, HP apparently released a new firmware update for its HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 printers. I have received a report that this will block third-party ink again. Below is some information and possibly a note on downgrading the firmware.
[German]New change for users of VMWare by Broadcom who use products such as VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vSphere Standard (VVS), VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). In two weeks, licenses for at least "72 cores per licensing" are required.
[German]A dispute between VMware by Broadcom and Siemens AG. The two parties are at loggerheads over licensing. VMware has now sued Siemens for unlicensed products.
[German]There have been massive problems with Microsoft 365/Exchange Online since March 2025. And some readers and users are complaining that access to mailboxes via the Samsung Mail app is not working. A blog reader sent me a "spooky" solution to this problem (install the Microsoft Authenticator app and disable battery optimization helps).
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[German]Users of Windows 11 24H2 have been struggling with RDP problems for months. Connections break off or cannot be established. Microsoft has now confirmed these problems, which I addressed in a blog post. The preview update from January 2025 is said to be responsible for the problems, and the preview update from March 2025 brings a fix.
[GER1, GER2]Since the end of 2024, users of Microsoft Excel 2016 have been running into a strange issue. Excel files that have been password protected cannot be opened multiple times. It seems to be a problem caused by Windows 11 24H2. I now have solutions from readers to fix the problem, in the hope that Microsoft will come up with a fix at some point.
Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5053656 for Windows 11 24H2 on March 27, 2025. I have added some information about this update in the blog post Windows 10/11: Preview Updates March 25/27, 2025.
[German]A small addendum from this week. A few days ago, I came across the news on X that the US company Oracle had been hacked. Oracle as a company denies a hack. But companies listed in the Oracle data captured by the hacker confirm that data used by them was found there. The hack, it is true, could affect many Oracle customers. Here's a rundown of what's known so far.
[German]A short note or addendum for users of Windows 11 24H2 who rely on Veeam Backup & Recovery. Rudi has already pointed out to me on March 22, 2025 that the restore functionality of Veeam backups via Veeam Recovery in Windows 11 no longer works. Windows updates from February 2025 seem to be to blame. Veeam has confirmed this and is working with Microsoft to resolve the issue.
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