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New Outlook365 UI Opens Calendar in New Tab
Today I was trying out the "The new Outlook" UI feature in outlook.office.com. And I realized that when I clicked on the calendar icon in the left bottom corner next to the mail icon, that a new tab ...
I just tested now, confirm it works as you pointed above. Sounds like its by design. I am not sure this can't be overridden, but i may be wrong as well. If you want to make a feature request/changes/suggestions, then submit them at Outlook/Office 365 UserVoice.
Hope this helps.
The flaw in this design is that for users who are used to using Outlook on a PC, we are trained to click the calendar/mail/task/contact icons at the bottom of Outlook to switch among the functions. I am finding it terribly difficult to untrain myself. So I end up with 3-4 mail tabs and 3-4 calendar tabs open simultaneously. This should be a user option.