Tag Archives: Microsoft 365

Connection issues with Microsoft 365 applications? (Feb. 2023)

Posted on 2023-02-24 by guenni

[German]Question for Microsoft 365 administrators and service providers. Has there been increased feedback in recent days that apps are losing their connection to Microsoft services? Affects for example Office, Outlook, OneDrive, so that users have to log in again every … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365 Basic subscription (without Office and Windows) with 100 GB OneDrive storage for $1.99

Posted on 2023-01-12 by guenni

[German]On January 30, 2023, Microsoft wants to offer a worldwide subscription for Microsoft 365 Basic at a price of $1.99 (or euros) per month. If you are hoping that the Office apps will be included in the package or that … Continue reading →

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German data protection conference 2022 says Microsoft 365 still not GDPR compliant

Posted on 2022-11-27 by guenni

[German]The use of Microsoft 365 (including Office 365) is still not compliant with European general data protection rules (GDPR). Anyone using the product is breaching European GDPR law – at least as far as the standard configuration specified by Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Microsoft kills Office; it's branded Microsoft 365 in the future

Posted on 2022-10-14 by guenni

[German]During the Ignite 2022 conference, it also became known that the strategists from Redmond want to abandon the Office product brand. The applications previously marketed under Microsoft Office will be offered under the name Microsoft 365 in the future. Advertising

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Microsoft 365 services has been down (July 28, 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-28 by guenni

[German]Not only Cisco Webex is down, I have also received reports of disruptions from AWS for North America (see Cisco Webex has been down (July 28, 2022)). Microsoft's cloud services (Microsoft 365) also seem to have been affected. At least, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Cloud down for hours (July 21, 2022)

Posted on 2022-07-21 by guenni

[German]Quick note to readers: If you had problems accessing Microsoft's cloud services like OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Skype for Business, Office for The Web or the complete Microsoft 365 suite this morning (July 21, 2022), you weren't alone. There was a … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365: Switch to monthly app updates for May 2022 planned

Posted on 2022-05-01 by guenni

[German]Microsoft plans in May 2022 to switch systems with Microsoft 365 currently in semi-annual enterprise channel to the monthly enterprise channel. This means that the Office apps will then be updated every month. Administrators, who do not want this must … Continue reading →

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Data protection: Microsoft 365 banned in Germany's Baden-Württemberg's schools by summer 2022

Posted on 2022-04-26 by guenni

[German]The use of Microsoft 365 at schools in German state of Baden-Württemberg has been banned after the summer 2022. Schools must offer suitable alternatives for students and teachers. This is pointed out by the State Commissioner for Data Protection and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365: Shared Mailboxes not updating (Jan. 2022)

Posted on 2022-01-21 by guenni

[German]There currently seems to be massive issues with shared mailboxes on Microsoft 365 not being able to update automatically since January 2022. A blog reader alerted me to the problem on Jan. 20, 2022, but there are more reports about … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2022: Microsoft 365 Apps unsupported

Posted on 2021-10-03 by guenni

[German]A brief note for administrators planning to move to Windows Server 2022. Microsoft has just announced that Microsoft 365 apps will not be supported on this OS. Addendum: U-Turn from Microsoft in Sept. 2022 – see Windows Server 2022: MS 365 … Continue reading →

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