April 2019 non-Security Office Updates are available

The April 2019 non-Security Office updates have been released Tuesday, April 2, 2019. They are not included in the DEFCON4 approval for the March 2019 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Remember, Susan’s patching sequence and  recommendations are based on a business environment that has IT support and may have time constraints on the updating process. Consumer patching should be more cautious due to limited technical and mechanical resources. The latter is the reason for the AskWoody DEFCON system.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 KB3114559

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 KB4462203
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 KB4462200
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 KB4464507
Update for Microsoft Project 2013 KB4462136
Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 KB4464505
Update for Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) KB4462207
Update for Microsoft Word 2013 KB4462140

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 KB4011666
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 KB4462116
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 KB4464501
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 KB4462239
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 KB4418380
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack KB4462241
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 KB4464502
Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 KB4462235
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 KB4464503
Update for Skype for Business 2016 KB4462234
Update for Microsoft Word 2016 KB4462240

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Updates are for the .msi version (persistent). Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

Details in Computerworld Woody on Windows. Off with their heads!

March 2019 non-Security Office Updates have been released

The March 2019 non-Security Office updates have been released Tuesday, March 5, 2019. They are not included in the DEFCON4 approval for the February 2019 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Remember, Susan’s patching sequence and  recommendations are based on a business environment that has IT support and may have time constraints on the updating process. Consumer patching should be more cautious due to limited technical and mechanical resources. The latter is the reason for the AskWoody DEFCON system.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Access 2010 (KB4018363)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4461626)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2589339)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB4462229)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4462201)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4092455)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB4462206)
Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB4461484)

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4462192)
Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB4462212)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461439)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4462214)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4462195)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4462118)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4032231)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4462194)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4462196)
Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4462191)
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4462198)
Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4462190)
Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4462193)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Updates are for the .msi version (persistent). Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

February 2019 non-Security Office Updates are available

The February 2019 non-Security Office updates have been released Tuesday, February 5, 2019. They are not included in the DEFCON4 approval for the January 2019 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4462172)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4462187)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB4462182)
Update for Microsoft Visio 2010 (KB3115314)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB4032252)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4461550)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4461444)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB4462141)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172473)
Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4462135)

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4032257)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4461534)
Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4462114)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461536)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4462147)
Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4461599)
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4462134)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4022161)
Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4462145)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Updates are for the .msi version (persistent). Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

Microsoft yanks buggy Office 2010 non-security patches

This just in from Günter Born...

Microsoft has yanked all four of this month’s Office 2010 non-security patches. None of these are currently available in the Microsoft Update Catalog:

Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB4461627)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4032217)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4032225)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4461616)

The KB articles are still out there, but they now say:

After you install this update, you may experience difficulties in Microsoft Excel or other applications. To resolve this, uninstall the update by following the instructions in the “More information” section.

This update is no longer available.

There are instructions for manually uninstalling the patches.

Japanese-language sites are all lit up with warnings about the patches clobbering Excel. Microsoft’s mealy-mouth “experience difficulties in Microsoft Excel” doesn’t say much, but the Japanese language posts certainly do. For example, @odsyeu on the iromame-beans.jp site says (translation by Google):

After installation, program stop error now appears when opening the Excel file.

You gotta wonder who tests this stuff.

As Born says:

This is the 3rd or 4th attempt from Microsoft to establish the Japanese calendar thing. In November 2018 Updates for Office 2010 were been pulled, and in December 2018 we also had Office 2010 updates for Japanese calendar.

Whotta mess. But you’re OK because you haven’t installed any January patches yet, right?

January 2019 non-Security Office Updates have been posted

The January 2019 non-Security Office updates were released Wednesday, January 2, 2019. They are not included in the DEFCON4 approval for the December 2018 patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB4461627)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4032217)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4032225)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4461616)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4461560)
Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4461557)

Office 2016

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4461586)
Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB4461600)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203480)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4032230)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461435)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461533)
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4461587)
Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4461531)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

UPDATE: As of January 4, 2019, the four January 2019 Updates for Office 2010 (msi version) have been pulled by Microsoft and are no longer available for download. If you have problems with the Office programs, Microsoft recommends uninstalling the updates.

December 2018 non-Security Office Updates have been released

These are December 2018 Office updates. They will not be included in the DEFCON approval for the November patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4227172)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4461579)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft InfoPath 2013 (KB4022181)

Office 2016

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4461545)
Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4461540)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

November 2018 non-Security Office Updates have been released

UPDATE: The reported bug, where installing these patches deletes the desktop version of OneNote, isn’t a bug at all. The bug was related to the September patches.

These are November 2018 Office updates. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the October patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4461522)
Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2863821)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4461482)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3178640)

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4461475)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461505)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461438)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4461474)
Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4461502)
Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4461472)

There were no non-security listings for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).

September 2018 non-Security Office Update Release

September 2018 Office non-security updates have been released by Microsoft on September 4, 2018.

These are September Office updates. They will not be included in the DEFCON approval for the July/August patches. Unless you have a specific need to install them, you should wait until Susan Bradley (Patch Lady) approves them and any problems have been reported.

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4092436) 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4022233)
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4092469)Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4092457)

Office 2016
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3114853)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011670)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4018371)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4022215)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4032237)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4092449)
Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4092461)
Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4092462)
Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4092446)

There were no non-security listings  for Office 2007 (which is out of support).
Office 365 and C2R are not included.
Security updates for all supported versions of Microsoft Office are released on the second Tuesday of the month (Patch Tuesday).