Our ongoing coverage of the ‘new’ Outlook for Windows that will eventually replace the Outlook sold with Microsoft Office for over twenty years.
Microsoft has put Microsoft 365 customers on notice that a forced move from Outlook (classic) to their new, very different, Outlook for Windows will start in April 2026 for a large block of customers. Outlook (new) for Windows is a very different app from the Outlook we’ve used for years. Microsoft has released it to […]
The latest major Microsoft server outage has shown how vulnerable the new Outlook for Windows is to any breakdown at Microsoft. Outlook (new) is the replacement for the Outlook (classic) for Windows that comes with Microsoft 365 and Office plans. Though the two look similar, Outlook (new) is very different ‘under the hood’ and relies […]
The new Outlook for Windows (still in development) is being forced onto some Microsoft 365 customers from early next year unless users take action to stop the forced migration. From early January 2025, Microsoft 365 for Business Standard and Premium licenses users will be forced over to Outlook (new) unless they or their IT admins […]
Microsoft’s promise of offline support in Outlook (new) is a lot LESS than it appears as the company continues to over-promise and under-deliver their Outlook replacement. We’ve said it before … Maybe someday new Outlook will really be ready for the public but it’s not there yet. See Outlook (new) is NOT ready, ignore what […]
The new Outlook for Windows can now import messages saved in single files as .eml .msg or .opt formats. Like most ‘new’ features in new Outlook for Windows, it’s really a catch-up feature to match something in the existing Outlook for Windows. All three formats are ways to save emails to single files containing the […]