Outlook 2013 - admin template

there are 2 settings which i can easily find in Outlook 2007 policy but not find in Outlook 2013.
1. close original email when reply
2. move read receipt email after status update
are they really not available in Outlook 2013 group policy?
Thanks a lot.

Hi,
For the first setting, we can find the location here:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Outlook 2013 > Outlook Option > Preferences > Email Options > On Replies and forwards.
For the second option, I can’t find the setting in Group Policy Editor. We can find other tracking settings here:
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Outlook 2013 > Outlook Option > Preferences > Email Options > Tracking Options.
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Office Admin Templates

Not sure if I should be posting this here or in a Group Policy forum; however, I'll try here first (apologies if I am wrong)
I've applied the Office 2010 and Office 2013 Admin Templates to the PolicyDefinitions directory on our network
When I go to set under the User Config\Admin Templates\Microsoft Outlook 201x\Outlook Social Connector section it comes up as Extra Registry Settings.
Do I have to use an ADM template for this instead to have it come up a tad more proper?

Not sure if I should be posting this here or in a Group Policy forum; however, I'll try here first (apologies if I am wrong)
I've applied the Office 2010 and Office 2013 Admin Templates to the PolicyDefinitions directory on our network
When I go to set under the User Config\Admin Templates\Microsoft Outlook 201x\Outlook Social Connector section it comes up as Extra Registry Settings.
Do I have to use an ADM template for this instead to have it come up a tad more proper?
"Extra Registry Settings" appears, when you have settings defined in a GPO, but the machine performing RSoP (or gpresult or GPMC) does not have access to the updated Admin Template.
Your scenario can occur, if you are using a Central Store.
Are you using a CS?
Are you using an older OS to execute the RSoP/gpresult/GPMC ?
(older OS = older than Vista. WinXP and WS2003 can't deal with ADMX at all. If you are using older OS, you *could* use ADM there, but ADM has other negative implications...)
[Yes, this is more of a GP question, rather than Office. This symptom occurs wherever there are templates-not-found. The old ADM model solved that issue in a not-very-pretty way, i.e. by copying the ADM files into *every* GPO :( ]
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Office 2013 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool

When I download the Office 2013 Admin Template files (ADMX/ADML) and OCT I get 3 files. Admin, AMDX and a excel spreadsheet. Is the Admin
folder the ADML folder? Reason I ask is b/c I'm trying to disable the Offie 2013 Startup screen via GPO and I have been directed to save the ADMX to %systemroot%PolicyDefinitions and ADML to %systemroot%PolicyDefinitions\en-us
on my base image that I am creating so obviously the ADMX is straight forward, but not the ADML since all I see is Admin. thanks,
SSC

Hi,
When you downloaded an Office Administrative Template files, please extract them to your driver, say
D:\. You need to copy all .admx file under D:\..\ADMX folder into
%systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions. It’s a root-level folder, which contains all language-neutral ADMX files.
Then please copy all .adml files under D:\...\ADML\en-us into
%systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\EN-US. This subfolder contains the language-specific ADML resource files. You can create subfolder of %systemroot\PolicyDefinitions for each language that you will use.
For how to load the Administrative Template files, please follow the instructions for "Loading the ADMX templates" in Use Group Policy to enforce Office 2010 settings:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179081.aspx . Although the article is for Office 2010, the Administrative Templates information also applies to Office 2013.

Outlook 2013 sending email using template not working properly...

