Office Updates
News about security updates, public updates, service packs and product lifecycle from the Microsoft Office sustained Engineering team.
September 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, September 14th, 2010, Microsoft Office released 2 security bulletins. The security...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 09/14/2010
August 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, August 10th, 2010, Microsoft Office released 2 security bulletins. The security updates...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 08/10/2010
July 2010 Update Release
Its 2nd Tuesday and you know what that means. Yes, that’s correct its release day. Today, July...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 07/13/2010
June 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, Microsoft released 10 security bulletins. In Office we are addressing 23...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 06/08/2010
May 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, May 11th, 2010, Microsoft released 2 security bulletins. In Office we are addressing 1...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 05/10/2010
April 2010 Update Release
Welcome to patch Tuesday. On Tuesday, April 13th, 2010, Microsoft released 11 security bulletins. In...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 04/13/2010
Non-English Text in Add or Remove Programs tool
We have received reports from some of our Excel 2003 and Excel 2002 customers that after installing...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 03/11/2010
Issues with Office after installing KB977724
Customers using Windows Server 2008 R2, and customers using Windows Server 2008 with Terminal...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 03/10/2010
March 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, March 9th, 2010, Microsoft released 2 security updates. In Office we are addressing 8...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 03/08/2010
February 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, February 9th, 2010, Microsoft released 13 security updates. In Office we are addressing...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 02/09/2010
January 2010 Update Release
On Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, Microsoft released updates to the Outlook 2003 and 2007 Junk Email...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 01/11/2010
Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and Related Products
Before we get into the details of this post, we wanted to quickly call your attention to the new...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 01/08/2010
UPDATE: Cannot Open Office 2003 Documents Protected with RMS
Previously we blogged that starting on December 11, 2009, customers using Office 2003 would not be...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 12/18/2009
Cannot Open Office 2003 Documents Protected with RMS - Update
The issue of the inability to open Office 2003 documents protected with RMS has now been resolved...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 12/12/2009
Cannot Open Office 2003 Documents Protected with RMS
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Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 12/11/2009
December 2009 Update Release
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Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 12/07/2009
November 2009 Update Release
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Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 11/10/2009
October 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, October 13th, 2009, Microsoft released 11 security updates for Office addressing 11...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 10/08/2009
September 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, September 8th, 2009, Microsoft released updates to the Outlook 2003 and 2007 Junk Email...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 09/08/2009
Office Genuine Advantage Update Released
On Tuesday August 25th, 2009, Microsoft released an important/high priority non-security update for...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 08/25/2009
Service Pack 2 for 2007 Microsoft Office system begins distribution via Automatic Update the week of September 21, 2009
This is advance notice that we will start providing SP2 for the 2007 Microsoft Office system via...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 08/17/2009
August 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, August 11th, 2009, Microsoft released three security updates for Office Web Components...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 08/07/2009
July 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, July 14th, 2009, Microsoft released one security updates for Office addressing a single...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 07/14/2009
Office Web Components Lifecycle
We often get asked questions about the Office Web Components, commonly known as "OWC", and in...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 06/30/2009
June 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, June 9th, 2009, Microsoft released 17 security updates for Office in 3 bulletins...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 06/08/2009
Office 2000 and Office Update Site to Retire
As a reminder, Microsoft Office 2000 leaves extended support on July 14, 2009. Office 2000 patches...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 05/19/2009
May 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, May 12th, 2009, Microsoft released 7 security updates for Office in 1 bulletin...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 05/07/2009
FAQ concerning Service Pack 2 and the Cumulative Updates for April 2009 for the 2007 Microsoft® Office System and Microsoft Office servers
Many of our customers have questions on the relationship between the set of hotfixes released in the...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 05/01/2009
Service Pack 2 for the 2007 Microsoft Office system available today!
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Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 04/23/2009
April 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, April 14th, 2009, Office released 10 security updates in 2 bulletins addressing a total...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 04/06/2009
Enabling Microsoft Update to keep Office 2003, Office XP, and other Microsoft Products Secure and Up-To-Date
Our friends on the Microsoft Update team have posted a reminder on their team blog that opting in to...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 04/06/2009
Office 2003 to leave Mainstream Support phase
The last Microsoft Office 2003 product was released nearly 5 years ago. Per the Microsoft Support...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 03/27/2009
March 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, March 10th, 2009, Office released two updates for the Outlook 2003 and 2007 Junk Email...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 03/09/2009
Triaging bugs - what's that all about?
Making difficult decisions is (prepare yourself)… difficult. Duh! I’d prefer all my decisions to be...
Author: Dave B [msft] Date: 02/12/2009
February 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, February 10th, 2009, Office released 3 security updates in 1 bulletin addressing 3...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 02/10/2009
January 2009 Update Release
On Tuesday, January, 13th, 2009, Office released updates to the Outlook 2003 and 2007 Junk Email...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 01/13/2009
Why doesn't Office just fix all of the bugs before they ship it
This is the first in a series of 3 related blog entries that will speak to common questions about...
Author: Dave B [msft] Date: 12/12/2008
Excel Viewer 2003, Word Viewer 2003 and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to retire
In accordance with the Microsoft Product Lifecycle Policy, we are now providing notice that the...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 12/09/2008
December 2008 Update Release
On Tuesday, December 9th, 2008, Office released 18 security updates in 4 bulletins addressing a...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 12/02/2008
November 2008 Update Release
On Tuesday, November 11th, 2008, Office released 4 security updates in one bulletin. The security...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 11/10/2008
Office Resource Kit TechNet Survey
The team responsible for the Office Resource Kit is conducting a survey to improve Office...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 10/29/2008
Announcing Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
We’re pleased to announce that Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 2007 Microsoft Office system is expected...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 10/22/2008
Announcing New Daylight Saving Time Update for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft has released an update to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (x86, x64). This update provides...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 10/16/2008
October 2008 Update Release
On Tuesday, October 14th, 2008, Office released 9 security updates across 2 bulletins. The security...
Author: The Microsoft Office Sustained Engineering Team Date: 10/10/2008
Upcoming end of support for Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) was released nearly a year ago, on September 17th, 2007. Per the...
Author: David [Microsoft] Date: 09/22/2008
September 2008 Update Release
On Tuesday, September 9th, 2008, Office released 8 security updates across 2 bulletins. The security...
Author: David [Microsoft] Date: 09/04/2008
August 2008 Update Release
On Tuesday, August 12th, 2008, Office released 23 security updates across 5 bulletins. The security...
Author: David [Microsoft] Date: 08/12/2008
Announcing Availability of Infrastructure Updates
As announced on the SharePoint Team blog, this morning we released to web three new important...
Author: David [Microsoft] Date: 07/15/2008