Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel and Agents

[German]Short addendum from the other day: In addition to Office 2024 LTSC, Microsoft has also announced the launch of its "Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2". There is a product called Copilot Pages and Microsoft Excel gets support for the Python programming language. Agents are also being introduced.

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Microsoft Office 2024 LTSC for Windows and macOS released

[German]Microsoft has released Microsoft Office 2024 LTSC, which was announced some time ago, on September 16, 2024. This version of Office is now available for Windows and Apple Macs under macOS. It is an Office version that offers a subset of the features of the Microsoft 365 apps, but a stable platform that is not annoying due to constant feature changes as with Microsoft 365.

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German Linux developer René Rebe was SWATted

eScooter[German]An unpleasant experience for German Linux developer René Rebe, who was SWATted during a Twitch live streaming session. The doorbell rang and when Rebe opened it, the police were standing in the room. He was then handcuffed. Is an oppressive trend from the USA of sending the police to someone's house also spilling over into Germany?

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Windows 11 24H2: Update KB5041865 ships Recall

Windows[German]Another small addendum. Microsoft has released the optional update KB5041865 for Windows 11 24H2 on August 27, 2024. However, I have received reports that this update is not optional, but will be installed. This update includes the controversial recall function, which can be uninstalled.

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Analysis: More than half of VMware customers are planning to leave

[German]Will VMware by Broadcom's customer base collapse "soon"? There has been much speculation about this since the takeover of VMware by Broadcom. The other day I came across an article with an analysis that states that over half of VMware customers are looking to switch to another virtualization provider in the medium term.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows 10 22H2 shows prompt for Microsoft account after update KB5043064

Windows[German]I got reports about a change, Microsoft has probably introduced in the Start menu of Windows 10 version 22H2 with the September 2024 update. On some systems, Windows prompt "Sign in to your Microsoft account" in the Start menu, when selecting a local user account. It is probably the backporting of an annoying  Windows 11 feature that Windows 10 users are now facing. After two users have contacted me, I'm compiling what I know now.

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Windows TCP/IP implementation: Reset can increase network performance

Windows[German]Another addendum to the topic "Microsoft's TCP/IP implementation in Windows and the pitfalls". In the TCP implementation of Windows 10 and Windows 11, Microsoft has built in some pitfalls that severely limit the possible performance of TCP/IP connections. There may be cases where the TCP/IP settings that Windows makes internally have been tweaked so badly that a reset of the TCP/IP stack can work wonders and greatly increase network performance.

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Windows Legacy DRM deprecated; ActiveX diasbled in Office 2024

Windows[German]Microsoft has once again declared some Windows and Office components as deprecated and will sooner or later switch them off or remove support for them. In addition to the DRM functionality for media content in Windows 7/8, ActiveX in Office 2024 is also among the components that are on the way out.

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Windows Server 2019: Sept. 2024 update KB5043050 fixes performance issues

Windows[German]Microsoft has also fixed a performance issue on Windows Server 2019 with the September 2024 update KB5043050. When the August 2024 patchda update was installed, there were performance problems caused by cumulative update KB5041578 for Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC and Windows Server 2019. The bug was confirmed and the fix causing it was rolled back via KIR. Microsoft has completely eliminated the cause of the bug with the August 2024 security update.

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Windows: Sept. 2022 Updates fixes "Item-Level Targeting" Bug in GPP

Windows[German]After installing the Windows security updates from August 13, 2024 GPP "Item-Level Targeting" was broken. It was no longer possible to select groups. Microsoft has now fixed this bug as of September 11, 2024 with the security updates for Windows. Here is some information about what it is and feedback from readers that the bug has been fixed.

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