Tag Archives: Cloud

From Sept. 1, 2024 no more license allocation in Entra ID Admin Center/Microsoft Azure Portal

Posted on 2024-08-12 by guenni

[German]A small addendum for administrators who previously assigned their licenses via the Microsoft Entra ID Admin Center and/or the Microsoft Azure Portal. This will be a thing of the past from September 1, 2024 – Microsoft is consolidating license management … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365: Service degration (August 5, 2024)

Posted on 2024-08-05 by guenni

[German]On August 5, 2024, there will be another disruption to Microsoft 365 features and services, which will probably affect various users worldwide. Microsoft has already confirmed the problem under MO851360 in the status area for MS 365 administrators. The effects … Continue reading →

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Cyber attack and bug cause of the Microsoft Cloud outage on 30.7.2024

Posted on 2024-08-01 by guenni

[German]On July 30, 2024, there was a partial outage of Microsoft cloud services (Azure, Microsoft 365, etc.) worldwide. I had reported – but not all users were affected. Microsoft has now published a post-incident report and identified the initial causes. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365: Administrators no longer receive passwords by email; unlicensed accounts are archived

Posted on 2024-07-31 by guenni

[German]A few more additions to Microsoft 365 in the last few days: Microsoft is burying the option for administrators to have a password sent to them by email when setting up or editing new Microsoft 365 user accounts. This option … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Entra / MS 365 down (July 30, 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-30 by guenni

[German]Currently Microsoft is struggling with a hiccup in its cloud services. A reader informed me at around 2:29 pm (Central European Time) that Microsoft Entra had been unavailable since 2 hours. Here is a brief update on what is now … Continue reading →

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

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Exchange Online: Basic authentication for client transmission (SMTP AUTH) ends Sept. 2025

Posted on 2024-07-29 by guenni

[German]I'm adding a topic to the blog that was announced by Microsoft back in April 2024, but hasn't yet received too much attention. A reader had already pointed this out to me some time ago. Microsoft will finally discontinue support … Continue reading →

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filefactory.com down? (July 22, 2024)

Posted on 2024-07-22 by guenni

[German]FileFactory is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and share files. The provider advertises unlimited uploads and unlimited downloads. There are probably free offers and also subscriptions. But the filefactory.com site has been down since July 22, … Continue reading →

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Cloud expansion jeopardized by lack of security know-how?

Posted on 2024-07-14 by guenni

[German]An exciting story: everything is (at least it feels like it is) moving into the cloud. But the German companies that are already in the cloud are facing serious security problems. Security provider Tenable has taken a closer look and … Continue reading →

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Midnight Blizzard hack: Microsoft sends notification to customers by email that ends up in SPAM folders

Posted on 2024-07-09 by guenni

[German]After Microsoft's e-mail system (Exchange Online, Outlook.com) was compromised by Russian hackers from the state sponsored group Midnight Blizzard Hackers, Microsoft recently had to admit that e-mails to customers were also affected. In an attempt to inform customers, Microsoft made … Continue reading →

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Google Docs alternative from Proton

Posted on 2024-07-07 by guenni

[German]Swiss provider Proton, known for its encrypted mail service, announced and released its "Docs in Proton" service this week. Similar to Google Docs, users can open an online storage and edit documents in Docs. Advertising

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