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AllenFilush
Microsoft
May 02, 2017Update 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
Nov 27, 2017It will come to Targeted in March of 2018, then Semi-Annual the next release after that. Those builds provide customer a slower update path from Monthly, which is why you haven't received the update yet.
Messing with FI won't effect the feature in Outlook 2016 until you are on Monthly channel or the feature comes to Semi-Annual. It will enable/disable the feature in the web, in Outlook for Mac, etc.
Messing with FI won't effect the feature in Outlook 2016 until you are on Monthly channel or the feature comes to Semi-Annual. It will enable/disable the feature in the web, in Outlook for Mac, etc.
David Breeden
Nov 29, 2017Copper Contributor
Allen,
Just to make sure I understand correctly, even though build numbers matched for monthly and targeted channels in September, the functionality does not match? I was under the impression that the targeted channel caught up to feature sets in the monthly channel at that point and then they were locked for testing until Semi-Annual comes out.
If there is truly a difference, then the build numbers need to be different to reflect it.
- Joe McGowanNov 29, 2017Iron ContributorI'm also trying to understand why you need to be on Monthly channel to receive new features even if you're on the same build number of the Semi-Annual channel.
- Brent EllisDec 04, 2017Silver ContributorJust running into this as well. We finally got Modern Auth rolled out to our environment and were hoping to start with Focused Inbox in Outlook, only to find out now we have to wait an extra 3+ months, for no real reason?
Agree, something needs to be better with the build numbers to reflect what you have and what you dont have.