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Cumulative Update 21 for Exchange 2013 is now available. It contains 10 documented new fixes or improvements, and all previously released fixes and security updates for Exchange 2013 as well as the latest DST updates. Note that mainstream support for Exchange 2013 has ended in April 2018.

Notable improvements, changes and fixes are;

• .NET Framework 4.7.1 is now required.
• VC++ 2013 runtime library is now required.
• KB4133604: User can’t log on to a POP/IMAP account by using NTLM authentication in Exchange Server 2013
• KB4058473: An Office 365 primary mailbox user cannot be assigned full access permissions for an on-premises mailbox in Exchange Server
• KB4294205: POP3 services intermittently stop in an Exchange Server 2013 environment

This release includes no new updates to the Active Directory Schema.

Download: Cumulative Update 21 for Exchange Server 2013 (KB4099855)
Download: Exchange Server 2013 CU21 UM Language Packs
View: Description of Cumulative Update 21 for Exchange Server 2013
View: Blog post of the Exchange Team about CU21 for Exchange Server 2013

Update Rollup 22 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3 is now available. It contains 2 changes and 1 documented new fix and all previously released fixes and security updates for Exchange 2010 SP3. Note that mainstream support for Exchange 2010 has already ended.

• VC++ 2013 runtime library is now required.
• Added support for Windows Server 2016 domain controllers.
• KB4295751: EWS impersonation not working when accessing resource mailboxes in a different site in Exchange Server 2010 SP3

View: Description of Update Rollup 22 for Exchange Server 2010
Download: Update Rollup 22 For Exchange 2010 SP3 (KB4295699)
View: Blog post of the Exchange Team about Rollup 22 for Exchange Server 2010

Microsoft has released a blog post and a video in which it explains and shows off the design changes that will be coming to Office.com and Office 365.

One of the major visible changes is the new simplified Ribbon. Instead of having a large button or up to 3 smaller buttons on top of each other, the updated Ribbon contains only 1 line of command icons on each of the Ribbon tabs.

Preview of the new single line command bar in Outlook. (captured from the video linked below)

This redesign allows for a cleaner interface with the commands which matter the most and with more vertical screen space left for the actual content that you are working on.

There will also be an option to expand the Ribbon to return the “classic” three-line layout in case you don’t like the change, want to decide for yourself when you are ready to change or when you simply want to dedicate more screen space to the available commands.

Microsoft will start rolling out this new experience in Outlook for Desktop to a select amount of Insiders in July.

View: Power and simplicity – updates to the Office 365 user experience
View: Updates to the Microsoft Office user experience (video)

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2016. It resolves the vulnerability mentioned in CVE-2018-8244, which could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted Office file. This update also contains additional fixes for 12 non-security issues.

Most notable fixes in this update;

• When you open and edit a document that is stored in a folder in Outlook 2016, the changes are not saved.
• After the primary email address of a user profile is changed, Outlook 2016 still shows the old SMTP address for the user profile.
• If the “PR_EMSMDB_CRED_USERNAME” property is not present in user profiles, some users may experience too many calls to the user principal name (UPN) lookup. To fix this issue, follow the instructions in KB4022165.
• Some cloud attachments that have certain file names are invisible in email messages.

Office 365 subscribers also got the following new features;

• Hands free typing
  Use your voice to create emails by simply dictating. No need to type.
• View 3 time zones
  Need to schedule a meeting across time zones? Add multiple time zones to your calendar to easily see everyone’s availability and pick a time that works for all.
• Calendar sharing made easy
  Sharing your calendars is simpler and calendars shared from Outlook Desktop are now also available in Outlook Mobile. Learn more

View: Download information for KB4022160

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 16.0.4705.1000 (msi-based installation) or version 1805 build 9330.2118 (Office 365 based installation) or version 1708 build 8431.2270 (Office 365 Semi-Annual release).

