[German]Quickly asked about the status of the switch to the new Outlook app. There is an indication that the last Windows 10 update from October 2024 will carry out a forced update. And there was feedback that the new Outlook app is behaving sluggishly over time (it's fixed now). Microsoft classified the new Outlook as "business-ready" a few weeks ago.
[German]There are currently discussions that Microsoft's controversial Recall feature cannot be uninstalled [without collateral damage] under Windows 11 24H2, contrary to Microsoft's promise – but this is currently still in flux. In addition, Microsoft seems to have introduced something like "poor mans recall" in the snipping tool in Windows. I'll take up the two facts here in the article and summarize what I currently know.
[German]Microsoft has delivered several updates on October 2024 Patchday (update KB5044273 for Windows 10 22H2 for instance). The cumulative update also updates OpenSSH for Windows, which can lead to various problems. Users of Yubikey appear to be affected by this update, as has been reported.
[German]Successful investigation by US prosecutors against the group Anonymous Sudan, which was responsible for numerous DDoS attacks (including on Microsoft, Cloudflare, OpenAI, etc.). Two Sudanese brothers have been charged with operating the group and carrying out numerous DDoS attacks.
[German]An unpleasant story that has come to my attention. There is a report of a bug with Microsoft's cloud services that means that log files from security products in the Microsoft cloud have not been saved reliably. Some log files appear to be lost forever. This could prevent threat detection for Microsoft's cloud customers – which in turn raises security concerns about the reliability of Microsoft as a company and its cloud services.
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[German]Since the general release of Microsoft Windows 11 24H2, I have been receiving reports of problems with VPN connections (CheckPoint VPN, WireGuard, Direct Access). I'll summarize some of these reports in one post, also to get a picture of whether they are just isolated cases or whether more people are affected.
[German]I would like to discuss an observation made by a blog reader about Microsoft Windows 11 24H2. This reader has noticed that the transfer rates for reading and writing via SMB have become abysmal since he updated his machine to the new Windows 11 version. Maybe someone from the readership has an idea what is going on.
[German]I'm posting an observation here in the blog that I've come across several times. When upgrading to Windows 11 24H2, some users seem to lose their activation. I would be interested to know whether this is just an isolated case or whether more users from the readership are experiencing this.
[German]A short note for administrators of Windows systems in corporate environments. Microsoft has already published the administrative templates for Windows 11 24H2 for download. This should enable the group policies for the new client operating system to be updated.
[German]After upgrading to Windows 11 24H2, some users experience very unpleasant surprises. In addition to bugs already documented by Microsoft, new errors are occurring. The sfc /scannow command displays corrupt files. Or 8.63 GB of data that cannot be deleted by disk cleanup accumulates in the update cache. Let me summarize some of the findings I have come across.
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