Microsoft launched the primary model of its completely-new Outlook e mail app for Home windows again in Might, nevertheless it had many limitations. It’s nonetheless not prepared to exchange the Outlook everyone knows and love, however there are some new options, and extra folks can attempt it.
The brand new Outlook relies on the internet app (also called Outlook.com), and can probably arrive on different platforms sooner or later. Nevertheless, the preliminary testing launch was lacking many options (offline, re-ordering folders, IMAP, POP, and so forth.) and was solely appropriate with Microsoft 365 accounts managed by a corporation. When you didn’t have a college e mail or a Microsoft account supplied by your office, you couldn’t even attempt it out.
Beginning right now, anybody on the Workplace Insider program can check out the brand new Outlook on Home windows. Microsoft is rolling out a “new Outlook” button within the present Outlook software for switching between variations, and an identical toggle will quickly seem within the Home windows Mail and Calendar apps for Home windows Insiders (for the reason that Outlook app is deliberate to exchange each). Microsoft says there’s no knowledge loss concerned in switching backwards and forwards.
The excellent news is that the brand new Outlook is healthier than it was a couple of months in the past. It’s nonetheless primarily based on an internet app, which isn’t nice, however Microsoft has added help for private Microsoft accounts. Which means it now works with e mail addresses from Outlook.com, Hotmail or Home windows Reside. There’s additionally a simplified ribbon structure and dynamic column widths within the calendar, on high of every thing within the preliminary Might launch (the brand new design, e mail pinning, and so forth.).
Microsoft says help for third-party e mail accounts, offline mode, ICS import, looking folders, and different options are nonetheless in improvement. It requires Home windows 10 Model 1809 or newer. There’s nonetheless no phrase on a launch for Mac or different platforms.
Supply: Workplace Insider Weblog
