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SharePoint Add-Ins for Microsoft 365 will be retired on April 2, 2026.
A brief announcement that, in my opinion, will have little impact. Microsoft will finally discontinue SharePoint add-ins in Microsoft 365 in spring 2026.
Microsoft 365: Companion apps will be rolled out at the end of October 2025
[German]Starting in late October 2025, the Microsoft 365 companion apps—People, Files, and Calendar—will be automatically installed on Windows 11 devices with Microsoft 365 apps and will integrate Copilot for contextual AI assistance.
Microsoft 365: Outage blocks Teams and Exchange Online (Oct. 8, 2025)
[German]Yesterday noon / evening (Central European Time), October 8, 2025, there was a disruption to Microsoft 365 services. This resulted in users experiencing problems accessing Microsoft Teams and Exchange Online features. As the disruption occurred late in the evening, users … Continue reading
Microsoft 365: Confusion about OneDrive storage in European countries
[German]Confusion surrounds the feature rolled out by Microsoft in June 2025, which ensures that Microsoft 365 apps store their backups of document files on OneDrive. This functionality does not appear to be available in Europe (yet). It is also known … Continue reading
Microsoft 365: Find unused licenses
[German]Are there any unused licenses in a Microsoft 365 tenant? I happened to come across a post on X where someone presented a PowerShell script that detects such unused licenses.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Microsoft 365: Will emails be automatically deleted again?
[German]I'll bring up another rather crude observation: In the spring of 2025, an administrator reported that contacts and later emails were mysteriously deleted from some of his users' Microsoft 365 accounts, initially sporadically. Now I've come across a similar case … Continue reading
Comparison of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and third-party ICES software
[German]How does Microsoft Defender actually compare to third-party ICES solutions for protecting Microsoft Office 365? ICES solutions can be integrated into Microsoft Defender for Office 365. I recently came across an overview from Microsoft with a comparison.
Windows 10: Microsoft 365 apps will receive updates till 2028
[German]Microsoft has now announced deadlines from which the supply of security updates for Microsoft 365 apps under Windows 10 will end after October 14, 2025, but surprisingly even provides feature updates. There will be a staggered phase-out of these feature … Continue reading
Posted in Office, Security, Update, Windows
Tagged Microsoft 365, Office, Security, Update, Windows 10
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Microsoft 365 blocks old authentication protocols from mid-June 2025
[German]I'll pull out a topic in a post that I came across recently. Microsoft is trying to increase the security of MS 365. To this end, "Secure by default settings" for outdated authentication protocols will be introduced in Microsoft 365 … Continue reading
Support for Microsoft 365 extended for 3 years for Windows 10 ESU systems
[German]Regular support for Windows 10 22H2 ends in October 2025. However, users can obtain Extended Security Updates (ESU) for a fee. Microsoft recently announced that the Office apps that come with Microsoft 365 will be provided with security updates for … Continue reading
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Tagged ESU, Microsoft 365, Office, Security, Support, Windows 10
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