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May 02, 2017

Update on Focused Inbox rollout for Outlook 2016 for Windows users

Edited: Nov 10, 2017 with updated information. Focused Inbox is coming to an Outlook near you! Here is an update on our status for Outlook 2016 for Windows. If you want to see our latest for o...

AllenFilush

Microsoft

Oct 18, 2017

Good to hear Jeff. As I noted above, it will only work against Exchange accounts, as the intelligence required to determine if an item should be in Focused v Other is done in our datacenters. So it will not work for IMAP accounts, or anything other than Exchange and Outlook.com accounts.

Thanks!

Jeff Helfand

Copper Contributor

Oct 18, 2017

So when will it work against IMAP accounts just like my Android --- by the end of the year when Modern Authorization requirement is dropped? - Please confirm.

Jeff Helfand
Copper Contributor
Oct 19, 2017
So why do IMAP accounts it work on a less powerful Android Device. And is there a way to link an IMAP account to my Exchange account - so it becomes a subemail box of Exchange? I think I speak for many users when I say that you should work on it with IMAP accounts as that is most of the accounts we use.
AllenFilush
Microsoft
Oct 19, 2017
Hey Jeff - as I noted above, it will not work for IMAP accounts. We have no plans to enable this broadly for IMAP accounts in Outlook 2016 for Windows/Mac. We will support Gmail, but we don't have plans past that.