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A new version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector has been released.
Checking the about box will reveal the version number 14.0.6106.5001.

The main new feature is that it now supports HTTPS, which means that all communication between Outlook and Windows Live services (Mail, Calendar and Contacts) is now being encrypted and thus fully secure. There is no need to change any settings to make it work; just install the latest version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector and you’re set.

Note:
You could see some Send/Receive errors and Outlook reporting “Limited Connectivity” for some time after installing this Outlook Hotmail Connector version. This is due to the fact that your old non-HTTPS Cookies need to expire first. This will fix itself over time. For details see the Send/Receive errors section.

Several other fixes are included in this release as well, including a fix for characters which are valid in Outlook but invalid in Windows Live Hotmail. Also, flagged items with reminders will no longer prompt even after it was dismissed. For more see; Full list of fixes.

Download: Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit
Download: Outlook Hotmail Connector 64-bit
View: Release information on the Outlook Team Blog

Note: The 64-bit version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector is only needed when you use a 64-bit version of Outlook 2010.

Continue reading: New Outlook Hotmail Connector with HTTPS support!

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 is now available for direct download (see below for links). It will be made available via Microsoft Update on August 11.

Of the 20 included fixes, the Exchange Team would like to highlight the following fixes
(some KB articles might not be available in your region yet);

• KB2531208 You cannot synchronize a folder hierarchy by using Outlook for Mac 2011 in an Exchange Server 2007 SP3 environment
• KB2528437 EWS applications cannot connect to Exchange Server 2007 servers after you make changes on accepted domains
• KB2521063 You are incorrectly displayed as a meeting organizer after you synchronize the meeting by using your mobile device in an Exchange Server 2007 environment

The next update rollup is scheduled for release in August 2011.
(Rollup 5 for Exchange 2010 SP1 will then also be released.)

Download: Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 4
View: Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3

Aside from Service Pack 1 for Office 2010, the following hotfixes for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 have been released.

Hotfix KB2544404 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains 6 fixes. Most notable fix is;

• When you index data from a .pst file in Outlook 2007, Windows Search crashes repeatedly. Therefore, the indexing processes is stopped for mail items and have to be started again.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2544404

Hotfix KB2552538 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains 1 fix for an issue where small Plain Text messages received via an IMAP account could display text from a previous message.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2552538

Hotfix KB2544027 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 12 fixes and is a post-SP1 rerelease of KB2540106 which was pre-SP1 (in other words; it contains previous fixes which weren’t included in SP1). Most notable fixes are;

• 2 fixes for when you are using an Exchange 2010 online archive.
• 8 fixes for when you are in an Office 365 environment.
• 2 fixes for when you are in an BPOS environment.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2544027

Hotfix KB2553911 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 1 fix for an issue which could happen when creating a new Meeting Request in a new mail profile containing an Exchange account configured over Outlook Anywhere.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2553911

Hotfix KB2553933 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 1 fix for the Korean language version of Outlook 2010 where the name of the “Custom Priority” field is displayed as “Assigned”.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2553933

Obtaining the hotfixes
Since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.

If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.

For more information about hotfixes see; What are Hotfixes?

The first Service Pack of Office 2010 has just been released!

You can install it by using the standalone installer listed below or via Microsoft Update.

Aside from all the previous updates and hotfixes, Service Pack 1 also changes Outlook’s “Snooze Time” behavior. Instead of defaulting to the last used Snooze Time, the behavior will revert to how it was in previous versions of Outlook. In addition it fixes the long outstanding Quick Steps bug.

For instructions about how to create an installation DVD containing Office 2010 with Service Pack 1 slipstreamed into it see; Slipstream Office 2010 setup with SP1

View: Description of Office 2010 SP1

Download: Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2460049) 32-bit Edition
Download: Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2460049) 64-bit Edition
Download: Service Pack 1 for Language Pack 2010 (KB2460043) 32-bit Edition
Download: Service Pack 1 for Language Pack 2010 (KB2460043) 64-bit Edition
Download: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1 Changes (Excel sheet)
Download: Microsoft Service Pack Uninstall Tool for Microsoft Office 2010

Update:
Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4 has been removed from the Download Center due to issues. If you have it already installed, you can uninstall it or contact Microsoft Customer Support and request interim update KB2581545 (KB article will be published later). It appears a fixed version of SP1 RU4 won’t be released and instead will be directly superseded by SP1 RU5 scheduled for August.

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available for direct download (see below for links). It will be made available via Microsoft Update on July 28.

The Exchange Team would like to highlight the following fixes
(some KB articles might not be available in your region yet);

• KB2519359 Unable to Create a ‘Reply With’ Rule on Public Folders Even With Owner and Send As Permissions
• KB2394554 Generating DSN fails if original mail uses non-support encoding charset.
• KB2490134 Outlook 2007 does not deliver “Delayed Delivery” Messages against an Exchange 2010 Server in Online mode with any additional Transport loaded in the Outlook Profile

The next update rollup is scheduled for release in August 2011.
(Rollup 4 for Exchange 2007 SP3 will be released next week.)

Download: Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 4
View: Description of Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1