I've created several email templates by doing the following:
open new message
add some tekst in the body
save as > oft file
Now when I open such oft file I add some modifications in the body text and send the message. However, the send item does not contain the modifications I just made, only the text that was included in the template.
We're using Outlook 2013 SP1 (with all microsoft updates installed) with Exchange 2013 SP1 standalone server. Is this a Outlook or Exchange issue and how can I resolve this?
Thnx Remco

Hi Remco,
Please also try to start Outlook in safe mode and test again to check if this issue continues. To start Outlook in safe mode, press Windows key + R to open the Run command, type
outlook /safe and press Enter.
If problem continues in Outlook safe mode, please try creating a new mail profile and reconfigure your email account, then creating a .oft template to test this issue again. For your convenience:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/outlook-help/create-an-outlook-profile-HA102749460.aspx
Please let me know the result.
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AD RMS 2012 Templates/Permissions [Option] is not visible at Outlook 2013 in Nokia Windows 8 Mobile Device

I have AD RMS 2012 Server, its working fine by applying restricted Templates/Permissions on OWA, Outlook & other MS Office Tools (Word Excel, PowerPoint). But the AD RMS Templates/Permissions [Option] is not visible at Outlook 2013 in Nokia Windows
8 Mobile Device.
Actually I would like to protect email with RMS templates (defined by me on AD RMS 2012 Server) but the [Permission] tab is not visible at Outlook 2013 in Nokia Windows 8 Mobile Device.
But I can do same with Android OS in Samsung Galaxy Mobile Device & I can see [Permission] tab as well to protect an email messages.
Any idea??
Regards,
M.Daud Soomro

Currently, you can't use WP 8 to protect docs/emails with ADRMS templates. YOu can however use transport rules on Exchange server side to configure automatic ADRMS protection.
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Unable to send email POP3 email from Outlook 2013 unless signed on as local admin

Windows 7 Outlook 2013
I recently upgraded from Office 2010 to 2013. For several weeks everything ran smoothly but a few days ago I noticed that my Verizon POP3 account was unable to send mail - items just sit in outbox. I have deleted/added the account and the profile
multiple times, this will solve the problem for a few days but then it returns again. I discovered that if I run Outlook as an administrator the mail will send without a problem. I have checked permissions on the pst file and do not see any issues.
Sometimes but not always I receive a message on the POP3 send that there was no network connection check mode. The send test message in the account set up never has a problem - it's only the periodic Outlook sending and receiving when the problem occurs.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
enagy

Hi,
Since the problem could be be solved for a few days by deleting/re-adding the profile and the account, the problem may be related to the .pst file. When the problem comes back, run Scanpst.exe to repair the. pst file, will the problem be fixed again?
Learn how to use Scanpst.exe:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272227/en-us
We can also assume there are other programs that are interacting with the .pst file, reboot and disable the possible programs to test if this makes a difference.
If you're disconnected, you'll also need to check the network cable, try restarting your computer, or contact your Internet Service Provider or your system administrator. This implies the issue may be related to the anti-virus program or the firewall settings,
which may be scanning the outgoing emails from Outlook. We can disable them temporarily to send the emails again, check if this helps.
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Melon Chen
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How to troubleshoot issues that Spell Check is not working in Outlook 2013

