Tag Archives: Office 365

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

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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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Privacy: Microsoft with Windows 10/Office 365 under pressure

Posted on 2019-03-05 by guenni

[German]Microsoft comes again under pressure in the USA and Germany due to privacy concerns about Windows 10 and Office 365. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a "Fix It Already!" campaign, in which Microsoft also appears with Windows 10. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365 is coming for consumers

Posted on 2019-01-20 by guenni

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella indicated last week in an interview with journalists that Microsoft 365 will also be available for consumers (i.e. outside corporate environments). Advertising

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An undocumented Office 365 REST api for Outlook activities

Posted on 2018-07-09 by guenni

[German]It's an interesting discovery for administrators. Microsoft Office 365 has an undocumented API that allows administrators to read the activities of Outlook email accounts. Advertising

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Office 365: Zero-Font bypassing weakens email security

Posted on 2018-06-20 by guenni

[German]Cyber criminals are currently using a well-known zero-font bypassing technology to trick Office 365's Microsoft security filters on emails and smuggle spam onto systems. Advertising

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PSA: EOL for TLS 1.0/1.1 support in Intune and Office 365

Posted on 2018-06-06 by guenni

[German]Short information for administrators managing Windows systems with Microsoft's Intune. Microsoft is phasing out support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 (for security reasons) in the fall of 2018. Home and end users are not affected by this change, and … Continue reading →

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