The new Outlook app share passes on passwords and sends secret e-mail data with Microsoft. The new Outlook, currently available as an update for Windows 11, does  a few things different than the old one: Those who try it share sensitive login data and mails with the Microsoft cloud. Data protection officers are worried about the recent developments. Ulrich Kelber, federal officer for privacy protection and freedom of information (BfDI), consider the news about the assumed data collection by Microsoft to be alarming. The BfDI has asked the Irish privacy protection officer, who is responsible for Microsoft in the EU for a report. We encourage all Outlook users to read this article by Heise. While external mail providers have long been advertising to include mails from other mail accounts, in exchange for login data, there has been a recent increase in mail providers that cause login data and mails to be sent and saved by these providers. As the mail clients are programs which are installed on your own computer or mobile device, such leakage is usually less obvious. Therefore, we would like to take the opportunity to warn against use of such programs and services. Their use is not in line with the HRZ-user guidelines (cfl. § 3 Abs. 2 Ziffer 5). Up to date (december 2023) we know the following mail client applications to show this kind of behaviour: Outlook-App for Android and iOS, "New Outlook for Windows" (included in version 23H2 for Windows 11), Windows Mail (predecessor of the "New Outlooks") Outlook for macOS (when using IMAP with CloudSync), Edison Mail, Newton, BlueMail (under certain conditions on mobile devices), Spark and Xiaomi Mail.

Our IT Helpdesk is there for you between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Between public holidays, i.e. from December 27th to December 29th, 2023, the following special opening times apply: The IT helpdesk offers you on-site support, via support form and telephone from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The DH.NRW has decided that the project educast.nrw will not be subsidised any further and will abandon its servicec on March 31, 2024. Therefore, the University of Bonn will migrate to the platform eCampus Video.

The eCampus team presents its new internet presence in a new design based on Plone 5: informative, modern and with current eCampus news, the website offers information over all of the eLearning services.

Are you interested in 3D-printing, photo editing, or would you like to refresh and further your skills in text formating and spreadsheets? If so, you can visit our courses on these topics that take place this semester.

On November 15th, 2023, an agreement for IT support has been signed between the Faculty of Protestant Theology and the University IT and Data Center by Prof. Markus Saur, director of the Seminar for Protestant Theology, and Dr. Rainer Bockholt, director of the University IT and Data Center. The agreement includes a joint concept for IT support regarding hard- and software support, and network support at the Faculty for Protestant Theology (ETF) through the University IT and Data Center (HRZ). Subsequently, the employees and members of the ETF will be supported by the HRZ, in matters of IT.

The start of the Super Computer "Marvin" on October 20, 2023 signifies a milestone for research at the University of Bonn. Through the new Super Computer, the University of Bonn supports a range of research areas with new and powerful computing capacity. Henceforth, "Marvin" is an important part of the excellent research and digitalisation strategy at the University of Bonn. But which story lays behind the name Marvin? Dr Dirk Babi, HPC team leader at the University IT and Data Center, has the answer to this question in the video on our HRZ YouTube channel.

Even in the current winter semester, the IT Security Awareness Days will take place again, this year for the sixth time, from November 7th to 17th, 2023, which are jointly organized and hosted by several German universities. It is an online event series with lectures on information security. The lecture topics range from “Security in the Home Office” to “Social Engineering” and are mostly aimed at users without prior knowledge.