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Hotfix KB2598318 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 14 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• You cannot send a public folder calendar as an email message in Outlook 2010.
• When you press CTRL+P to open a print preview of an email message in Outlook 2010, the print preview is not displayed, and you do not receive an error message. This issue occurs when the folder that contains the email message contains more than 500 items.
• When you open a PowerPoint Show (.ppsx) file that is an attachment in an email message in Outlook 2010, the file does not open in Slide Show mode as expected.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2598318

Obtaining the hotfix
This is a Hotfix and not a regular update. You can request it via the KB article page.

Hotfix KB2598135 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains 5 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;

• When you open and then close an .eml file, a new .tmp file is created in the temp directory. This .tmp file remains in the temp directory until you close Outlook 2007.
• Outlook 2007 removes text in the plain text format from an email message that is in the MIME format. This issue occurs when the email message contains both text in the plain text format and text in the HTML format.
• After you reply to or forward an email message in Outlook 2007, you receive the following error message:

“The message being sent exceeds the message size.”
In this situation, you cannot close the email message. Additionally, you cannot exit Outlook 2007.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2598135

Obtaining the hotfix
This is a Hotfix and not a regular update. You can request it via the KB article page.

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 is now available for direct download (see below for links). Expect it to become available via Microsoft Update on May 22.

It includes 43 new fixes. The Exchange Team would like to highlight the following ones (some KB articles might not yet be available in your region);

• KB2696913 You cannot log on to Outlook Web App when a proxy is set up in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
• KB2688667 High CPU in W3WP when processing recurrence items who fall on DST cutover
• KB2592398 PR_INTERNET_MESSAGE_ID is the same on messages resent by Outlook
• KB2630808 EwsAllowMacOutlook Setting Not Honored
• KB2661277 Android/Iphones stuck with 451 during Cross forest proxy in datacenter
• KB2678414 Contact name doesn’t display company if name fields are left blank

No expected release date for the next update rollup has been made known yet.

Download: Exchange 2010 SP2 Rollup 2
View: Description of Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2

Update Rollup 7 for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 3 is now available for direct download (see below for links). Expect it to become available via Microsoft Update on May 22.

It includes 12 new fixes. The Exchange Team would like to highlight the following ones (some KB articles might not yet be available in your region);

• KB2617514 Include updated version of Portuguese-Brazil speller.
• KB2696649 Exchange 2007sp3/2010 OWA CSRF via Cookie Tossing.
• KB2696628 Read Receipt is still duplicated when connecting IMAP.

This is the final release under standard support for Exchange 2007, as the Exchange 2007 Mainstream Support has now ended. Extended Support for Exchange 2007 SP3 will end on April 11, 2017.

Download: Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 7
View: Description of Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3

A Rollup Update has been released for Outlook 2010 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.

Update KB2553248 for Outlook 2010
This is a non-security update and has been described as “contains the latest stability and performance improvements”.

This rollup updates contains fixes which were released in various hotfixes since November 2011.

• KB2597061 released in December (1 fix)
• KB2597011 released in December (22 fixes)
• KB2597137 released in February (20 fixes)

It also contains 2 new fixes which were not included in any of the hotfixes listed above.

View: Download information for KB2553248

If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.

Two updates have been released for the Outlook Social Connector (People Pane).

• KB2553406 – A general rollup update with “stability and performance” improvements
• KB2553267 – An update specifically for the SharePoint Provider

Sadly, both updates didn’t come with a more detailed change log.

If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.