Tag Archives: Office 365

Office 365: Microsoft will deactivate ActiveX by default

Posted on 2025-04-22 by guenni

[German]A small addendum from the last few weeks. On April 11, 2025, Microsoft announced that support for ActiveX components would be deactivated by default in Microsoft 365 (i.e. Office 365).

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Microsoft Word 365/2021 crashes (April 7, 2025)

Posted on 2025-04-08 by guenni

[German]There is a problem with Microsoft Word 365 (and Word 2021). Since April 7, 2025, Word has been crashing in various versions when opening .doc files. The only remedy is to downgrade the relevant Office 365 / 2021 build.

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Microsoft has adjusted the DKIM value for signing emails in Office 365

Posted on 2025-02-20 by guenni

[German]Quick note for administrators of Microsoft Office 365 (or MS365) systems. Microsoft has adjusted the DKIM value for signing emails without much notice.

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Microsoft Office 365: Ricoh Scan error "Cannot connect to SMTP server"

Posted on 2025-02-06 by guenni

[German]It currently that users of multifunction printers with a scan function that use a connection to a Microsoft Office 365 SMTP server are running into issues with certain devices. Users of Ricoh devices are receiving "Cannot connect to SMTP server" … Continue reading →

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Office 365: Teams Connector will be stopped from August 15, 2024 and discontinued on October 1, 2024

Posted on 2024-07-04 by guenni

[German]Short information for Microsoft Office 365 administrators who use the connector for Microsoft Teams. From August 15, 2024, it will no longer be possible to set up new connections for this piece of software. On October 1, 2024, the product … Continue reading →

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Veeam Backup O365: Fails during backup of Office 365 (April 2024)

Posted on 2024-04-04 by guenni

[German]Brief information for the administrators among our readers who use Veeam Backup O365 to back up data from Microsoft Office 365. A user has contacted us because he has recently encountered a backup error and asked whether other users have … Continue reading →

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Microsoft fixes Office 365 Sign in Error 1001

Posted on 2023-11-21 by guenni

[German]For months, users of the Microsoft Office 365 suite have been suffering from the fact that they suddenly receive error 1001 when trying to log in. I had already addressed the issue here in the blog. After Microsoft confirmed the … Continue reading →

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Office 365 Sign in Error 1001: Microsoft releases a workaround

Posted on 2023-10-30 by guenni

[German]Users of the Microsoft Office 365 suite keep reporting that they suddenly get error 1001 when trying to log in. I had already addressed the issue here on the blog. Now Microsoft has confirmed the problem and published a temporary … Continue reading →

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Office 365: Sign in Error 1001

Posted on 2023-08-11 by guenni

[German]There are reports that users of the Office 365 suite are suddenly getting error 1001 when trying to log in. An IT service provider contacted me about this because this was occurring with their customers. However, there is a workaround … Continue reading →

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Fix for connection issues with Microsoft 365 apps (March 2023)

Posted on 2023-03-19 by guenni

[English]In February 2023, I had a poll on the blog regarding connection issues with Microsoft 365 applications. Some administrators had responded with confirmations. Now an administrator has contacted me on the blog, and posted a solution that works for him, … Continue reading →

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