Tag Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft reports DNS issues as solved (Feb. 11, 2019)

Posted on 2019-02-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft believes that the DNS issues that caused failures at various services, including Windows Update, in January/February 2019 have now been finally fixed. Meanwhile all Microsoft services should be usable again. Advertising

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Ups, Microsoft deleted Azure Cloud data bases

Posted on 2019-02-01 by guenni

[German]That's not cool: The issues that Microsoft have had with Microsoft 365 on January 29, 2019 also affected Azure SQL databases. Some customers have had SQL databases deleted on Azure. After restoring a snapshot, customers discovered that there were transaction … Continue reading →

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

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Microsoft Security Update Releases/Notifications (08/01/2018)

Posted on 2018-08-02 by guenni

[German]Effective August 1, 2018, Microsoft has pulished Microsoft Security Update Releases for CVE-2018-8172 and CVE-2018-8202 and Microsoft Security Advisory Notification (with notes on Spectre patches). Here are the details. Advertising

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Windows (10) Update Survey and an open letter to Microsoft

Posted on 2018-07-31 by guenni

[German]How satisfied are home users and IT Professionals with Windows and Microsoft's update policy? This question can be answered by surveys. Susan Bradley, a Windows veteran, has created two surveys. Here are the results of those surveys – and which … Continue reading →

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Looking back at Microsoft’s July 2018-Patches

Posted on 2018-07-29 by guenni

[German]July 2018 represents another low with regard to issues caused from Microsoft's updates. Since the month is almost over, here is a look at security advisories and problematic updates, as well as some basic thoughts.. Advertising

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Microsoft Surface Go tablet for 399 US $

Posted on 2018-07-10 by guenni

[German]The rumors of the last days has been true. Microsoft has introduced the Surface Go Tablet, which is entering the education market with a price starting at 399 US $ and a 10-inch display. From today, July 10, 2018, pre-orders … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Releases – May 15, 2018

Posted on 2018-05-20 by guenni

Microsoft has revised some Security Update Releases on May 15, 2018. Here is a short list, what has been changed. Addendum: Update revision from May 18, 2018 added. Advertising

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Issues with Microsoft’s February 2018 updates

Posted on 2018-03-02 by guenni

[German]In February 2018 Microsoft released a series of updates for Windows, Office,. NET Framework etc. Some users have encountered issues with these updates. Below I'll summarize the update issues. Advertising

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Microsoft delivers updates via HTTP & more security obscurity

Posted on 2018-02-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft currently fails to deliver updates in a secure way. In a Security by obscurity style, Microsoft offers update downloads via insecure http protocol. This also applies to downloads from the Microsoft Update Catalog. And Microsoft Update Catalog strikes, if … Continue reading →

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Microsoft bans store apps using ‘Windows’ in name

Posted on 2018-02-10 by guenni

[German]Currently, developers of various apps that are available in the Microsoft Store received a mail from a lawyer who is on behalf of Microsoft. The mail requests, that the developer has to remove his app from store because of an … Continue reading →

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