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2013. It resolves the vulnerability mentioned in CVE-2018-8244, which could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted Office file.

Additional fixes in this update;

• If the “PR_EMSMDB_CRED_USERNAME” property is not present in user profiles, some users may experience too many calls to the user principal name (UPN) lookup. To fix this issue, follow the instructions in KB4022165.
• This update adds AES 256 encryption as a supported scheme when Outlook 2013 is in FIPS compliant mode.
• When you forward a meeting request that is created in Outlook 2016, the attachment is missing if the AllowHTMLCalendarContent registry key value is set to 1.
• After you install or update an Outlook add-in, multiple network calls (getAppManifest calls) are made to retrieve Exchange add-in manifest data.
• This update adds translations in all languages for the fix of an issue that caused recipients to be unable to see attachments on meeting requests sent with attachments.

View: Download information for KB4022169

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 15.0.5041.1000.

A Security Update has been released for Outlook 2010. It resolves the vulnerability mentioned in CVE-2018-8244, which could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted Office file.

View: Download information for KB4022205

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 14.0.7210.5000.

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2016. This is a non-security update which contains 11 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes in this update;

• Fixes for rendering issues with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Microsoft Outlook add-in and “Waiting for a page to be retrieved from a CRM server…” displays.
• The Outlook client may create duplicate folders for some special folders that are already in the server mailbox.
• This update enables “Advanced Encryption Standard” (AES) algorithm with a 256-bit key length as a supported scheme when Outlook has enabled “Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)” Mode.

Office 365 subscribers also got the following new features;

• Listen to your emails
  Outlook can read your email aloud, highlighting text as it’s read.
  File-> Ease of Access-> Show Read Aloud
• Never miss a reminder
  Set reminders to pop up over windows you’re working in. Otherwise, Outlook will blink in the taskbar to get your attention.
  File-> Options-> Advanced-> Reminders-> Show reminders on top of other windows
• Mark deleted items as read
  You can now set any message that you delete as read.
  File-> Options-> Mail-> Other-> Mark messages as read when deleted
• Encrypt option
  Office 365 Message Encryption users can encrypt a message and send it to anyone, inside or outside their organization.
  While composing a message: tab Options-> Permission

View: Download information for KB4018372

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 16.0.4690.1000 (msi-based installation) or version 1804 build 9226.2114 (Office 365 based installation).

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2013. This is a non-security update which contains 5 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes in this update;

• Fixes for rendering issues with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Microsoft Outlook add-in and “Waiting for a page to be retrieved from a CRM server…” displays.
• When you connect to an IMAP server that does not support UIDPLUS IMAP extensions and network error occurs while moving a message, the moved message is lost.
• When you try to access the content of a public folder, Outlook may crash if it’s connected by using MAPI/HTTP.

View: Download information for KB4018376

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 15.0.5031.1000.

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2010. It fixes the following issue;

• Fixes for rendering issues with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Microsoft Outlook add-in and “Waiting for a page to be retrieved from a CRM server…” displays.

View: Download information for KB4022144

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 14.0.7208.5000.

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2016. This is a non-security update which contains 8 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable fixes in this update;

• The custom forms with Visual Basic Script (VBScript) doesn’t run in shared calendars in Outlook.
• When you connect to Microsoft Exchange Server through a metered network, you see that favorite folders disappear from the navigation pane.
• You see that authentication prompts appear behind the active Outlook window and cannot be accessed.
• Adds support for the Sync Slider so that you can specify a long span time to synchronize mails that span 3 years or more in Outlook 2016 via the SyncWindowSettingDays and SyncWindowSetting Registry value.

Office 365 subscribers can now also see a MailTip warning appear if you choose Reply All to a message that you were Bcc’ed on.

View: Download information for KB4018326

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update or the Update Now button when you are using Office 365 and updates Outlook to version 16.0.4678.1000 (msi-based installation) or version 1803 build 9126.2116 (Office 365 based installation).