When composing a new message in Outlook 2013, we may notice that Spell Checker does not recognize misspelled words. When we enter a completely garbage word in Outlook, it won’t be marked as misspelled with a red wave underline. When encountering such issue,
we may follow the troubleshooting guide below to correct it.
1. Make sure you are not typing in the signature area.
Outlook doesn't perform a spell check in the signature area, so if this is the case, spell check won’t work. To confirm if you are typing in the signature area, right click in the area you are typing, if you see a menu listed all you signatures instead of
the normal context menu, then you are not typing in the email body.
If you want spell check work in signature area, use Quick Parts instead of Signature. For more information, see
Quick Parts.
2. Check the Set Proofing Language option.
In Outlook, click New Email to open a new message, click
REVIEW tab > Language > Set Proofing Language, a dialog titled
Language will open.
Please first make sure English (United States) is shown above the double line. If not,
you must enable the language for it to be available to check spelling.
Second, make sure “Do not check spelling or grammar” check box is not selected.
Note: If this method fixes the problem, repeat steps 1 through 3 to reopen to the
Language dialog box, and then click Set As Default.
3. Enable Check spelling as you type.
To enable the option in Outlook, go to File > Options > Mail, click Spelling and Autocorrect button. In the Editor Options dialog, select the check box labelled “Check spelling as you type”.
4. Make sure that you are not using a standalone version of Outlook or mixed versions of Word and Outlook.
The “Check spelling as you type” feature doesn’t work when using a standalone installation of Outlook or mixed versions of Word and Outlook. However, the manual spell check always works. In this scenario, we can set Outlook to
always check spelling before sending. To do this, go to File > Options > Mail, select the check box before “Always check spelling before sending” in the Compose message section.
5. A registry key exists overriding the spell checker
To remove the registry key, please follow these:
Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you
back up the registry before you modify it.
a. Press Windows key + R to open the Run command.
b. In the Run box, type regedit, and then press Enter.
c. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools\1.0\Override
d. Delete or rename the subkey.
e. Exit Registry Editor. Restart Outlook.
6. Recreate the NormalEmail.dotm and Normal.dotm template
If the two templates above are corrupt, this issue may also happen. To fix it, please browse to:
drive:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
Rename the two templates, then restart Outlook to see the result.
7. Problematic add-in
Add-ins may cause various issues in Outlook, so if you have tried all the suggestions and still no luck, try starting Outlook in safe mode to see if a problematic add-in is the culprit. To do this, exit Outlook, press Windows key + R to open the Run
command, then type outlook /safe and press Enter. If the problem disappeared in safe mode, then go to File > Options > Add-ins and disable the suspicious add-in to resolve the problem.
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Not all locales come with a dictionary installed for licensing reasons. 
If you do not have the en-US locale then check that you have a dictionary installed (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and selected. 
 
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages submenu. 
Also make sure that [X]"Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a tick. 
You can also try to toggle the "Check Spelling" item off and on again. 
 
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking and [[Using the spell checker]] 
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dictionaries

How do you change the default font in Outlook 2013?

I am trying to set the default font in Outlook 2013 as per the customer's request and am having no success.
First I create a NormalEmail.dotm file and added it to the Office Customization Tool, created an msp and added it to my package. After installing Office 2013 I check and the NormalEmail.dotm
is on the machine in %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates folder waiting to be loaded. When launching Outlook 2013 on first run it renames my NormalEmail.dotm to NormalEmail15Pre.dotm. I created the file in Word 2013 so it's not a 2010 version and it (NormalEmail15Pre.dotm)
open cleanly in Word 2013 (it does not open in compatibility mode). If I close Outlook and rename NormalEmail15Pre.dotm back to NormalEmail.dotm Outlook opens and uses my template without any issue. This is not a solution as I have 1000's of deployments
and can't do this manually. One other thing, I did have this same problem with the default font in Word 2013 but by implementing a registry setting (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Options\MigrateNotmalOnFirstBoot = 1) it used my Normal.dotm
template on first run, if such a setting exists for Outlook I can't find it.
Also I did try to set the font through the mailsettings (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\MailSettings) in the registry as we did with O2007 and O2010 but
those do not load into Outlook when tweaked.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/odsupport/archive/2009/04/24/how-to-deploy-specific-fonts-in-office-2007.aspx
Thank you for your help.

Hi, I found out how you can set it.
You need two registry keys to be set in order to keep the preloaded settings.(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\MailSettings)
These are:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\LanguageResources]
"LangTuneUp"="OfficeCompleted"
"OutlookChangeInstallLanguage"="Yes"
both are String entries.

Recieveing "OnUCAppointmentGetVisible" error in Outlook 2013 (64 bit) - "Custom UI Runtime Error in Lync Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office 2013"

