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MicrosoftUse Groups in the Outlook mobile app; Outlook Groups app is retiring
Outlook needs to make it easier to access the other Groups tools.
Its not all about the Inbox. For us Inbox is the least-useful part of the Group. From Outlook, user needs to easily get to files (if that launched OneDrive or SharePoint fine), the notebook (if that launches OneNote then fine), the planner (if that launches Planner then fine), the SharePoint site (if that launches SharePoint then fine).
But as it stands right now, there will be no launching point to easily access the Groups tools without going out of the way to each individual workload's app. That was the real benefit of the Groups app.
Hi Brent, check out our roadmap here on the improvements we are working on - https://products.office.com/en-US/business/office-365-roadmap?filters=android%2Ciphone%26freeformsearch=groups#abc
You will soon be able to add groups to your favorites so you can quickly access the groups that are important to you. In addition, we are working on bringing group files stored in SP right into the groups experience in Outlook mobile, so you can complete core tasks in the app.
We are constantly looking to make more improvements, keep giving us feedback on more things we can do here. The feedback about adding the other group resources is interesting and we will look into that.
- Files is just one aspect, still need Planner, Notebook, SharePoint, updating Membership, Stream (eventually).
I definitely would not take away the Groups app until you can at least give us what we are losing.
People love the tools that Groups gives, but will hate the mobile experience if you have to bounce between 6 apps to actually "use" it.
If anything, it would be better to just keep the Groups app as a separate independent unifying app, and leave the individual email workload accessible from the Outlook app. If you have to kill the Groups app, you need to make Outlook have all of the same capabilities (which to me greatly complicates what the purpose of Outlook even is).The Outlook groups app today does not support linking to Sharepoint, Planner, or stream. It contains files from SP group documents library which we are working on in Outlook mobile. The Onenote link in the groups app is also just a deep link to the OneNote app or the web. We also support the full experience in groups on Outlook for iOS and Android for create, membership changes and more. Can you try it out and let us know what we can do more there?