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Updated Feb 10, 2023
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Short quote of Ben Schorr:
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Today there is no OneNote 2019. The versions available today are:
- OneNote 2016, which is the classic, full-featured, Windows application that we've recently announced we're resuming development of.
- OneNote for Windows 10, which is the "UWP" app that has been the focus for the last couple of years.
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First, sorry for making a mistake by using "OneNote 2019" for "OneNote for Windows 10".
But when we have the classic "OneNote 2016" and we have the newer "OneNote for Windows 10", how do you call the integration of OneNote in Sharepoint in and Teams? Is OneNote in Teams/Sharepoint also called "OneNote for Windows 10" without the need of having Windows 10 to use for OneNote in Teams/Sharepoint? Hmmm, that makes me confused. 🙂 But Ok, perhaps everything has it's own name.
soundcon : I read the initial post and most of the comments, and I am fully agree with you and most people that "OneNote for Windows 10" is far too limited compared to OneNote 2016. But I still do not change my mind, that two OneNote "Desktop" Versions are a pain the **bleep**, especially in business environment and bigger teams.
Also that both tools have some good features, which the other has not, makes confused about what to use.
Of course, you can have a online and a desktop version of an "MS App", which are not identical feature rich. Like Excel Desktop and Excel Online, or Word Desktop and Word Online. The Desktop Version in these cases has more features. That's not a problem.
I do not want to say, that a Online Version has to be feature-rich as a desktop version. Perhaps you thought that, because I wrote of OneNote 2019, but I just miss the correct term and I meant "OneNote for Windows 10" (Desktop)
But by correcting the terms now, my opinion stays the same. It's simply bad, to have two OneNote Desktop Versions ("OneNote for Windows 10"-Desktop and "OneNote 2016 Desktop" ).
Only One of them is connected to Teams and Sharepoint, not both.
Both have different features, also "OneNote for Windows 10"-Desktop has some feature "OneNote 2016 Desktop" not has (even when OneNote 2016 has much more features in general).
I think one great desktop Version of OneNote, is the solution we need! Everybody who installs Office 365 Desktop Apps, and will be asked if he want to use "OneNote for Windows 10" or "OneNote 2016", will be (of course) very surprised and confused.
Also, the end of OneNote 2016 was just extended as I understand , not completely canceled.
Again, with corrected names of Desktop Apps: I think, the only correct solution should be, bringing all features of "OneNote 2016 Desktop" and "OneNote for Windows 10 Desktop" into one OneNote-Desktop. Of course, with possibilities to connect to OneNote of Sharepoint and OneNote in MS Teams. And being able to use it stand alone or as network solution (as OneNote 2016 can do). But with the same (or as close as possible) features in Desktop use.
And still be important, to integrate all the top suggestions for OneNote of the user-votings. Many nice ideas.
And OneNotePM , I hope the OneNote MVPs and PMs (also of other MS Apps) are reading here on the Comments and also in the UserVoice Ideas Forums (also of other MS Apps), just as much as we do! I would love to hear/read more of them. Especially, to get some information, why the UserVoice ideas forums of Excel Online, Forms, Flow (now Power Automate), OneNote, are full of top voted ideas, which are stay untouched for years. And most even not get a comment over years.