Description of the SharePoint Server 2013 update 2850071: December 10, 2013

This article describes update 2850071 for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 that was released on December 10, 2013. The download links for this update are also included here.


This update provides the latest fixes for SharePoint Server 2013. It also includes stability and performance improvements.

Download and install the update

You can use Windows Update to download and install the update (recommended).

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you install this update.

Issue that this update fixes

• When you use a UIA-based screen reader (such as Microsoft Narrator) to read an email message in Outlook 2013, some graphic objects that are out of view are skipped and cannot be read.
• Assume that you have a Word file that contains a graphic object, and there is a hyperlink on that graphic object. When you use Microsoft Narrator to navigate by link, Word 2013 is stuck, and Narrator cannot move forward.
• You cannot register your Blogger account in Word 2013.
• When you try to print preview an email message that contains a linked image in Outlook 2013, you receive one or more unexpected authentication prompts.
• When you open an iCalendar file (.ics file) in Outlook 2013, Outlook crashes.
• Consider the following scenario:
  • You install Lync 2013 on a rotatable device, such as Surface Pro.
  • You start a video call by using Lync 2013.
  • You rotate the device between the portrait and landscape orientations.
  In this scenario, Lync crashes.
• Assume that you install the October 2013 Public Update for Office 2013. Then, you use the Send to OneNote add-in through the Command bar in Windows Internet Explorer, or you right-click a webpage and then select the Send to OneNote add-in in Internet Explorer. In this scenario, the Send to OneNote add-in does not work as expected in Internet Explorer. Additionally, you receive the following error message:
  The service has not been started.
• Office 365 operated by 21Vianet users cannot access a file that is located on a SharePoint server that returns an FP value.
• Consider the following scenario:
  • You try to sign in to Office 2013 by using a Office 365 operated by 21Vianet account.
  • You do not know the password for the account.
  • You enter the email address.
  • You click Next, and then you click Can't Access Your Account.
  • The Reset your password page opens in Internet Explorer.
  • You enter the account name as the user ID, and then you enter the verification characters.
  • You click Next.
  In this scenario, you receive the following error message:
  The user ID you entered does not exist. Please check that you have typed your user ID correctly.