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• January 2024 Office non-Security updates have been released

  Posted on January 2, 2024 at 12:57 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  
  The January 2024 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, January 2, 2024. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the December 2023 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 2016
  Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB5002500)

  There were no January updates for Office 2013.

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security January 2024 Black Tuesday, Janyary 2024 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• December 2023 Office non-Security Updates

  Posted on December 5, 2023 at 11:44 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  
  Microsoft released NO non-security updates for Office on December 5, 2023.

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security December 2023 Black Tuesday, December 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• November 2023 Office non-Security updates have been released

  Posted on November 7, 2023 at 13:39 CST by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  

  The November 2023 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, Novembeer 7, 2023. They are not included in the DEFCON-3 approval for the October 2023 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 2013
  Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB5002514)

  Office 2016
  Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB5002523)
  Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB5002502)

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security November 2023 Black Tuesday, November 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• October 2023 Office non-Security updates are now available

  Posted on October 3, 2023 at 12:38 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  

  The October 2023 Office non-Security updates have been released Tuesday, October 3, 2023. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the September 2023 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 2013
  Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB5002479)

  Office 2016
  Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB5002209)

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security October 2023 Black Tuesday, October 2023 Office non-security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• September 2023 Office non-Security updates

  Posted on September 6, 2023 at 05:29 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft released NO non-security updates for Office on September 5, 2023.

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security August 2023 Black Tuesday, August 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• Vulnerabilities everywhere

  Posted on August 14, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.33 • 2023-08-14

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Another month, another series of updates for seemingly everything on the Windows platform.

  But this isn’t just any month. Patch Tuesday once again coincided with the week of the annual security conference, Black Hat. The Windows-based topics range from “Hacking Bing.com (and much much more) with Azure Active Directory” to a briefing titled “Defender-Pretender: When Windows Defender Updates Become a Security Risk.”

  In addition, there is a talk called “Single Instruction Multiple Data Leaks in Cutting edge CPUs aka Downfall.” Better known as CVE-2022-40982, the flaw is a transient execution side-channel issue and impacts all processors based on Intel microarchitectures from Skylake through Ice Lake. Not to be left out, Apple and Android bugs have their own talks.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.33.0, 2023-08-14).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Patch Watch Canon, CVE-2022-40982, CVE-2023-21709, HVEC, Linux, Mint, Newsletters, Office 2013, Outlook, Patch Lady Posts, Ubuntu

• August 2023 Office non-Security updates

  Posted on August 2, 2023 at 12:39 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft issued NO non-security updates for Office 2013 or Office 2016 for the month of August 2023.

  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security August 2023 Black Tuesday, August 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016

• July 2023 Office non-Security updates have finally been released

  Posted on July 28, 2023 at 15:13 CDT by PKCano • Comment in the Forums

  The July 2023 Office non-Security updates have been released late on Thursday, July 27, 2023. They are not included in the DEFCON-4 approval for the July 2023 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 2016
  Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB5002454)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB5002117)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4493158)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB5002307)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4464587)
  Update for Microsoft Publisher 2016 (KB5002396)
  Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB5002458)
  Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB5002456

  There were no July 2023 non-Security updates listed for Office 2013.
  On April 10, 2018, Office 2013 reached End of Mainstream Support. Extended Support ended for Office 2013 on April 11, 2023.
  Office 2016 also reached  End of Mainstream Support on October 13, 2020. EOS for Office 2016 is October 14, 2025.

  Updates are for the .msi version (perpetual). 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).

  Office Patches/Security July 2023 Black Tuesday, July 2023 Office non-Security updates, Office 2013, Office 2016
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