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Looking to transition from Outlook 2007, BUT...
That feature has never left any Outlook release. Dragging and dropping emails out of Outlook into a File Explorer folder will create a standalone msg-file.
So you can choose between a perpetual license of Outlook 2021 (supported until October 13, 2026) or wait for Outlook 2024 to be released later this year (likely to be supported until October 2029) or go for a Microsoft 365 subscription (supported until you end the subscription).
Note that in New Outlook, this feature (like many others) has not yet been implemented but this version also isn't considered "Enterprise ready" yet.
- RenderhausMay 13, 2024Copper Contributor
Thanks Robert. Okay, so that's why it wouldn't work when I tried it just earlier today using the newest Outlook.
Encouraging news about 2021 & 2024. I wasn't even aware that perpetual licenses were still being sold for Microsoft products. At about this time last year I had a long talk with a Microsoft agent about this very feature, because I was flatly unable to do it with Outlook via a free trial of the Office 365 subscription. Drag & drop simply would not work to a hard-drive folder.