This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Receiving meeting invitations for my manager
Contact picture synch for Outlook.com contacts
Quick Tip Highlights;
Schedule a meeting between multiple time zones
Archive based on Received instead of Modified date
Creating a Search Folder for actionable items
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Today, the Outlook.com Team started to roll-out the new “modern calendar experience” for Outlook.com. By the end of the week, all Outlook.com accounts should have been migrated over to this new design.
The new design fits right in with the new look of the already redesigned Mail section of Outlook.com (previously known as Hotmail), People (Contacts) and SkyDrive.
View: Calendar – Outlook.com
View: Blog post Outlook.com Team about the modern calendar experience
Cumulative Update 1 for Exchange 2013 is now available for direct download.
This is the long-awaited update which brings co-existence support with Exchange 2007 (SP3 RU10) and Exchange 2010 (SP3).
CU1 also adds the following new features and improvements to Exchange 2013
If you are monitoring your Exchange environment via SCOM, don’t get too excited yet; the release of the Exchange 2013 management packs for SCOM 2007 R2 and SCOM 2012 are still awaiting RTM status and will be released at a later date.
Download: Cumulative update 1 for Exchange Server 2013
View: Release Notes for Exchange 2013 CU1 (might not be live yet in your region)
View: Exchange Blog post about Exchange 2013 CU1
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Sync Slider for delegated Exchange mailboxes
Migrating Outlook pst-data to Outlook.com
Quick Tip Highlights;
Brighten up your OOF for the holidays
Importing, exporting and backing up RSS Feeds
Find messages with attachments by file extension
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There is no point denying it; Outlook 2013 is white, VERY white and for some, this can lead to problems.
Even though white is the base color for all Office 2013 applications, interestingly enough, most complaints are targeted towards Outlook. This could be because the other applications are more like sheets of paper and white feels more natural then. In Outlook, there is a whole lot more interface as well where too little contrast can be more confusing.
I’m no expert in that field though, but luckily Outlook is more my playing field. Let’s look at the options available to make Outlook 2013 less white and bright or otherwise give it a more “classic” look!
Continue reading: Making the Outlook 2013 interface less white and bright
Now that Outlook 2013 has been out for a while, it’s time find out which of the included themes you like the best.
In case you haven’t discovered the themes yet, or if you want to take out some of the brightness of Outlook 2013 in another way, see the guide: Making the Outlook 2013 interface less white and bright
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Sorting contacts by Company; (none) listed twice
Search Folder support in OWA 2013
Quick Tip Highlights;
Why did Outlook crash?
Shortcut keys for all Outlook commands
Holiday updates for the Outlook Calendar
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This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Delivering Exchange emails to a pst-file in Outlook 2013
Let Outlook read your emails out loud
Quick Tip Highlights;
Adding a note to a message
Change time-slot of multiple appointments at once
Restoring a pst-file of a POP3 account
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An update has been released for Outlook 2013 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.
Update KB2727079 for Outlook 2013
This is a non-security update and has been described as “contains the latest stability and performance improvements”.
This update contains the 5 fixes which were released in hotfix KB2752007 and KB2752039 of February 2013. It also contains 10 new fixes which weren’t released in the hotfixes. Most notable are:
There are too many devices syncing with this accountView: Download information for KB2727079
If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Missing features when replying in Outlook 2013
Creating/Managing groups for Outlook.com accounts
Quick Tip Highlights;
You may have been BCCed warning
Synching pst-files via SkyDrive or Dropbox
Accidentally moved a folder and cannot find it
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