Tag Archives: Office

Office: Instabilities/crashes due to C2R and MSI parallel installation?

[German]A short note for administrators who try to run Office modules in their environment both as Click-n-Run and MSI installations. This can lead to unstable Office installations, as I just learned from feedback from blog readers.

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Virtualization: New Office versions as performance killers

[German]What about the performance of new versions of Microsoft Office? Every new version has a bigger foot print and feels more sluggish. I have just seen an interesting evaluation of VMware for Office in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments that … Continue reading

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New Office and new Exchange Server in 2021

[German]During Ignite 2020, which has just been launched as a virtual conference, Microsoft has announced a new Office for Windows and Mac for 2021, as well as giving initial indications of a new Exchange Server.

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Office 2016: Documents cannot be stored on network shares

[German]A German blog reader contacted me for an observation. He has been getting for weeks  more and more messages from users in his enterprise network with Windows Server 2012, that Office documents sporadically cannot be stored on network shares. On … Continue reading

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (September 8, 2020)

[German]On September 8, 2020 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released various security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (September 8, 2020)

[German]On September 8, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates.

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Outlook App: Family Calendar missing

[German]Users of the Microsoft Outlook desktop app complain that the family calendar has suddenly disappeared. The cause is currently not quite clear.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (September 1, 2020)

[German]On September 1, 2020 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft released several non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. Here is a brief overview.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 11, 2020)

[German]On August 11, 2020, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, Internet Explorer, etc. Here you will find a compact overview of these updates.

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Support for Office services ends in October 2020 for older versions

[German]A short reminder for administrators and users who use Microsoft Office. Support for various Office services in older Office versions will end in October 2020. And for macOS, support for Microsoft Office 2016 will end.

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