Version 1911 (Build 12228.20364)
Release date: December 10, 2019
This update offers a few minor bug fixes and several security updates. It fixes the right-click menu for Excel’s Pivot Charts to enable the “Show Detail” option and also fixes an issue in Outlook that allowed web add-ins to access Digital Rights Managed messages.
Among the security updates are those that fix an Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability, a Word Denial of Service Vulnerability and a PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. For details, see the security update release notes.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1911 (Build 12228.20364).
Version 1911 (Build 12228.20332)
Release date: December 3, 2019
This update offers a few minor features and fixes a variety of bugs. Six new functions have been added in Excel: FILTER, SORT, SORTBY, UNIQUE, SEQUENCE and RANDARRAY. Excel also now has a data visualizer add-on that can create flow charts in Visio. Word’s co-authoring capabilities have been improved, making it more likely changes will be seen by others in real time.
Among the bugs fixed are one that caused crashes when users searched for recent files in Excel while no workbook was open, and another in which Office updates unexpectedly downloaded files from the Office CDN instead of the intended source, such as a local or network share or Configuration Manager-provided location.
Get more info about Version 1911 (Build 12228.20332).
Version 1910 (Build 12130.20410)
Release date: November 22, 2019
Microsoft isn't saying much about this update except that it includes “various [unnamed] bugs and performance fixes.”
Get more info about Version 1910 (Build 12130.20410).
Version 1910 (Build 12130.20390)
Release date: November 18, 2019
This update includes unnamed bug and performance fixes in Microsoft’s description. It also fixes two issues with Outlook, one that caused users to see the location field in meetings change unexpectedly, and another that caused users to see an empty message box with an "OK" button when trying to contact support from the Account Creation context.
Get more info about Version 1910 (Build 12130.20390).
Version 1910 (Build 12130.20344)
Release date: November 12, 2019
This security update comprises two fixes for Excel, including Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-1448 and Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2019-1446, and two for the entire Office suite, including ClickToRun Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2019-1449 and Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2019-1402.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1910 (Build 12130.20344).
Version 1910 (Build 12130.20272)
Release date: October 30, 2019
This update introduces a wide variety of minor new features, including one for Excel, Word and PowerPoint that checks PDFs you create for accessibility issues and offers fixes, and another for Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint that applies sensitivity labels to your documents and emails to keep them compliant with your organization's information protection policies. Word also gets coauthoring improvements.
Get more info about Version 1910 (Build 12130.20272).
Version 1909 (Build 12026.20344)
Release date: October 22, 2019
This very minor non-security update fixes a bug in Microsoft Project, in which users could get several messages when opening a read-only project. And in order to protect Office users’ security, Microsoft Office updates are now being signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively.
Get more info about Version 1909 (Build 12026.20344).
Version 1909 (Build 12026.20334)
Release date: October 14, 2019
This very minor non-security update fixes a single bug that affects the entire Office suite. The bug didn’t allow people to save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents when they tried to create a new file and bring up the "Save as Model Dialog" option after clicking on the Save icon or pressing Ctrl + S.
Get more info about Version 1909 (Build 12026.20334).
NOTE: On Oct. 15, 2019, Microsoft released an unnamed update that temporarily disables the Cloud Save dialog to address the saving issue addressed on Oct. 14. Microsoft says the feature will be re-enabled soon.
Version 1909 (Build 12026.20320)
Release date: October 8, 2019
This build includes a security update and a number of minor bug fixes. In Outlook, several bugs were squashed, including one that wouldn’t allow people to open some instances of recurring calendar items, and another that caused Outlook to crash when a profile was being created. PowerPoint had an issue fixed that caused data loss when coauthoring and offline editing. For the entire Office suite, several issues were fixed, including one that crashed Office when files were opened. In addition, Microsoft Updates are now signed using the SHA-2 algorithm exclusively in order to improve security.
There are also fixes for two Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities, detailed in CVE-2019-1327 and CVE-2019-1331.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1909 (Build 12026.20320).
Version 1909 (Build 12026.20264)
Release date: September 30, 2019
This build offers a variety of new features and fixes several bugs. In Outlook, it’s now easier and faster to update shared calendars. In addition, when you search through your mail, the most relevant email messages are now grouped at the top of the results.
PowerPoint lets you save illustrations as SVG files, and you can now animate an ink drawing so that it replays either forward or backward during the presentation. In Excel, Word, and PowerPoint you can now more easily share files by using the “recently used” list without having to open the file.
Get more info about Version 1909 (Build 12026.20264).
Version 1908 (Build 11929.20300)
Release date: September 10, 2019
This build offers several minor bug fixes and a security update. In Outlook, a bug was fixed that caused some users to encounter authentication errors when trying to retrieve their cloud settings. In PowerPoint, an issue was fixed that prevented some animations from starting. For the entire Office suite, an issue was fixed that caused large tree views to fail.
