Microsoft Office
Microsoft confirms Office apps launch issues after June updates
Microsoft is investigating a new issue preventing third-party applications from launching Microsoft Office applications or opening documents on up-to-date Windows systems. This known issue affects Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and other Microsoft Office applications when launched from within the affected third-party apps. “Microsoft has received reports of an issue in which certain third-party applications might […]
Microsoft investigates Office Apps, Teams file access issues
Microsoft says an ongoing incident is preventing users of its Teams collaboration platform and Office for the web cloud-based productivity suite from opening files. “We’re investigating reports that some users are unable to open files in Office for the web or Microsoft Teams,” the company’s Microsoft 365 Status tweeted earlier. According to further information shared […]
Microsoft says some users can’t install Office on Windows 365 devices
Microsoft says some customers are experiencing issues downloading and installing Office on their Windows 365 devices. Windows 365 is a cloud-based service that runs on Azure Virtual Desktop and allows enterprise customers with Windows 365 Enterprise or Windows 365 Business subscriptions to stream Windows Cloud PCs to end users. According to a service alert seen […]
Russian hackers exploit recently patched Microsoft Office bug in attacks
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) says that Russian hackers are exploiting CVE-2026-21509, a recently patched vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Office. On January 26, Microsoft released an emergency out-of-band security update marking CVE-2026-21509 as an actively exploited zero-day flaw. CERT-UA detected the distribution of malicious DOC files exploiting the flaw, themed around EU COREPER consultations in […]
Microsoft patches actively exploited Office zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band security updates to patch a high-severity Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks. The security feature bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21509, affects multiple Office versions, including Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021, Microsoft Office LTSC 2024, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (the company’s cloud-based subscription service). […]
Microsoft 365 license check bug blocks desktop app downloads
Microsoft is investigating and working to resolve a known issue that prevents customers from downloading Microsoft 365 desktop apps from the Microsoft 365 homepage. As detailed in a Wednesday incident report (OP1192004) seen by GeekFeed, this bug has been impacting users since November 2nd, causing Office Client issues for affected customers. Microsoft has already developed […]
Microsoft removing Defender Application Guard from Office
Microsoft plans to remove Defender Application Guard from Office by December 2027, starting with the February 2026 release of Office version 2602. The Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office (MDAG) is designed for Windows 10 and Windows 11 Enterprise editions, protecting users’ devices by isolating untrusted Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files in a separate, Hyper-V-enabled container. […]
Microsoft: Running multiple Office apps causes Copilot issues
Microsoft is investigating a bug that causes Copilot issues when multiple Office apps are running simultaneously on the same system. According to a support document published on Friday, this bug impacts Microsoft 365 customers who launch Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access on the same system. The issue is triggered when one Office application, […]
Microsoft: Office 2016 and Office 2019 reach end of support next month
Microsoft reminded customers again this week that Office 2016 and Office 2019 will reach the end of extended support in less than 30 days, on October 14, 2025. Redmond also advised organizations using Visio 2016/2019, Project 2016/2019, and related apps to upgrade as soon as possible to avoid security, compliance, and performance issues since they […]
Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal
Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. For everyone else, a yearly Microsoft 365 Personal subscription costs $99.99. It provides ransomware protection for photos and files stored on OneDrive, 1 TB of secure cloud storage, and can be used on up to […]