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‘New Outlook’ Updates – Aug 2024

Marc Reidy in General 20/08/2024 2 mins read

The following is from https://camerondwyer.com/ (website and emails – I recommend subscribing)

So as you may be aware Microsoft have been promoting New Outlook though it has not been covered under support.

That all changed on 1st Aug 2024 and it is now covered.

For now New Outlook is still an opt-in experience but the next step is that this will change to an opt out experience. No dates are available for this as yet but there will be 12 months notice on this happening.

ref: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/outlook-blog/built-for-today-designed-for-the-future-the-new-outlook-for/ba-p/4205635

Some of the comments on the article are brutal…worth a read though. It does feel like a step backwards and add-ons are really mailbox add-ons and not Outlook (as you have to add it per mailbox).

Following the email with the link above Cameron then sent out this

“Control the installation and use of new Outlook”

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-apps/outlook/get-started/control-install?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-5002900

This tells sys admins how to block users from upgrading. I would imagine this will be a heavily bookmarked page.

Another email then

“New Outlook – Official Resources and Links”

had the following that might be useful

By Cameron Dwyer on August 17, 2024

Now that New Outlook for Windows has gone into Generally Availability (1 Aug 2024) Microsoft have provided new and updated material to assist in many areas of planning and migrating users, here’s a roundup of the some really useful links to official Microsoft guides and documentation.

Migration Kit – Migration Guide – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Sample Surveys	https://aka.ms/newOutlookAdoption
Copilot in Outlook – Description of features of Copilot in Outlook	https://aka.ms/newOutlookCopilot
Features – All new Outlook features – Roadmap listing features coming soon – Classic vs. New Feature Comparisons – New Outlook Feature Videos	https://aka.ms/newOutlookforWindows https://aka.ms/newOutlookComingSoon https://aka.ms/newOutlookFeatureComparison https://aka.ms/newOutlookVideos
Product Timelines – New Outlook Timeline	https://aka.ms/newOutlookTimeline
Documentation – Support Documentation – Admin Documentation – Admin Resources for Deployment – How to control new Outlook releases	https://aka.ms/newOutlookSupportDocs https://aka.ms/newOutlookAdminDocs https://aka.ms/newOutlookDeployment https://aka.ms/newOutlookControlRelease
Add Ins Information Article on new Outlook Add Ins Report Issues on Add Ins Resource to Report Gaps in Add Ins Status of Add Ins	https://aka.ms/newOutlookAddIns https://aka.ms/AddinIssuesNewOutlook https://aka.ms/DevNewOutlook https://aka.ms/OutlookCOM2WebStatus
Licensing Article on Outlook Licensing	http://aka.ms/newOutlookLicensing

We will continue monitoring news updates from both Cameron and Microsoft

‘New Outlook’ Updates – Aug 2024

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