There are also security fixes for Excel and the entire Office suite, including a Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability, a Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, a Jet Database Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability affecting the entire suite, and a Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability affecting the entire suite.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1908 (Build 11929.20300).
Version 1908 (Build 11929.20254)
Release date: August 26, 2019
This build offers a several new minor features throughout Office. You now have more control over text boxes and borders in Excel, Word and PowerPoint, and you can also more easily insert and manage icons in those applications as well as in Outlook. The entire Office suite also gets new icons. In addition, there are a variety of bug fixes.
Get more info about Version 1908 (Build 11929.20254).
Version 1907 (Build 11901.20218)
Release date: August 13, 2019
This build offers two minor bug fixes and a variety of security updates for Outlook, Word and the entire Office suite. Among the security issues fixed are remote code execution vulnerabilities in Outlook and Word and a Jet database engine remote code execution vulnerability in the entire Office suite. (See the security release notes for details.)
The non-security changes include fixing an issue in Outlook in which users having their mailbox upgraded from basic to modern authentication were ending up with the wrong account associated with their Outlook profile.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1907 (Build 11901.20218).
Version 1907 (Build 11901.20176)
Release date: July 29, 2019
This build offers a variety of new features for Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. It’s now easier to code using Power Query in Excel, with enhancements including autocomplete and syntax coloring. In Outlook, when you type a person’s name in the Search box, the most relevant email messages will now be included alongside your search suggestions. PowerPoint lets you save a video to Microsoft Stream, which lets you insert a streaming video instead of the entire file into a presentation to reduce file sizes. Word now has two different sized erasers so you can fix small inking imperfections.
In addition, Excel, PowerPoint and Word make it easier to create map charts, and also let you decide whether links to Office documents should open in the appropriate app or instead in a browser.
Get more info about Version 1907 (Build 11901.20176).
Version 1906 (Build 11727.20244)
Release date: July 9, 2019
This build has security updates for Excel, Outlook, Skype for Business and the entire Office suite. For details, see these release notes. In addition, there is a fix to an Outlook bug that caused the current folder search to intermittently fail.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1906 (Build 11727.20244).
Version 1906 (Build 11727.20230)
Release date: June 27, 2019
This extremely minor build has only a single change: It fixes an issue that caused a subset of POP3 users to see all of their emails formatted as plain text, regardless of their settings. Users who want to see their messages formatted with HTML can now do so.
Get more info about Version 1906 (Build 11727.20230).
Version 1906 (Build 11727.20210)
Release date: June 24, 2019
This build offers a variety of new features for several Office applications, primarily Outlook. Outlook gets a simplified Ribbon that tames its frequently complex interface. (The simplified Ribbon has been available in a preview for quite some time, but now is officially launched.) In addition, you can now synchronize more than 500 folders when syncing shared mailboxes. The previous limit was 500. The quick action menu can also be customized.
You can now insert 3D animated graphics into Excel. In Word, multiple people can co-author documents in the open, XML-based.docm format. And in Skype, you can crop video in a meeting on a 4K monitor when the "Crop and Center my video in meetings" setting is turned on.
There are also a number of undocumented bugs and performance fixes, according to Microsoft.
Get more info about Version 1906 (Build 11727.20210).
Version 1905 (Build 11629.20246)
Release date: June 11, 2019
This build addresses two security holes in Word, remote code execution vulnerabilities CVE-2019-1034 and CVE-2019-1035.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1905 (Build 11629.20246).
Version 1905 (Build 11629.20214)
Release date: June 4, 2019
This build fixes a single, minor issue, one in which some add-ins caused unexpected errors to appear around shapes in PowerPoint charts.
Get more info about Version 1905 (Build 11629.20214).
Version 1905 (Build 11629.20196)
Release date: May 29, 2019
This build introduces minor new features to multiple Office applications. In Word, PowerPoint and Excel, if you @mention people in document comments, they will automatically receive an email notification that they’ve been mentioned, so they can check out the comments. Across all Office applications except Outlook, a new account manager is available; it displays all Office 365 work and personal accounts in a single location, making it easier to switch among them.
In addition, in PowerPoint, presenters’ words are automatically shown on screen as captions and can be translated into subtitles in the language of your choice. In Outlook, it’s now easier to add Outlook.com and Gmail accounts that use two-factor authentication.
Get more info about Version 1905 (Build 11629.20196).
Version 1904 (Build 11601.20204)
Release date: May 14, 2019
This build includes security fixes for a Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, a Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability and a Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Go to the release notes for Office 365 ProPlus Security Updates for more details.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1904 (Build 11601.20204).
Version 1904 (Build 11601.20178)
Release date: May 8, 2019
This build includes “various bugs and performances fixes,” in Microsoft’s words, that Microsoft hasn’t provided any details on.