Hi All,
I originally posted this in the MS Support forums (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-outlook/recieveing-onucappointmentgetvisible-error-in/1a40eca2-8cd1-40f1-a92f-cb08f0af6b72), but was directed over here.
I have recently upgraded an installation of Office 2010 to 2013 (both 64 bit) but am now receiving an error which says:
Window Title - "Custom UI Runtime Error in Lync Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office 2013"
An error occured while calling the callback: "OnUCAppointmentGetVisible"
This seem to happen when I initially open a calender entry, and when I close the entry (most only the first time I close the entry).
I did have some developer tools installed for Office 2010 and VS 2010 which played around with Excel,2013 but I have now uninstalled these.
In addition, BCM 2010 was installed (but for the time being has been uninstalled), but I don't think that is the culprit.
The issue is being caused be an Outlook add-in. I have three COM add-in enabled, but the one causing the issue in the "Lync Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office 2013".
We are currently trialling Lync in a demo installation which is in a different domain to any of the Exchange accounts, but should this cause a problem? For the time being I have disable this add-in.
Regards,
Chris
Chris

Hi,
Sorry for my misunderstanding. If the issue is determined to be caused by Lync Meeting Add-in, please remove this add-in from Outlook, then go to Control Panel to repair Office 2013 program. After repairing,
this add-in would be automatically reinstalled. Please check whether the issue persists. About how to repair Office programs, please refer to:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/repair-office-programs-HA010357402.aspx
If the Lync Meeting Add-in is not automatically reinstalled, please try to manually add this add-in by the following steps:
1. Starting Outlook 2013 as an Administrator (right click, run as Admin).
2. Click File > Options > Add-ins, Manage Com Add-Ins Go... > Add..., C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\UCAddin.dll, OK.
3. Close Outlook and start it as a normal user.
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Office Outlook 2013 no search results

Installation:
Server 2008 R2 Terminal server
Office Outlook 2013
This is a new server install and happening the same for all 15 users on the server, Admin s and users.
I am unable to display any results when searching mail box. I modified and rebuild the index many times. I have un-selected and re selected files and
added pst files. I am able to start outlook in safe mode and search with no problem. Users are able to search programs and files in windows start menu.

Hi,
Did you installed any add-ins with your Outlook? Please go to File > Options > Add-ins and disable all add-ins you have installed to check the result.
If the problem would be gone when you disable all add-ins, we can try to enable the add-ins one by one until we find the problematic add-ins.
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Outlook 2013 Not Responding and Offline Address Book Issues with Office 365

Around 3 months ago I setup a small business with Office 365 for email. They have 10 PCs, all running newly installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, eight with Office 2013 and two with Office 2010. All are connected to a local domain (Server Essentials
2012) with a single internet connection through a new TP-LINK router. Each user logs into their own PC only.
The network runs perfectly, internet connection is good but there seems to be RANDOM, INTERMITTENT issues with email not being SENT from Outlook every so often. Email will sit in the outbox for up to an hour sometimes before, eventually, being sent. Incoming
email seems ok, although this is more difficult to tell. At others times, email will be sent instantly - the size of the message and any attachments makes no difference.
The issue has happened at some point on every one of the PCs but no particular PC/user seems worse than any other. When email is stuck on one user's PC it can still be sent ok by other users at the same time - so the internet connection is not down. Users can
can always login to the OWA service ok and iPhones etc. all sync ok even when email is stuck in the Outbox.
To debug the issue I have worked on one particular user's PC and carried out the following changes -
Changes that made no difference
I have checked the router. A SPI firewall is available on the router but this is switched off.
I have changed the MTU on the router with no effect.
There are no unsual add-ins to Outlook
Outgoing email virus scanning is disabled
Outlook is NOT integrated with Lync
The OST file is around 1.7 GBytes is size.
I have recreated the Outlook profile twice but this made no difference
Switched OFF "Cached Exchange Mode" - this made things worse !
The Outlook address book is set to \Offline Global Address List
I have disabled with Windows firewall on the client PC - no change
I have adjusted the KeepAliveTime for packets in the registry of the PC to 20 minutes
Changes that reduced the frequency of "Not Responding"
I have changed the Outlook automatic Send/Receive time from 30 to 10 minutes - this seemed to help
Possible Related Problem
I have attempted to download the offline address book manually - this hangs at "Copying offline address book template file" in the Send/Receive dialog and there a NO OAB files in the data file location on the PC.
So the only measure that has so far "helped" has been the Outlook Send/Receive time change - now set to 10 minutes. Even so, Outlook will occasionally go "Not Responding" for 30 minutes or more (no windows active - only option
is to close and reopen Outlook).
There does seem to be a problem with the Offline Address book. I can download this ok for this user on my home PC (Outlook 2010) but this will not download manually on the work pc with Outlook 2013 (despite following all the debug steps above).
On work PC I can see literally hundreds of "Schannel" errors in the Windows System event logs -
Error - Event 36888 Schannel
The following fatal error was generated :10
The internal error state is 10
These errors occur every 2-4 minutes continually all the time Outlook is running. When Outlook is closed the "Schannel" errors stop !
Can anyone suggest what else to try, please ?
I have already investigated this issue on the Office 365 Community Forum, and the Outlook forum and they suggested that it was a client (i.e Outlook) issue and that I should post here for further information.
Thanks for reading !

