Tag Archives: Office 365

Microsoft disables Excel 4.0 macros in Office 365 in the next weeks

Posted on 2021-10-09 by guenni

[English]Microsoft has notified users of Microsoft 365 subscriptions that they will be gradually disabling the execution of Excel 4.0 macros in Office 365 over the coming weeks for security reasons. Here's some information on the issue. Advertising

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Office 365 installation: Edge SmartScreen triggers a security warning

Posted on 2021-01-28 by guenni

[German]Has anyone had this happen before? When trying to install Microsoft Office 365, the Edge browser opens with the login page and then SmartScreen shows it as unsafe? Advertising

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Office 365: Download fails (in ConfigMgr) after Oct. 2020 Updates

Posted on 2020-10-30 by guenni

[German]Administrators (or users) who have installed the October 2020 updates (for Windows 10 and Windows Server pendants) are probably facing issues. ConfigMgr and other tools will (possibly) not be able to download files for Microsoft Office 365 updates afterwards. The … Continue reading →

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Uninstall Office 365 and install Office 2016

Posted on 2020-04-15 by guenni

[German]On Windows systems where Microsoft Office 365 was installed as a trial version, there are often problems to cleanly uninstall this trial version and then install Microsoft Office 2016 (as an MSI version). Here are some hints what you can … Continue reading →

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Office 365 can’t be uninstalled completely

Posted on 2020-04-14 by guenni

[German]On some Windows systems, a trial version of Microsoft Office 365 is pre-installed. It appears that there's trouble uninstalling this preinstalled version of Office 365 completely. This leads to issues, when installing Office 2016 in MSI version. Advertising

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Microsoft throttles non-essential Office 365 features

Posted on 2020-03-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced a reduction in non-essential Office 365 features in response to increased online usage of its cloud solutions. This is to ensure the availability of Office 365. Advertising

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Office 365 ProPlus: No forced Bing search for Chrome

Posted on 2020-02-13 by guenni

[German]It's a classic U turn: Microsoft now don't force Office 365 ProPlus customers to install a Bing search extension in Chrome browser, as it has been announced in mid January 2020. Advertising

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Group Policy Templates and Tools for Office

Posted on 2020-01-27 by guenni

[German]Does anyone need the administrative Group Policy Templates (ADMX/ADML) and the Office Customization Tool for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, and Office 2016)? Advertising

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Microsoft 365/Office365 down (12/12/2019)

Posted on 2019-12-12 by guenni

[German]A brief information for users of Microsoft 365/Office365.com: The service seems to be interrupted again. And at the same time the question: Is anyone (especially in the US) affected by this malfunction? Advertising

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Office365 violates GDPR in schools

Posted on 2019-07-15 by guenni

[German]The Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in the German state Hesse, declaring that Windows 10 and Office 365 is not compliant with the GDPR for use in schools. Advertising

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