Get more info about Version 1904 (Build 11601.20178).
Version 1904 (Build 11601.20144)
Release date: April 29, 2019
This build includes a few minor updates. The most notable is the ability to find files by typing into the Search box on the File > Home page in Excel, PowerPoint and Word. The entire Office 365 suite sports a new set of icons, and the suite also gets an updated set of privacy controls, covering things such as the types of diagnostic data sent to Microsoft. Administrators, not Office users, have control over setting them. Here’s an overview of the new settings.
Get more info about Version 1904 (Build 11601.20144).
Version 1903 (Build 11425.20244)
Release date: April 23, 2019
This build includes “various bugs and performances fixes,” in Microsoft’s words, that Microsoft hasn’t provided any details on.
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Version 1903 (Build 11425.20228)
Release date: April 17, 2019
This build includes “various bugs and performances fixes,” in Microsoft’s words, that Microsoft hasn’t provided any details on.
Get more info about Version 1903 (Build 11425.20228).
Version 1903 (Build 11425.20218)
Release date: April 16, 2019
This build includes “various bugs and performances fixes,” in Microsoft’s words, that Microsoft hasn’t provided any details on.
Get more info about Version 1903 (Build 11425.20218).
Version 1903 (Build 11425.20204)
Release date: April 9, 2019
This build includes security updates for Excel and the entire office suite. Among the holes fixed are the Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, the Microsoft Graphics Components Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, and the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. For details, go to the security update’s release notes.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied soon. Over the next few days, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about Version 1903 (Build 11425.20202).
Version 1903 (Build 11425.20202)
Release date: April 1, 2019
This build includes minor updates for Excel, PowerPoint and Word. All three of them now have an accessibility checker which examines documents to see how accessible they are, and offers suggestions if they’re not. Go to Review > Check Accessibility to try it out. In addition, PowerPoint gives you more control over how its Morph feature works.
Get more info about Version 1903 (Build 11425.20202).
Version 1902 (Build 11328.20158)
Release date: March 12, 2019
This build includes very minor bug and performance fixes — so minor that Microsoft has not detailed what they are.
Get more info about Version 1902 (Build 11328.20158).
Version 1902 (Build 11328.20146)
Release date: March 4, 2019
This build adds a variety of features to several Office applications. It’s now easier in PowerPoint to insert videos from YouTube and Vimeo. You can also hand-draw math expressions in PowerPoint and have them turned into standard characters.
Outlook lets you set meetings to end five to ten minutes early by default, so that people can easily attend back-to-back meetings. Outlook can now also read mail aloud. Excel lets you use @mentions in comments to let co-workers know when you’re looking for their input. And a new Ideas button in Excel lets you look for patterns in your data and uses them to create personalized suggestions for how to use the data.
Access now clearly lets you see the active tab, easily drag tabs to rearrange them, and close database objects with a click.
Get more info about Version 1902 (Build 11328.20146).
Version 1901 (Build 11231.20130)
Release date: January 31, 2019
This minor build includes small changes to Excel, Outlook, Visio and the entire Office suite. A reply box has been added to Excel, making it easier to make comments during collaboration. Outlook now lets you use animated GIFs in your emails. Visio gets a series of Azure stencils so you can design a cloud app or plan a cloud architecture. And the entire Office suite now allows Office add-ins to insert graphics in SVG format.
Get more info about Version 1901 (Build 11231.20130).
Version 1812 (Build 11126.20266)
Release date: January 14, 2019
This minor build addresses performance issues.
Get more info about Version 1812 (Build 11126.20266).
Version 1812 (Build 11126.20196)
Release date: January 8, 2019
This build includes both security fixes and a minor bug fix. The bug was an issue in Project in which you couldn't uncheck the Critical, Late and Slack bar styles for the Gantt chart after you had checked one of them.
Security patches include closing an information disclosure vulnerability in Outlook, fixing a remote execution vulnerability and an information disclosure vulnerability in Word, and closing a remote code execution vulnerability for the entire Office suite.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied soon. Over the next few days, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
Get more info about non-security changes in Version 1812 (Build 11126.20196) and security fixes in Version 1812 (Build 11126.20196).
Version 1812 (Build 11126.20188)
Release date: January 3, 2019
This build offers minor improvements to several Office applications. In Word, you can now use a feature called line focus that lets you move through a document with one, three, or five lines in view at a time. A new feature also lets you create a web page from a Word document by going to File > Transform > Transform to Web Page.
PowerPoint now lets you convert your ink to standard shapes and text, then get smart slide-design ideas from PowerPoint Designer. Outlook has new options for encrypting messages. And Word, Excel and PowerPoint all now let you keep track of accessibility issues in your documents without having to keep the accessibility checker open all the time.
Get more info about Version 1812 (Build 11126.20188).
