Patchday Windows 10-Updates (December 10, 2019)

[German]On December 10, 2019 (the second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update.

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Windows 10 20H1 Insider Build 19035 ISO released

[German]Microsoft has released an ISO installation image for the Windows 10 Insider Previews 20H1 Build 19035. These ISO files can be used to install a corresponding Windows 10 Insider Preview 20H1.

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041 (20H1)

On 10.12.2019) Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19041 (20H1) for insiders in the Slow and Fast Ring. The 'Quick Search' has been extended to several countries outside the USA. Bugs have also been fixed and other minor issues changed, as Microsoft is working towards the final. Details about the fixes and open issues can be found in the Windows Blog. (via)

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (Dec. 10, 2019)

Windows Update[German]On December 10, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (December 10, 2019)

Windows Update[German]As of December 10, 2019, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, and so on. Here is a compact overview of these updates.

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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 7: Soon End-of-Life for Microsoft Security Essentials

win7 [German]Just a notification for Windows 7 SP1 users, who are using Microsofts Security Essentials (MSE) as an antivirus solution. Redmond stops updating the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) soon. MSE is reaching End-of-Life (EOL).

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Lufthansa Miles & More: Data breach at frequent traveller accounts

[German]I've been notified a few hours ago by a German blog reader about a data breach at Lufthansa's frequent traveller bonus program Miles & More. Customers has able access to foreign account data after login.

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Surface Books and the swollen battery problem

[German]Another article about an unpleasant topic: Defective Microsoft Surface Books due to inflating batteries. More and more users of the Surface Books of the first generation have been hit by this issue.

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Flaw in Active Directory password lenght policy with 15 chars

[German]There is one annoying flaw in the Group Policy for Active Directory. This prevents an administrator from setting a password policy that requires passwords of at least 15 characters. If an administrator tries to force the password length to 15 characters, an internal length of only 7 up to 14 characters is used. But there are workarounds.

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Digital Transformation & Cloud

Another little Sunday tip for readers affected by the topic 'Switching to the Cloud'. David das Neves has written an article Moving to Cloud, but with a real Strategy — part 1  about that topic. In the article he explains how a lousy strategy and lack of vision can be quite painful when moving to the cloud. Maybe helpful to one or the other of you.

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