Let’s take a deeper look at the latest announcement about the change to a new Outlook for Windows “Outlook (new)”. What it says, what Microsoft does NOT say and a close look at the much quoted ‘2029’ date. Here’s a few things that occur to us after carefully noting what’s mentioned and not mentioned in […]
Outlook (new) for Windows doesn’t support Mail Merge from Word. Just one of the many limitations of that software which is still a work in progress. We’ve heard from a few people that Microsoft has ‘dropped’ mail merge from Word but that’s not true. Word’s Mail Merge has been there for decades and isn’t going away. Outlook […]
The change from Outlook ‘classic’ to ‘new’ is confusing enough without misinformation about when the change is happening. The current Outlook for Windows is not ‘dying’ in 2026, no matter what you’ve heard. Classic Outlook for Windows does have a “death date” but that’s in 2029 – about five years from now. That’s nothing new, […]
As if there weren’t enough problems with the latest Windows 11 24H2 update, now there’s a bug which can block Outlook with Google Workspace Sync. Microsoft tries ‘passing the buck’ to Google. The bug is in the Windows 11 24H2 update though Microsoft is quick to dismiss the problem as “external” (which it isn’t) and […]
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 […]
