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BMW kicks subscription for heated seats

Posted on 2023-09-24 by guenni

[German]U-turn at BMW, when it comes to seat heating as a subscription. Announced as recently as 2020, this option is to disappear in the future. Instead, the car manufacturer wants to focus on other software services. This was announced by … Continue reading →

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Cisco plans to acquire Splunk monitoring platform for $28 billion

Posted on 2023-09-21 by guenni

Advertising [German]The next big takeover in the IT industry seems to be imminent. The US company Cisco has announced that it wants to take over Splunk. It's a really big deal, which will be done by a cash purchase. No … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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TikTok gets fined 345 million by Irish data protection authority

Posted on 2023-09-18 by guenni

[German]The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued its final decision regarding an investigation into TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) on September 1, 2023. The investigation examined whether the platform had complied with its obligations regarding the processing of children's personal data. … Continue reading →

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Attention: Transcription APIs from teams will be chargeable from Sept. 1, 2023 onwards

Posted on 2023-09-06 by guenni

[German]One more small warning, even if it's currently more likely to affect developers who use Microsoft's cloud stuff via API. There is a preview of the Teams transcription APIs, which can be used to create meeting transcripts and recordings using … Continue reading →

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Changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 due to EU competition concerns

Posted on 2023-08-31 by guenni

[German]The EU competition investigations underway against Microsoft seem to be having an effect. Suddenly, Redmond is announcing changes to Microsoft 365 and Office 365 to address European competition concerns. These changes will affect our Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites … Continue reading →

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Microsoft AI event on September 21, 2023 in New York

Posted on 2023-08-29 by guenni

On September 21, 2023, Microsoft will hold an event in New York. I had not addressed the topic here in the blog, but has read first speculations of other media what will be shown at the event. Advertising

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Changes to the Microsoft Service Agreement as of September 30, 2023

Posted on 2023-08-18 by guenni

[German]On August 5, 2023, I received an e-mail from Microsoft informing me about changes to the service contract. It says that the service contract has been made "clearer now". If you take a look at the details, you will see … Continue reading →

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EU Commission opens competition proceedings against Microsoft over Teams

Posted on 2023-07-28 by guenni

[German]Now it's official what has been whispered behind closed doors by insiders for weeks. The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether Microsoft may have violated EU competition rules. At issue is Microsoft's communications and collaboration product Teams … Continue reading →

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EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft for Teams bundling with Office 365

Posted on 2023-07-21 by guenni

[German]It has already been whispered about for a week: The EU Competition Commission is investigating an antitrust complaint against Microsoft because of the Teams bundling with Office 365. On the one hand, competitor Slack had complained about Microsoft to the … Continue reading →

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March 2023: What's going up with AnyDesk?

Posted on 2023-04-02 by guenni

[German]I'm picking up on a topic and posting it here on the blog for information purposes with a request for feedback from those affected. It's about the provider AnyDesk and its remote maintenance software of the same name. A reader … Continue reading →

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