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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

December 2017 Office Update Release

The December 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 9 security updates and 30 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4055454.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4989.1000

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7191.5000

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2iYKapk

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

December 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Excel 2010 (KB4011617)

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB4011597)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011279)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB4011282)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB4011278)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011285)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4011284)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB4011577)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011218)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011211)

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4011563)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011567)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213542)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011568)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011572)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011163)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011562)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011031)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011573)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011225)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4011570)

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2B00mBH

Friday, November 17, 2017

End of support for the Excel and PowerPoint viewers and the Office Compatibility Pack

The Excel viewer, PowerPoint viewer, PowerPoint 2007 viewer, and the Office Compatibility Pack will be retired in April, 2018. At that time, they will no longer be available for download and will no longer receive security updates.

Microsoft recommends using these applications to view Excel or PowerPoint files:

  • On Windows 10 PCs, download the free Excel Mobile or PowerPoint Mobile application from the Windows Store.
  • On iOS devices, download the free Excel or PowerPoint for iOS application from the Apple Store.
  • On Android devices, download the free Excel or PowerPoint for Android application from the Google Play store.
  • Try Office 365 for free for 1 month, which gives you access to the full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and more and can be installed on up to 5 PCs or Macs, plus up to 5 tablets and 5 phones.
  • On Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 PCs, upload the file to OneDrive and view it for free using Excel or PowerPoint Online.

Also, as previously announced in this blog, the Word viewer will be retired this month and will no longer be supported with security updates.

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2A86kQo

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

November 2017 Office Update Release

The November 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 23 security updates and 43 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4051890.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4981.1001

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7190.5001

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2AKnWyQ

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

November 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2007

Update for Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (KB4011203)

 

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB4011188)

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172533)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011228)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011229)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB4011075)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB4011252)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB4011168)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011235)

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB3162081)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4011255)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011138)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011216)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011223)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011224)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011226)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011259)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4011145)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB4011137)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB4011240)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4011219)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011227)

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB4011238)

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2AroBVK

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

October 2017 Office Update Release

The October 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 26 security updates and 27 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article  4043461.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4971.1002

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7189.5001

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2gaLMi2

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

October 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB3172543)

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB4011181)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011148)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011169)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011156)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB4011149)

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB4011150)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4011142)

Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB4011166)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011036)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011135)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011139)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011144)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011158)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011167)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB4011164)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011141)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011136)

Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4011140)

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2xexsaw

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

September 2017 Office Update Release

The September 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 45 security updates and 30 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4040279.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4963.1002

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7188.5002

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2vS9PEW

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

September 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172484)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172512)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3203486)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3213536)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011087)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011106)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011109)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB3191936)

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB4011105)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB4011032)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191923)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191924)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203478)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203482)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011093)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011099)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011102)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB4011098)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB4011092)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011101)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011096)

Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB4011039)

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2vILGVq

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

August 2017 Office Update Release

The August 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there is 1 security update and 29 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4036121.

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2vKnL6I

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

August 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB4011080)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172443)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011070)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB4011077)

Update for Microsoft OneDrive for Business (KB3178707)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB4011084)

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB4011045)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB4011046)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203472)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213650)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011037)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB4011051)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB3191930)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB4011030)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB4011034)

Update for Microsoft Publisher 2016 (KB3178696)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB4011033)

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2hkYWIX

Thursday, July 27, 2017

New updates are available for Outlook

We released security updates for Outlook today.  See the following KB articles for more information:

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4953.1001

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7187.5000

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2eRumpG

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

July 2017 Office Update Release

The July 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 17 security updates and 30 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4033107.

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2sMKsmp

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

July 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Word 2013 (KB3213567)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3213574)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213547)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3203481)

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3213548)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3203473)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3203476)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3213549)

Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB3213550)

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB3191926)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB3178665)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3203471)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3115145)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191928)

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2tRZGuI

Monday, June 19, 2017

The Office 365 Secure Score

Keeping track how secure your Office 365 tenant is can be a bit of a hassle. To make it easier for you, Microsoft created the Office 365 Secure Score.

In this 4-minute overview of Office 365 Secure Score, you will learn about a new tool that helps you to automatically assess the security posture of your Office 365 accounts, data, and devices. You'll discover the security features and best practices available to you to implement based on your overall security and productivity goals.


