Microsoft is making a major change to how the New Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the Web will be enabled/disabled going forward.
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The new Outlook for Windows app (the one everybody hates) and Outlook for the Web are getting some neat improvements for the voice dictation feature.
Microsoft has announced that it has added the new Dictate feature to both the new Outlook app for Windows as well as the Outlook web app, allowing people to use their voice to write email messages.
Microsoft 365 commercial users of the web version of Outlook will see the end of support for its activity-based authentication timeout feature in January 2024, in favor of idle session timeout.
Microsoft is planning to bring the native Outlook translation feature to Outlook for Web. According to the entry in Microsoft 365 Roadmap, the company is aiming to release the new feature soon.
Microsoft has now fixed the issue that was preventing Outlook users on the web from searching their emails, which it said was due to a recent service update that caused a configuration issue.
The Outlook web outage began earlier today, and Microsoft has now deployed a fix that it hopes will gradually restore service to the web email client. There's no word yet on what caused the problems.
Microsoft is working on a new feature to let you help others with the details of your work schedule better. The new capability is for the Outlook web and will be available in the next few months.
In order to create an inclusive environment, Microsoft is currently working on a new feature for the profile card in Outlook for the web. It aims to promote a better understanding of gender.
Microsoft will soon introduce a new feature to Outlook Calendar, helping you work uninterrupted. The tech giant is currently working on it, but you will not have to wait very long for its arrival.
Microsoft is working towards adding the ability to check grammatical and spelling mistakes in Outlook web. Editor proofing is already available on other Outlook clients, including Mac and Windows.