[German]Microsoft has distributed the security update KB5049981 for Windows 10 21H2-22H2 for the January 2025 Patchday (14.1.2025). After installing this update, administrators notice that the SgrmBroker service (broker for runtime monitoring of system monitoring) no longer starts. Administrators also notice the same behavior under Windows Server 2022. I will summarize the information I have in this regard.
[German]On January 14, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Non-security updates were released on January 7, 2025. Below you will find an overview of the available updates.
[German]On January 14, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates including some details for these Windows Server versions (from Windows Server 2012 to 2025).
[German]On January 14, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for the still supported versions of the client operating systems Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.
[German]On the Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 14, 2025), Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 159 vulnerabilities (CVEs), eight of which are classified as 0-day. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.
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[German]Quick question for the administrators and users of Microsoft Teams 2.0. Have there been any problems with the software in the last few days? A user has contacted me complaining about problems with phone calls via Microsoft Teams that his users are experiencing. However, there is not much information available.
[German]Over the last few days, I have received several emails from readers reporting that Microsoft is rolling out the Windows RE update KB5048239 for Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2. The problem is that this update is being installed again and again under Windows 10. The operating system gets into an "update loop".
[German]German blog reader Robert contacted me recently by emailed to report that he had run into problems with Outlook and other apps under Microsoft 365 on Windows Server 2016 (and 2019) Terminal Server. Microsoft Outlook, Excel crashes in a certain build, which could be related to an Edge update.
[German]Microsoft announced this week that two problems with Outlook Classic have been fixed. One is the hangs that occurred when copying via Ctrl+C. In addition, a problem with the GMail account connection has been fixed. I'll pull the two topics into one post.
[German]A brief addendum from Friday, January 10, 2025: Microsoft announced in the Microsoft 365 Message Center that Windows 10 will also receive the new Outlook app as a "pre-install". The app will be pre-installed on systems as part of updates with the preview update at the end of January and with the regular February 2025 update.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