Wednesday, June 14, 2017

June 2017 Office Update Release

The June 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 51 security updates and 27 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4023935.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4937.1000

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7182.5000

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2rsJb2A

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

June 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB3191940)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172501)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3178709)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3191872)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3191874)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB3191935)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB3191941)

Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Client Components SDK (KB3172527)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB3191922)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3115281)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141457)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191859)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191868)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191920)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191929)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191933)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3191921)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3191934)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3191918)

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2sAsVyh

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

May 2017 Office Update Release

The May 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 36 security updates and 28 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4020152.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4927.1002

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7181.5002

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2qOPtx7

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

May 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

 

Office 2010

Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB3128031)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2010 (KB3191906)

 

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB3191877)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB3191889)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB3191871)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB3191878)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB3178711)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3191873)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3191876)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB3178700)

Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB3191861)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3115501)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178658)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178692)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178706)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191857)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191862)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3191867)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB3191866)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB3191883)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3191860)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3191870)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3191856)

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2p2kKaV

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

April 2017 Office Update Release

The April 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available! This month, there are 19 security updates and 33 non-security updates. All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4016803.

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4919.1002

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7180.5002

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2o0Ss04

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

April 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Excel 2013 (KB3191823)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172448)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172520)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3172523)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB3162043)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB3178713)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3178731)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3172492)

 

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB3178719)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3128050)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141454)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141506)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178659)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178666)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178697)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178701)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178705)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB3141507)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3178699)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3178708)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3178695)

Update for Microsoft Word 2016 (KB3178720)

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3178717)

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2oznbFF

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

March 2017 Office Update Release

The March 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available!

This month, there are 28 security updates (2 bulletin) and 27 non-security updates.

Security bulletins:

All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 4013886

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4911.1002

A new version of Office 2010 Click-To-Run is available: 14.0.7179.5002

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2lXtiDn

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

March 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update. See the linked KB articles for more information.

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3162058)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3162039)

Update for Microsoft OneDrive for Business (KB3178645)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB3178650)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB3172437)

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Access 2016 (KB3128054)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141452)

Update for Microsoft OneDrive for Business (KB3141458)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178661)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178663)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178668)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178660)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3178655)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3178657)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3178669)

Update for Microsoft Publisher 2016 (KB3128047)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3178654)

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2lUpaiq

Thursday, February 23, 2017

New updates for SharePoint, Project Server, and Office 2013 Click-to-Run

The following non-security updates for SharePoint Server 2013 and 2016, Project Server 2013, and Office 2013 Click-to-Run are available now:

SharePoint 2016

KB 3141515

KB 314517

 

SharePoint 2013

KB 3115296

KB 3118286

KB 3141485

KB 3141519

KB 3141523

 

Project Server 2013

KB 3141525

 

Office 2013 Click-to-Run

Version: 15.0.4903.1002

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2law2IQ

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

February 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update yesterday. See the linked KB articles for more information.

Office 2013

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3161988)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3115489)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3141491)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3127966)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB3141494)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3127972)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB3141495)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (KB3141461)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB3141499)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB3141492)

 Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141504)

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3141501)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3114389)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141508)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3127991)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141510)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141513)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141505)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3128048)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB3141512)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3128052)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB3141511)

Update for Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (KB3128051)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3141514)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141509)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3141500)

 

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2jZj70d

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Correction to the list of superseded Word Viewer updates

We made some corrections to the superseded updates lists in three previously released Word Viewer updates on Microsoft Update today. These updates are KBs 3118394, 3128043, and 3128044. There were no other changes to the fixes provided by these updates.

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2kx1JPc

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Code Snippet: Load the SharePoint Office PnP Module in PowerShell

How do you load the PowerShell OfficeP PnP module for SharePoint?

Addendum: I've added a try/catch block to the code. This way you can be sure the module is loaded.

# Loading Office Online PnP Module
try {
    if((Get-Module "Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
        Import-Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell
        Write-Host "PowerShell module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell initialized"
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "PowerShell module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell loaded"
    }
}
catch {
    throw "PowerShell module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell initialization failed"
    exit 3
}

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Connect to Office365 via Office PnP behind a proxy

How do you connect to your SharePoint Office365 tenant with the PowerShell if you are locked behind a proxy? This hint will probably work for all kind of PowerShell scripts, not only for Office PnP. I tried this with the Microsoft SharePoint Online extensions as well and it worked.

So my problem was, the company I was working for, had a proxy which could not be bypassed. The proxy settings have been set by a GPO and the network settings where fine so far. However the proxy used user authentication to access the internet. Now if I want to use the SharePoint Online tools, I must authenticate my PowerShell session at the proxy so the tools can access the internet too.

