HowTo-Outlook

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2013. This is a non-security update which contains 15 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable new changes and fixes are:

• When you right-click and drag an item from a mailbox folder to the Desktop by using the move function in Outlook 2013, the item is copied but not moved.
• When you receive and then accept a proposal of a new meeting time for a meeting in Outlook 2013, the meeting time is not updated to the newly proposed time. Instead, it is still set to the original time.
• Assume that you change the format of an email message from rich text to HTML in cached mode of Outlook 2013. When you send this email message that has some editing, the email message is sent as the rich text format, and the editing is lost.

View: Download information for KB3055012

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 15.4745.1000.

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2010. This is a non-security update which contains 9 documented improvements and fixes.

Most notable new changes and fixes are:

• When you try to move items from a primary mailbox to an online archive mailbox in Outlook 2010, you receive an error message: Cannot move the items.
• When you receive and then accept a proposal of a new meeting time for a meeting in Outlook 2010, the meeting time is not updated to the proposed time, but stays to be the original time.

View: Download information for KB3055041

Note: This update can be installed via Microsoft Update and updates Outlook to version 14.0.7155.5000.

If you are an Exchange administrator or otherwise interested in Exchange, you can now get your hands dirty with the Exchange 2016 Preview.

Exchange 2016 will bring various features that are already available in Office 365 for Business to your on-premises environment and its final release will be later this year. Some primary changes are;

• Simplified architecture; The Client Access and Mailbox server roles have been combined.
• Improved reliability; Failovers are 33% faster than exchange 2013.
• Outlook Web App (OWA) has been renamed once again; It is now called: Outlook on the web. It will get lots of new features like; Sweep, Pin, Inline Reply, Propose new meeting time, better formatting controls, ability to paste inline images, emojis, attachment improvements and more…
• Improved add-in model which works both in Outlook on the web and Outlook on your desktop.
• Faster and more intuitive search with search suggestion support.

Download: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 – Preview
View: Exchange Team Blog; Announcing Exchange Server 2016 Preview!
View: Exchange Server 2016 documentation on TechNet