Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) July 2018 Service Release

[German]Short notice for administrators in the Windows environment who have a Software Assurance contract available. Microsoft released the MDOP July 2018 Service Release for the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) on July 11, 2018.

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Chrome’s 67 Site Isolation as Spectre mitigation

[German]Google's Chrome developershave activated site isolation on 99% of the systems using version 67 of the browser. This feature also serves as protection against spectre attacks.

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DHCP-Bug in Update KB4338814 (Windows 10 Version 1607)

[German]A short note to administrators running Windows Server version 1607 als DHCP failover server. Cumulative update KB4338814 causes a bold DHCP bug during installation, so that Windows 10 Enterprise clients no longer have a network connection.

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Media Creation Tool creates Windows 10 17134.112 image

[German]Microsoft has adapted its Media Creation Tool to create installation images of Windows 10 with build 17134.112. In addition, Microsoft has removed the targeted for Windows 10 V1803 with the July 2018 patchday.

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Sysmon: extract ProcessGUIDs, ParentProcessGUIDs, LogonGUIDs

How can we extract the data obtained by Sysmon like ProcessGUIDs, ParentProcessGUIDs, LogonGUIDs? Someone wrote a small PowerShell script. Perhaps interesting for one or the other reader.

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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 ...


.Net Framework: Update KB4340558 drops error 0x80092004?

Windows Update[German]Last night Microsoft released the .NET Framework update KB4340558 for Windows. As it looks, this update is buggy and cannot be installed. The installation ends (on some systems) 0x80092004. Addendum: Microsoft has published workarounds – see addendum below.

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Thunderbird 52.9.1 released

Mozilla's developers of the email client Thunderbird released version 52.9.0 earlier this mont. Now version 52.9.1 with bug fixes has been released. Here is a short overview, what's fixed.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server July 10, 2018

Windows Update[German]On July 10, 2018 Microsoft released several (security) updates (KB4338818, KB4338823) for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates (KB4338815, KB4338824) for Windows 8.1 and the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these updates.

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PowerShell-Script WindowsAutoPilotIntune 2.1

A short tip for administrators working with InTune. The WindowsAutoPilotIntune 2.1 script has been released in the PowerShell Gallery. This is an example module for managing AutoPilot devices via the Intune Graph API. Michael Niehaus pointed this out here.

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Windows Policy Analyzer: June 2018 update

Policy Analyzer is a utility in the Security Compliance Toolkit for analyzing and comparing sets of Group Policy Objects (GPOs), which has been received a minor update End of June 2018.

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