Outlook Classic: Again forced update to New Outlook app

[German]I have again received a reader's report that Microsoft is probably currently switching installations of Outlook Classic to the new Outlook app again. Users of Microsoft Outlook 2000 have now been affected, as I have heard.

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Exchange Online: New limits for Dynamic Distribution Groups (DDGs) from April 2025

Exchange Logo[German]Brief information for Exchange Online users and administrators. Microsoft will introduce new limits for Dynamic Distribution Groups (DDGs) from April 2025. This limits the number of Dynamic Distribution Groups (DDGs) that can be used per organization to 3,000.

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Outlook.com service disruption continues on March 13/14, 2025

[German]There is no end to the disruption of the Microsoft cloud service outlook.com. Since March 1, 2025, the cloud services (Exchange Online, outlook.com, outlook.de etc.) have been experiencing repeated outages. The status is also disrupted on March 13 and 14, 2025.

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Vulnerability cause of Exchange Online and MS 365 problems since March 1, 2025?

[German]Microsoft has been struggling with cloud outages in Exchange Online and Microsoft 365, including the iOS Outlook app, since March 1st, 2025. At the same time, I have just come across information about the CVE-2024-49035 vulnerability on the Microsoft Partner Portal. There are now indications that the Exchange Online issues could be related to a vulnerability. And there are suspicions that customers may have been compromised. I'll summarize some of the information that I see as pieces of the puzzle in a certain (unfortunately still incomplete) picture.

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Microsoft retires the Remote Desktop app as of May 27, 2025

Windows[German]Brief information for users who use the Remote Desktop app for Windows (e.g. because the RDP connections do not work). It has just been announced that Microsoft will discontinue the Remote Desktop app for Windows on May 27, 2025. It will be replaced by the "Windows app", which will come from the Store.

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HP firmware update makes laser printer unusable (Error 11)

Stop - Pixabay[German]Next case of "HP rolls out a firmware update for printers and breaks them". The manufacturer HP has released a firmware update for printers which is intended to correct a number of errors. Shortly after the release, numerous users reported that their devices were broken and only displayed error 11. I am posting the facts here in the blog.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (March 11, 2025)

Update[German]On March 11, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. No updates were released as of March 4, 2025. Below you will find an overview of the available updates.

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Windows 10/11: USB printers print random texts after January 2025 update

Windows[German]Microsoft has disclosed a new problem that affects both Windows 10 and Windows 11 and is caused for the first time by the January 2025 preview update. Some USB printers may then "possibly" print random text. The problem has already been fixed by rolling back a fix via the built-in KIR feature.

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Patchday: Windows Server-Updates (March 11, 2025)

Windows[German]On March 11, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft) various cumulative updates were released for the supported versions of Windows Server. Below I have extracted the provided updates along with some details for these Windows Server versions (from Windows Server 2012 to 2025). The updates fix the vulnerabilities described in blog post Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 11, 2025), that are relevant for Windows Server.

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Patchday: Windows 10/11 Updates (March 11, 2025)

Windows[German]On March 11, 2025 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft released cumulative updates for the still supported client operating system versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and issues.

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