Tag Archives: Outlook 365

Outlook 365 Version 2401 (Build 17231.20194): Exchange ActiveSync connection broken

Posted on 2024-02-11 by guenni

[German]Short message for users and administrators with Outlook 365 version 2401: Microsoft is investigating a problem that ActiveSync connections, e.g. with Microsoft Exchange, Zoho, Kerio Connect etc., no longer work with this version (build 17231.20194). Currently, the only option is … Continue reading →

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Outlook: Desktop app does not show images; meeting text read-only (fix for August 2023 update issue)

Posted on 2024-01-07 by guenni

[German]With the August 2023 security update, Microsoft closed the Outlook spoofing vulnerability CVE 2023 36893. As a result, the desktop application was no longer able to display images in meeting elements. In addition, the meeting text has been read-only since … Continue reading →

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Outlook 365 bug: Signature entries are automatically entered vertically when creating an email

Posted on 2023-12-30 by guenni

[German]Before the end of the year, I will address a bug fix from Microsoft that was already fixed in November 2023. The bug affected Microsoft Outlook 365 and left users quite baffled. When you created a new email, the signature … Continue reading →

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Office 365: Mail attachments from Outlook cannot be opened in Word/Excel (Nov. 2023)

Posted on 2023-11-25 by guenni

[German]A quick question for administrators in the readership who use Microsoft Office 365. A reader has contacted us because problems are occurring in his environment when opening mail attachments from Outlook. The attachments cannot be opened in Word or Excel. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft fixes slow Outlook start and freeze bug; fix will be shipped in November 2023

Posted on 2023-10-21 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has addressed the problem that Outlook from Microsoft 365 takes a very long time to start and then sometimes hangs completely (freeze bug). If the application is closed and restarted, Outlook is opened directly. According to an announcement, the … Continue reading →

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Outlook 365 damages PDF and Office files since April 2023

Posted on 2023-06-17 by guenni

[German]Short addendum from this week. I received a tip that Microsoft Outlook 365 has been constantly corrupting Office files – and probably also PDF documents – since April 2023. If you don't have a backup, you may lose attachments – … Continue reading →

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Is the Search in Outlook for Microsoft 365 broken? (March 2023)

Posted on 2023-04-02 by guenni

[German]A short note and also a question to the readers for those affected. I have information that the search no longer works for Outlook users from the circle of Microsoft 365 customers. Microsoft is aware of the problem, but nothing … Continue reading →

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