The trick to get your PowerShell connected is quite simple. You only need to enter the following line:

[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials

Now you should be able to connect to Office365 SharePoint without problems. If you don't want to enter this line every time you open a new PowerShell, you could add it to your PowerShell profile.

ise $PROFILE
then add this to the profile file:

#Set user default credentials for any webrequest
"Setting the users default credentials for WebRequests..." | Write-Host -ForegroundColor White
[System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy.Credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultCredentials

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

January 2017 Office Update Release

The January 2017 Public Update releases for Office are now available!

This month, there are 2 security updates (1 bulletin) and 31 non-security updates.

Security bulletins:

All of the security and non-security updates are listed in KB article 3214449

A new version of Office 2013 Click-To-Run is available: 15.0.4893.1002

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2jrvEoc

Thursday, January 5, 2017

A certificate validation operation took nnn milliseconds and has exceeded the execution time threshold

After installing a new SharePoint 2013 farm, I noticed a few messages in the Windows event log:

A certificate validation operation took 14988.6926 milliseconds and has exceeded the execution time threshold. If this continues to occur, it may represent a configuration issue. Please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=246987 for more details.
Source: SharePoint Foundation
Event ID: 8321
Level: Critical

As Microsoft states in their knowlege base article KB2625048:

The SharePoint server does not have access to the Internet, or the server is protected by a firewall that has limited ports open. In this situation, users intermittently experience long delays when they perform certain operations, such as logging in to the site or performing a search. Users may also encounter HTTP timeouts when they perform these operations.

The mean you must either let your server access the internet, what most of the time won't be possible due to policy reasons, or we need a other solution. Good for us that the knowlege base article offers two possible solutions.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

January 2017 Non-Security Office Update Release

Listed below are the non-security updates we released on the Download Center and Microsoft Update yesterday. See the linked KB articles for more information.

Word Viewer

Update for Word Viewer (KB3141490)

Office 2013

Update for Microsoft Access 2013 (KB3118349)

Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3141468)

Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3141474)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2013 (KB3141465)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB3141466)

Update for Microsoft Project 2013 (KB3141470)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2013 (KB3141462)

Office 2016

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3127983)

Update for Microsoft Excel 2016 (KB3141472)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 Language Interface Pack (KB3141450)

Update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3128049)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141473)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3127987)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3127992)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3128055)

Update for Microsoft OneNote 2016 (KB3141455)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3128056)

Update for Microsoft Outlook 2016 (KB3141453)

Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB3141451)

Update for Microsoft Project 2016 (KB3141459)

Update for Microsoft Visio 2016 (KB3128045)

 

 

Content from: Office Updates http://bit.ly/2iJCmcv

Monday, January 2, 2017

How to remove an unsuccessful AutoSPInstaller job

What do you need to uninstall from your server if the installation with AutoSPInstaller wasn’t successful?

Installing a SharePoint Server with the AutoSPInstaller job has become the gold standard for administrators. It’s much easier for large farms and offers a high degree of quality. However, using AutoSPInstaller can be a bit of a hassle. Until you get the xml configuration right, you normally need a few approaches. You can start the installation again, but you need to remove a few things first before it will re-run successfully.

Languages

If you are installing language files with your SharePoint Farm, remove these packages first. Open the Windows Control Panel, go to Programs -> Uninstall a program. Search for any SharePoint Language Package that has been installed and remove them all.

SharePoint Server

Leave the Control Panel open. Search for the SharePoint Server binary installation package and remove that file as well.

Prerequisites

These files must not be removed. They can stay on the server.

Internet Information Server

Open the IIS Management and look for any Web Application that was created during the AutoSPInstaller setup. Remove all of them and the Application Pools as well. Because AutoSPInstaller will create all of them again, I normally delete all Application Pools and Web Applications from IIS. This way I’ll have a clean system after setup.

The Web Applications create directories in the VirtualDirectories folder of the IIS working directory. You normally find it here:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss

Remove the folders from the Web Applications you have deleted from here as well.

Log files

Remove the log files from the ULS logging directory or do a clean up after you sucsessfully installed SharePoint.

Search Index

If the SharePoint Search has been created already, go to the directory where the search index is stored. Delete all GUID directories you find there.

SQL Server

Open the SQL Management Studio and connect with the SQL instance you are using to host the SharePoint databases. Delete any database that has been created by the AutoSPInstaller script. At the prompt to delete the database, you should select to close any connection to the database.

Finally

Now reboot your server. After login back into the server you can restart the installation with AutoSPInstaller. Any traces of previous installations will be gone then.

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