Outlook 2010 Hotfixes for August 2012

4 Hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2010 fixing a total of 25 issues.


Hotfix KB2687351 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 23 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

  • Outlook will now display password expiration notifications when using Exchange Online in an Office 365 environment. (KB2745588)
  • You are being prompted for credentials when you have started Outlook without an enabled network connection and the network connections is available again the next time that you start Outlook.
  • Assume that you enable the Desktop Alerts feature in online mode in Outlook 2010. When you run Outlook 2010 against a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 server, Outlook 2010 may randomly stop receiving new email notifications.
  • Outlook endlessly connects to the Client Access Server (CAS) server and the Public Folder (PF) server after you cancel the Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) authentication dialog box.
  • Messages are lost when you move them from a pst-file to an Exchange mailbox and during the moving process the mailbox quota is exceeded.

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Hotfix KB2687396 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix solves and issue with Hotfix KB2553248 (released in April) where an offline Outlook Data File (.ost) and an Outlook profile are created unexpectedly.

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Hotfix KB2687392 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 2 fixes with the Unified Messaging add-in. In one case the free/busy information cannot be retrieved when the SMTP address of the attendee contains an ampersand (&). In the other case, a user cannot play an forwarded IRM protected voice message.

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Hotfix KB2687343 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix solves an issue for when you have the Spanish (European) LIP installed and you cannot see attendee free/busy information in the Scheduling Assistant.

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