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Why you shouldn’t use Azure AD Domain Services as a Windows AD replacement
[English]When migrating on-premises Windows servers to the cloud or hybrid solutions, one might get the idea of replacing Windows Active Directory (AD) with Azure AD Domain Services. Should be...
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Windows 11: PC Health-App updated, release date and no updates for...
[German]I’m going to summarize some of the Windows 11-related news that has come in here. Microsoft has just updated its PC Health app. With this app, users can check if their hardware is ready for a...
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Will Windows 10 21H2 (build 19044) be the last feature update?
[German]With Microsoft now putting its focus and resources to Windows 11, what’s with the Windows 10 development? We will still see a feature update to Windows 10 version 21H2 in the coming weeks. But...
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Windows 11: Rollout is the starting October 5, 2021
[German]That was faster than I expected after all – my guess was that the release would be on October 19, 2021. But Microsoft has now set the release date for Windows 11 to October 5, 2021, the first...
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Microsoft 365: Changes in the privacy setting as of 2021/09/01
[German]Microsoft has just announced changes to the privacy settings defaults for Microsoft 365. User data for Microsoft 365 analytics is now pseudonymized by default in Microsoft 365. This change is...
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No Hyper-V Server 2022, Hyper-V-Server is dead
[German]Microsoft released its Windows Server 2022 last month without much notice (see Windows Server 2022 LTSC released). Because users have already asked whether there is also a Hyper-V Server 2022,...
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Windows Server 2022 generally available, confusion in Essentials, no Hyper-V...
[German]On September 1, 2022, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server 2022. The release had already taken place in August 2022. However, there is confusion as to whether there...
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Windows 10: Preview-Update KB5005101 (September 1, 2021)
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative update KB5005101 for various Windows 10 versions (2004, 20H2, 21H1) on Sept. 1, 2021. The (preview) update has been tested with insiders for...
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Microsofts Windows Thin PC: Support ends on October 12, 2021
[German]Windows Thin PC, according to this post, a Windows 7-based PC with a smaller footprint. Introduced in 2011, it allows organizations to convert existing PCs as thin clients to reduce the need...
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Windows 10: Update KB5005033 fails with error 0x800F0988, blame May 2021 SSU?
[German]Cumulative update KB5005033, released on the August 2021 patchda,y for Windows 10 version 2004, 20H2 and 21H1 is also supposed to fix the PrintNightmare vulnerabilities in Point and Print. A...
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Windows 11: Microsoft breaks start menu/taskbar with teams promo
[German]Windows Insiders who are testing Windows 11 as a preview version got an unpleasant surprise a few hours ago. Neither the Start menu nor the taskbar worked. Microsoft hurried up with a “we are...
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Microsoft license comparisons
Are you still looking through Microsoft’s licensing for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 and know which licenses you bought? Someone enlisted Glenton Davis, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft, to...
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ISO download for Windows 10 21H2 available for Insiders
[German] for people who want to install the Windows 10 Fall Update 2021 (version 21H2) fresh on a machine. Microsoft has made build 19044.1202 available for Windows Insiders in the Microsoft ISO...
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Turn off Defender in Windows with symbolic links
[German]Symbolic links allow to disable Defender as antivirus protection under Windows without disabling features like Tamper Protection. The approach simply lets Defender run into the woods during...
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Attack via Office Documents on Microsoft MSHTML (ActiveX) RCE Vulnerability...
[German]Microsoft has issued a warning about the remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 as of September 7, 2021. In campaigns, this vulnerability, which targets the MSHTML component of...
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MSHTML vulnerability CVE-2021-40444 more critical than known
[German]A few days ago, Microsoft disclosed a security advisory for the CVE-2021-40444 vulnerability in the MSHTML component included in Windows. It said there was an attempt to exploit the...
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Google Project Zero: 0-day vulnerability in Windows AppContainers disclosed
[German]Another brief addendum to a topic that has been on my stack for a few days already. James Forshaw from Google Project Zero disclosed a vulnerability in Windows AppContainers as early as...
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Windows 11 Insider Build 22454 and ISO installation image (Sept. 2021)
[German]Microsoft has released Windows 11 build 22454 for Windows Insiders as a preview in the Dev Channel on September 9, 2021 – just under a month before the general release on October 5, 2021. Now...
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Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Advanced 10.0 – Patch 2342
[German]Trend Micro has released patch 2342 for its Worry Free Business Security Advanced 10.0 for Windows 10, effective September 10, 2021. Here’s some information about it. Trend Micro Worry-Free...
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Overview: TLS support in Windows
[German]A little question regarding transport encryption for data connections in the network or to the Internet. There are different versions of the transport encryption protocols and with time, for...
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