Tag Archives: Office

Issues with November 2018 Office (2010); patches pulled

[German]Microsoft has not too much luck with its Office updates released in November 2018. Two non security updates has been pulled, and a security update causes Outlook 2010 to crash.

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Dutch report says Microsoft Office is not GDPR compliant

[German]It's no real surprise: An investigation for dutch governement found, that Microsoft spies on users for individual use through its Office Pro Plus modules. Office 2016 Pro Plus and Office 365 isn't compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (November 13, 2018)

[German]As of November 13, 2018 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and products such as Sharepoint.

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Microsoft’s TLS issues

[German]Microsoft is planning to end support for TLS 1.0/1.1 in its products (Windows, Office 365 etc.) and switch to TLS 1.2/1.3. But it seems that this will cause some trouble at the moment. Here's a short summary of what I … Continue reading

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Microsoft Office Patchday (November 6, 2018)

[German]Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 2016 on November 2018 6, 2018. Here is a brief overview what has been released.

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

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Microsoft Office-Updates (10/02/2018)

[German]Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016 on October 2, 2018. All updates are for the installable MSI version of Office (the click-to-run packages obtain updates through other channels). These non-security updates are documented on this … Continue reading

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Windows/Office (WSUS) Update issues & experiences

[German]Currently there are synchronization problems with WSUS. Furthermore, administrators run into issues during the update installation for Office and Windows, e.g. the error 0x8000ffff is thrown. Here again an overview or some experiences of a blog reader.

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Office 365 receives Anti Malware Scan Interface (AMSI)

[German]Microsoft upgrades its Office 365 suite against malware and macro-virus threats. The Office 365 modules (Word, Excel etc.) receive an Anti Malware Scan Interface (AMSI for virus scanners to scan the documents..

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Office 2016 September 4, 2018 updates breaks WSUS sync

[German]Just a brief short note for administrators in WSUS environments observing synchronization failures since a few days. It's not your WSUS, it's probably caused by broken Office 2016 updates.

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Microsoft Office-Updates (September 4, 2018)

[German]Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2010, 2013 Office 2016 on September 4, 2018. All updates are for the installable MSI version of Office (the click-to-run packages obtain updates through other channels). These non-security updates are documented on this … Continue reading

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