Tag Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft services (Outlook, OneDrive, Teams etc. has been down (Jan. 25, 2023)

Posted on 2023-01-25 by guenni

[German]Short remark for the morning (here in Europe) of January 25, 2023: As it looks right now (09:00 UTC), Microsoft is experiencing a major disruption to its online services such as Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, LinkedIn, etc., which have been unavailable … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's Action Pack: How satisfied are partners?

Posted on 2022-11-25 by guenni

[German]Today, a short blog post to ask: How satisfied are you with Microsoft's support as a partner? I have received an information from such a partne, which complains about a "tragedy of Microsoft with regard to the support of its … Continue reading →

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

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AMA Delivery Optimization & Connected Cache on October 27, 2022

Posted on 2022-10-26 by guenni

Microsoft plans to hold an "Ask me anything" session on Delivery Optimization & Connected Cache on October 27, 2022. The team behind Delivery Optimization and Microsoft Connected Cache wants to provide answers to questions. Advertising

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Outlook.com: "Sync Email" settings error "Unable to load these settings. Please try again later."(March 2022)

Posted on 2022-03-19 by guenni

[Geman]A brief article about Microsoft's Outlook.com: There is a problem for users who want to collect mails from other email providers via Outlook.com. The feature in question has not been usable for some time now, with an error message stating … Continue reading →

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Firefox cannot access Microsoft.com … (Dec 12, 2021)

Posted on 2021-12-16 by guenni

[German]Firefox users seem to have problems accessing Microsoft websites at the moment. A blog reader had already contacted me the other day. Now I read further reports on the Internet that this is not an isolated case, but probably affects … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, sustainability and Windows 11 as an environmental disaster

Posted on 2021-11-14 by guenni

[German]Let's take a closer look at  Microsoft and the promise to become sustainabile. I just saw an announcement for a Microsoft Sustainability Kick-Off event. Microsoft say it's working to protect the environment. On the other hand, there are Surface models … Continue reading →

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Microsoft license comparisons

Posted on 2021-09-05 by guenni

Are you still looking through Microsoft's licensing for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 and know which licenses you bought? Someone enlisted Glenton Davis, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, to compare the licensing offered to Microsoft in these areas. Advertising

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Issues with Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business (Oct. 8, & 16, 2020)

Posted on 2020-10-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's online services Exchange Online (incident: EX224266 dated October 8, 2020), as well as OneDrive for Business in conjunction with SharePoint Online (incident OD224379 dated October 16, 2020) were/are affected by a malfunction. Brief overview of the information provided by … Continue reading →

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What is Microsoft's MeTAOS (Meta-OS)?

Posted on 2020-08-24 by guenni

[German]Over the weekend, the news that Microsoft is working on an operating system MeTAOS made the rounds. The abbreviation MeTAOS is a special notation that stands for Meta-OS, i.e. a meta operating system. Here is some information about this topic. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft's account suspensions and the OneDrive 'nude' photos

Posted on 2020-08-16 by guenni

[German]Users of a Microsoft account – needed for Microsoft services or in Windows 10 – may facing a strange behaviro. Their Microsoft account may be suspended without a warning for life time. One reason could be OneDrive  content, that violates … Continue reading →

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