Microsoft's New Outlook for Windows was released recently and it has garnered mixed reactions from users. Interestingly, the app can also send non-MSA data to Microsoft servers to benefit users.
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Microsoft recently released its new Outlook for Windows app. The company is adding new features to it and one of those could be an offline mode for it similar to the one for OneDrive we covered.
The new Outlook for Windows email app is officially available after over a year in a public preview version and will be preinstalled on PCs with Windows 11 version 23H2 and higher.
Microsoft released its latest Insider build for Windows 11 earlier today. Alongside the many announced features, the company has quietly begun installing the new Outlook on some of these systems too.
The update, posted as an extended video on the Microsoft 365 YouTube channel, went over some of the features in the new Outlook for Windows along with a timeline for its deployment.
Those Microsoft 365 users who get auto-migrated to the new Outlook will still have the option of going back to using the current Mail and Calendar apps but those apps will shut down in late 2024.
A newly updated post in the Microsoft 365 Message Center now says the company could possibly change its plans for replacing its Mail and Calendar app with the new Outlook app in September 2024.
The new alert was released via the Microsoft 365 Message Center. Businesses don't need to do anything right now, but they could get a notification on their Mail and Calendar apps in the future.
Microsoft has begun rolling out the new One Outlook for Windows app to all Office Insiders. Over the past few months, the company has also added new features on top of what it introduced in May.
Microsoft has rolled out its revamped "One Outlook" app to Office Insiders in the Beta Channel. Although it lacks feature parity with the existing offering, there are a bunch of new capabilities too.