[German]A short note for the administrators' weekend. On August 1, 2018, Microsoft released version V1.1.880.0 of its Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect.
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Operating system shares on the desktop end of July 2018
[German]July 2018 is over, and it's time to look at the figures for operating system distribution on the desktop and especially for Windows on early August 2018.
Windows 10: Microsoft explains the update cadence
[German]Microsoft is making another attempt to explain and familiarize administrators and users with the monthly update cycles for Windows 10. Some things were new for me, some words are sounding a a joke /slapstick in retrospect of July 2018 patches.
AVAST CCleaner 5.45 and the telemetry thing
[German]Security provider AVAST has released version 5.45 of the CCleaner (the product was taken over from Piriform). Version 5.45 comes with extended telemetry data acquisition, that caused a lot of negative feedback. Now AVAST explains the situation and promise amendments. Addendum: CCleaner version 5.45 has been pulled.
Microsoft Security Update Releases/Notifications (08/01/2018)
[German]Effective August 1, 2018, Microsoft has pulished Microsoft Security Update Releases for CVE-2018-8172 and CVE-2018-8202 and Microsoft Security Advisory Notification (with notes on Spectre patches). Here are the details.
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 10 Auto deployment via In-place upgrade
[German]In enterprise environments, administrators may face the problem of having to distribute Windows 10 upgrades automatically, possibly via SCCM or similar tools. Here is a solution, using a batch file to deploy an in-place upgrade approach for Windows 10.
Older Windows 10 versions are prompting for an Upgrade
[German]If you are currently still using older Windows 10 builds like Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) from spring 2017, you will be asked to upgrade to a newer Windows 10 build.
Windows (10) Update Survey and an open letter to Microsoft
[German]How satisfied are home users and IT Professionals with Windows and Microsoft's update policy? This question can be answered by surveys. Susan Bradley, a Windows veteran, has created two surveys. Here are the results of those surveys – and which are the reason for an open letter to Microsoft's top management.
NET-Framework Updates July 30, 2018 with Fixes
[German]Microsoft released updates for various Windows and .NET framework versions on July 30, 2018. This is updates are intended fix a couple of collateral damage caused by the previous .NET framework updates.
Wrong language in Windows Defender Application Guard
[German]Within the blog post I like to document another strange observation made by an administrator on a German Windows 10 Enterprise. The Windows Defender Application Guard displays a user interface in either Czech or Polish.