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Tag Archives: Microsoft
CERN goes Open Source, bye-bye Microsoft
It is an interesting development that is currently emerging at the CERN research facilities. They have set up the 'Microsoft Alternatives project' (MAlt) to switch to Open Source Software (OSS) in the coming years. Reason: Increasing license demands from Microsoft.
Microsoft restores deleted Technet- and MSDN-Blogs
[German]After massive protests, Microsoft seems to be rethinking and trying to restore the blog posts that were deleted on Technet and MSDN during the hiring of employee blogs.
Microsoft reports DNS issues as solved (Feb. 11, 2019)
[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.
Ups, Microsoft deleted Azure Cloud data bases
[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
Microsoft Security Update Releases/Notifications (08/01/2018)
[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.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Windows (10) Update Survey and an open letter to Microsoft
[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
Looking back at Microsoft’s July 2018-Patches
[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..
Microsoft Security Update Releases – May 15, 2018
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.
Issues with Microsoft’s February 2018 updates
[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.
Microsoft delivers updates via HTTP & more security obscurity
[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