An update to this problem.
I brought one of the office PCs back to my home network and connected it up there. With no changes to the PC I was immediately able to download the Offline Address Book without errors.
This suggests to me that there must be some problem with the internet connection or router setup in the office environment.
The router is a TP-LINK W8970. The internet connection is PPPoA. I have seen some suggestion that an SPI firewall can cause issues. This router has an SPI firewall but this feature is disabled on the router.
While investigating this issue I have frequently been connected remotely to an office PC - sometimes for up to an hour or more. During these periods I have not experienced any connection dropouts so the actual internet connection seems to be ok (i.e. it is
not dropping out).
However, something seems to be preventing the Outlook client from connecting properly with the Office 365 Exchange server in the office environment - or something is dropping the connection to Outlook. Does anyone know of any router settings that might affect
this ?
I could try changing the office router but I do not have a spare available. Can anyone suggest a reasonably low cost, currenbtly available router that they know definitely works in the Office 365 environment so that I could buy this for test purposes ?

Outlook 2013 - Calendar - weather bar

can I populate the locations with Powershell,GPO or registry settings?

Hi,
You can make this via GPO. You need to specify a custom weather service url under
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2013\Outlook Options\Preferences\Calendar Options
in Group Policy.
You need to append the "weasearchstr=city" parameter to the base URL. This parameter indicates the location,
city, for which the user wants a weather forecast (for example, London).
For more reference, please refer to Weather Bar Protocol:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj228383(v=office.15).aspx#ol15_weatherbar_theprotocol
If you have any doubts about how to use this protocol, please seek assistance in our
Office for Developers forum.
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Cannot connect to Exchange server (Small Business Server 2008) using Windows 8.1 and Outlook 2013

I am at my wits end. I have got a new PC running Windows 8.1 and Outlook 2013 simply WILL NOT connect to my work Exchange server. The REALLY annoying thing is that the Windows Mail client inbuilt to Windows 8.1 works perfectly! But I have to have Outlook
for the functionality. The issue appears to be that in Outlook 2013 on Windows 8.1, it tries to be clever and auto-detect the settings whereas Windows Mail allows you to input the server and domain names.
I have tried all the suggestions already on some of the boards - manual setup, etc - nothing works! Is it a compatibilityissue with SBS 2008 and Outlook 2013? Any help appreciated!

I am at my wits end. I have got a new PC running Windows 8.1 and Outlook 2013 simply WILL NOT connect to my work Exchange server.................... it tries to be clever and auto-detect the settings.
I have tried all the suggestions already on some of the boards - manual setup, etc - nothing works! Is it a compatibilityissue with SBS 2008 and Outlook 2013? Any help appreciated!
There's no issue with O'2013 connecting with Ex '2007. Also not clear about comments of "auto-detect" versus "....have tried all the suggestions ............ manual setup....". On the one hand your stating that only "auto-detect" is available and on the
other that you've tried "manual settings" (which definitely is an option in O'2013 for EX accounts).
This may have more to do with the fact that you're using a new computer trying to connect to the server which it may not be configured for - something your admin will need to address.
Given that your question is in reference to Exchange - you are likely to get a better/faster answer in the following forum which deals with Exchange server related questions:
Exchange Previous Versions - Outlook, OWA, POP, and IMAP Clients
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrclientslegacy/threads
Karl Timmermans [Outlook MVP] "Outlook Contact Import/Export/Data Mgmt" http://www.contactgenie.com

