HowTo-Outlook

Outlook 2013 has been available for almost a year now and with time and updates (especially KB2837618) some things have changed and new questions have been asked.

So it was time to review the guide to reflect the changes and add the new questions. The new sections and sections which have changed the most are:

• Why aren’t my upcoming appointments being shown?
• Why isn’t all my mail being cached?
• Why is my IMAP account not working?
• How can I set the Sent Items and Deleted Items folder for IMAP?
• Can I decrease the size of the huge message header?
• Why do emails marked as read look “washed out”?
• Can I make the Personal Folder Backup work with Outlook 2013?

Continue reading: 36 Short questions and tips for Outlook 2013

Have you completed your final Holiday preparations already? Well, at least Outlook wise?

If you have been following this site for a while already, you know already that Outlook can be a great help with sending out your Christmas cards by using the instructions from our Christmas Guide.

You don’t necessarily have to use Outlook to send out your Christmas cards or New Year’s party invitations via email. You can also use it to print actual envelopes or just to keep track of who to send a card when you prefer to do it by hard. (see the Christmas guide to learn how to use Categories for this).

When using an on-line service to send out your cards or invitations, you can often load the names and address from an Excel sheet or csv-file which you can quickly create from your Outlook’s Contacts list.

And when work is done, don’t forget to set your Out of Office or Vacation message and check your Calendar to see if all Holiday’s for next year have been added already!

Continue Reading: Christmas Time!

An update has been released for Outlook 2013 and can be downloaded and installed manually.

It is not yet being offered via Microsoft Update and the KB article doesn’t state which fixes it includes.

Update:
Even though the the KB article doesn’t state what is fixed, the KB article of the November update confirms that it indeed fixes the Autodiscover connectivity issues with Exchange 2007.

The update is dated at December 13, so clearly it missed the Path Tuesday deadline of this month (December 10).

My assumption is that it (also) includes a fix for the the connectivity issues with Exchange 2007 which got introduced with the November Security update (KB2837618). (Un)fortunately, I did not exhibit this problem with my Exchange 2007 environment, so I can’t confirm this. If anybody can, please contact me.

If you experienced IMAP connectivity issues after applying the November update, please see:
Empty Inbox and other IMAP synching issues in Outlook 2013

View: Download information for KB2850061
Download: Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB2850061) 32-Bit Edition
Download: Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB2850061) 64-Bit Edition

Note: This update does not apply to Office 365 installations of Office 2013 but maintenance updates are usually installed automatically after about a month.

3 Hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2013 fixing a total of 8 issues.

 
Hotfix KB2825652 for Outlook 2013
This hotfix contains 6 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• Making chances to an occurrence of a recurring appointment without a subject may cause Outlook to crash.
• A shared Calendar does not show any content when User A has a mailbox located on an on-premises Exchange Server and User B on a Cloud Server such as Exchange Online and both servers are connected via a Federation Trust.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2849973

 
Hotfix KB2825682 for Outlook 2013
This hotfix only contains a fix for the same shared Calendar issue mentioned in KB2825652.

View: More details and download information for KB2825682

 
Hotfix KB2553315 for Word 2013
This Word hotfix solves an Outlook crashing issue when you open a meeting request in a separate window in Outlook 2013 and then click “Accept” followed by “Send Reply Now”.

View: More details and download information for KB2553315

Obtaining the hotfixes
These are a Hotfixes and not regular updates. You can request them via their KB article page. Note that hotfixes do not apply to Office 365 installations of Office 2013 but are usually installed automatically after about a month.

3 Hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2010 fixing a total of 11 issues.

 
Hotfix KB2849973 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 9 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• After you install Office 2010 Service Pack 2. When you connect to SharePoint Calendar by using Outlook 2010, you receive lots of event log for Event 27 in the Windows Application Event Viewer.
• 2 fixes for users who use Assistive Technology, such as Windows Narrator where, where it either doesn’t say anything or reads the wrong information.
• Fixes to the responsiveness of Outlook.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2849973

 
Hotfix KB2849991 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix fixes a focus issue when you tab through controls in a meeting that has a retention policy enabled.

View: More details and download information for KB2849991

 
Hotfix KB2553315 for Outlook Social Connector 2010
This hotfix solves an issue with when you add a contact from a global address list (GAL). When GalSync runs to update the address information of the contact, GalSync overwrites the address information in the addresses field instead of changing the information.

View: More details and download information for KB2553315

Obtaining the hotfixes
These are a Hotfixes and not regular updates. You can request them via their KB article page.

Due to the MS13-105 security bulletin, all currently supported versions of Exchange got a Security Update or a Rollup Update. The only change in each update is the inclusion of the security updates identified in MS13-105.

This security update resolves three publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server. The most severe of these vulnerabilities exist in the WebReady Document Viewing and Data Loss Prevention features of Microsoft Exchange Server.

These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in the security context of the LocalService account if an attacker sends an email message containing a specially crafted file to a user on an affected Exchange server. The LocalService account has minimum privileges on the local system and presents anonymous credentials on the network. 

View: MS13-105 security bulletin
View: Exchange Team Blog Post about these updates
Download: Update Rollup 12 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2903911)
Download: Update Rollup 8 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (KB2903903)
Download: Update Rollup 4 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB2905616)
Download: Security Update For Exchange Server 2013 CU2 (KB2880833)
Download: Security Update For Exchange Server 2013 CU3 (KB2880833)