Messaging with Communications https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/feed.xml Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:56:56 GMT en-US hourly 1 Current Cumulative Updates for Office – Q1 2019 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q1-2019 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 09:56:55 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=715 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of January 8, 2019. Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates
  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2019

  • Current Service Pack level: Office 2019 (RTM released September 24, 2018)
  • Latest cumulative: January 8, 2019
  • Outlook specific: n/a 

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Office Pro Plus for Windows (C2R) Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that's the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger "Office" list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2019

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP7 (released Nov 15, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support ended on October 10, 2017
  • Latest cumulative Update: September 12, 2017 - 14.7.7 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212225)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products...there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases. Note: Office for Mac 2019 uses the 16.x versioning as Office for Mac 2016.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q4 2018 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q4-2018 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 14:47:26 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=695 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of October 3, 2018. Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates
  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2019

  • Current Service Pack level: Office 2019 (RTM released September 24, 2018)
  • Latest cumulative: n/a 
  • Outlook specific: n/a 

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Office Pro Plus for Windows (C2R) Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that's the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger "Office" list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc. Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2019

  • Current Service Pack Level: Office 2019 for Mac RTM
  • Latest cumulative Update: n/a)

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP7 (released Nov 15, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support ended on October 10, 2017
  • Latest cumulative Update: September 12, 2017 - 14.7.7 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212225)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products...there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office – Q3 2018 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q3-2018 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:32:38 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=675 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of July 2, 2018. Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates
  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Office for Windows 2016 (C2R) Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that's the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger "Office" list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc. Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP7 (released Nov 15, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support ended on October 10, 2017
  • Latest cumulative Update: September 12, 2017 - 14.7.7 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212225)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products...there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office – Q2 2018 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q2-2018 Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:32:06 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=655 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of April 1, 2018. Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates
  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Click-to-Run: June 2017 Versions:
  • Office 2013: 15.0.5015.1000
  • Office 2010: 14.0.7196.5000
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that's the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger "Office" list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc. Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP7 (released Nov 15, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support ended on October 10, 2017
  • Latest cumulative Update: September 12, 2017 - 14.7.7 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212225)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products...there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q4 2017 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q4-2017 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:10:42 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=645 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of July 3, 2017.

Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates

  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Click-to-Run: June 2017 Versions:
  • Office 2013: 15.0.4971.1002
  • Office 2010: 14.0.7189.5001
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that's the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger "Office" list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc. Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP7 (released Nov 15, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support ended on October 10, 2017
  • Latest cumulative Update: September 12, 2017 - 14.7.7 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212225)

Office 2008

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 (released October 2009)
    • Office 2008 for Mac support ended on April 9, 2013
  • Last cumulative Update: March 2013 - 12.3.6 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817449)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products...there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2017 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q3-2017 Mon, 03 Jul 2017 17:41:17 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=635 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of July 3, 2017.

Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates

  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Click-to-Run: June 2017 Versions:
  • Office 2013: 15.0.4937.1000
  • Office 2010: 14.0.7182.5000
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that's the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger "Office" list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc. Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP7 (released Nov 15, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support has been extended and will now end on October 10, 2017 instead of January 12, 2016
  • Latest cumulative Update: June 13, 2017 - 14.7.5 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212223) 

Office 2008

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 (released October 2009)
    • Office 2008 for Mac support ended on April 9, 2013
  • Last cumulative Update: March 2013 - 12.3.6 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817449)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products...there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q2 2017 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q2-2017 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:18:02 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=625 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of January 2, 2017.

Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates

  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that’s the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger “Office” list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc.  Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP6 (released Jan 12, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support has been extended and will now end on October 10, 2017 instead of January 12, 2016
  • Latest cumulative Update: April 11, 2017 - 14.7.3 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3212218)

Office 2008

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 (released October 2009)
    • Office 2008 for Mac support ended on April 9, 2013
  • Last cumulative Update: March 2013 - 12.3.6 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817449)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products…there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q1 2017 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q1-2017 Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:23:06 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=615 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of January 2, 2017.

Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates

  • For the MSI version of Office, non-security updates are released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the first Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual.
  • For the Click-To-Run (C2R) version of Office, all updates will release on the second Tuesday of the month.
As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that’s the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger “Office” list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc.  Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP6 (released Jan 12, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support has been extended and will now end on October 10, 2017 instead of January 12, 2016
  • Latest cumulative Update: December 2016 - 14.7.1 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3198808)

Office 2008

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 (released October 2009)
    • Office 2008 for Mac support ended on April 9, 2013
  • Last cumulative Update: March 2013 - 12.3.6 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817449)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products…there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]> Skype for Business Mobile on iOS and the Inability for users to Send Logs https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/skype-for-business-mobile-on-ios-and-the-inability-for-users-to-send-logs Thu, 15 Dec 2016 17:34:57 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=605 We’ve been getting sporadic reports from customers over the past couple months that the “Send Logs” button was grayed out on the iOS SfB Mobile client for some users.  Yet, the mobility policy was set to allow users to send logs. The issue is a simple one, but somewhat confusing. SfB Mobile on iOS requires that the native mail client that uses ActiveSync must be configured with a profile in order for this to work.  With the popularity of the Outlook for iOS client, many users are not doing this (they install Outlook for iOS, and never configure the native client).  However, SfB Mobile on iOS does NOT detect/work with the Outlook for iOS client, so if no native iOS ActiveSync profile has been setup the SfB Mobile client grays-out the “Send Logs” button. This little issue, while once you realize why you want to say "Ah ha" or "Gee, that makes sense" it has been frustrating for many.  So, I wanted to make you aware of this to help when troubleshooting issues with iOS SfB Mobile clients if the user tells you the Send Logs button is grayed out.  They will need to setup ActiveSync on the device first to be able to send the logs to you.  ]]> Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q4 2016 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/messaging_with_communications/current-cumulative-updates-for-office-q4-2016 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:52:08 GMT https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/messaging_with_communications/?p=575 Current Cumulative Updates for Office - Q3 2012 post, each quarter I will post information on the latest updates for the Office for Windows and Office for Macintosh products. The information below is being provided regarding the most currently available updates available for the supported Windows and Macintosh versions of Office as of October 25, 2016

REMINDER: Change to the Release Schedule for Non-Security Updates

Be aware of an important change that was made to the release schedule for Office updates that began on April 5, 2016.  Non-security updates are now released in Microsoft Update and the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) on the FIRST Tuesday of the month.  This will include all updates that have the Critical or Definition classification.  Updates with the Security classification will continue to release on the second Tuesday as usual. This change applies only to the MSI version of Office.  Office Click-To-Run (C2R) will release on the second Tuesday. As a reminder on why I'm providing this information and how it should be used, please see my Keeping Up with Office Updates post which discusses the cumulative updates for Office (and Outlook in particular) that companies need to be aware of and push out to their users.  

Office for Windows

Office 2016

Office 2013

Office 2010

Office 2007

Office 2003

  • Office 2003 reached End-of-Life Support on April 8, 2014
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the list/links for all the Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).  Most of you focus on Outlook and that’s the only ones required and is also provided separately but I wanted to provide the larger “Office” list in case you want it. As a reminder, Microsoft Update does *NOT* make the cumulative updates available to users (unlike the Public Updates) for products prior to Office 2013.  These have to be downloaded and either installed independently or deployed using tools such as WSUS, SCCM, etc.  Note: As of January 1, 2015 the Office product group has made a decision to no longer have both what were known as "Public Updates" (those that you could get through Microsoft Update) and "Cumulative Updates" (separate downloads) for the Office 2013 products, which has always been very confusing (and part of why I started posting this information).  Going forward, all updates will be part of the Public Update releases.  However, I will continue to post this bulletin quarterly so that you have this information to properly manage updates for desktops, etc.

Office for Macintosh

Office 2016

Office 2011

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 SP6 (released Jan 12, 2016)
    • Office for Mac 2011 mainstream support has been extended and will now end on October 10, 2017 instead of January 12, 2016
  • Latest cumulative Update: October 2016 - 14.6.9 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3193442)

Office 2008

  • Current Service Pack Level: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac SP2 (released October 2009)
    • Office 2008 for Mac support ended on April 9, 2013
  • Last cumulative Update: March 2013 - 12.3.6 (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817449)
Note: Each of the KB articles includes the link for downloading the package which updates ALL Office Products…there are not separate updates for each of the various components of Office as there is with the Windows releases.]]>