Outlook 2013 XLS Attachments cannot be opened in Excel 2013 due to Trusted Center restrictions with Outlook Secure Temp Folder

Dear all,
I'm having some serious issues with Office 2013's Trusted Center settings. In Outlook 2013 XLS Attachments cannot be directly opened in Excel 2013 with double-clicking due to Trusted Center restrictions for Excel 2013 regarding Outlook's Secure Temp Folder.
I tried to adjust the corresponding Office 2013 Administrative Template within my GPOs but to no prevail.
I did find out that Outlook 2013 places an attachment within the Outlook Secure Temp Folder located at "C:\Users\a.ollischer\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\PPIU10RW” before passing it to Excel 2013 in order to
open it. It fails due to not trusting this location though I added the corresponding path to my Trusted Locations.
What can I do in order to make this work without having to tediously save each and every attachment to "My Documents" prior to opening it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Alex
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Hi Maurice 7785,
Deal and customize attachment security behavior to access such kind of blocked file format. Usually, Outlook does not allow users to open such unsafe type of attachments. It means they are blocked them by default, so you need to unblock such items using REG
values.
Take more help from the similar thread:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/53563c4b-d27f-4866-a5a8-95eb1ad1a3e6/hide-attachements?forum=outlook
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Outlook 2013 patch of November 12, 2013 makes Outlook repeatedly prompt for credentials

Hi,
Since November 12 Tuesday patch day my Outlook 2013 would repeatedly prompt me for credentials on one of my Exchange account. I reported this to our help desk in charge of mail services and they couldn't explain how this can happen as my mailbox was configured
correctly using Auto Discovery. Deleting and recreating my Outlook profile did not help as didn't further tips found on the net. I could confirm my correct credentials 10 times in a row and the window wouldn't stop popping up immediately again. If I clicked
cancel, the prompts would reappear after a couple of minutes. This can be hugely disruptive to one's productivity.
Since I realized all had been fine since that massive roll out of updates, I began to wonder which update exactly may have caused it. My plan was to uninstall updates of that day one by one and to narrow down the culprit.
My first shot was successful:
Security Update of Microsoft Outlook 2013 (KB2837618) 32-Bit edition
When uninstalling this one, another update is removed automatically:
Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2837643) 32-Bit edition
That was it. Once these guys were removed, there was finally peace again. But beware! If you have automatic Windows Updates enabled, they are quietly streamed back to your computer in a matter of minutes and the infernal prompts start again. Hence, you basically
have to turn automatic updates off and then make sure these get not installed again in future.
At least until Microsoft provides a patch for the patch.
As a sidenote, I should mention that this problem only occurs for one of my 3 Exchange accounts, all with different companies (none is a Microsoft Cloud-based one). So perhaps it is the interaction of that new update AND some faulty server-side settings that
are at the root of the problem, really. As I'm no sys admin, I wouldn't know how to figure it out but leave the clues given here to the experts. Very ironically, I never encountered any problems with any of my Exchange accounts on any of my Mac or iOS clients.
EDIT: In the bugfix description ttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2837618 they list under known issues: "After this update is applied, you may experience issues with S/MIME certificate verification in Microsoft Outlook. This issue is caused because the update
disables remote intermediate certificate fetching in Outlook." And then they give you a registry hack to apply at your own risk. I do not know how to decipher this, do "issues with S/MIME certificate verification" give rise to the infinite loop
of credential prompts?

With the MS update rollout of 14 January 2014, the new patch to remove manually to maintain normal functionality and not have the above repeated credential prompts is: KB2850061 (Update for Microsoft Outlook 2013), http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2850061
Otherwise, since that day, the prompts kept reappearing on my computer.
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