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Jill McDevitt's avatar
Jill McDevitt
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Sep 19, 2016

Where is the iPad version of the Outlook Groups app?

I'm a project manager that is working with user adoption of Office 365 and have a department that wants to use a Office 365 Group for File Sharing with their Sales Team.  They are using iPads with th...
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  • Krish Gali's avatar
    Krish Gali
    Sep 21, 2016

    Hi Jill, I am the PM driving the mobile apps for Groups. We are working on Outlook Groups on iPad, and it will be available very soon. I will be at Ignite, so find me at one of the sessions or at the Office 365 Groups booth. It will be good to discuss the scenarios users in your org. are trying to accomplish on the iPad more deeply so we can build the right solutions. 

    Thanks,

    Krish

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TonyRedmond
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Hold on. Before you give me so much love, let me say that a) I don't know anything for fact and b) I am speculating that something will happen at Ignite. But then again, I have been known to be right before. At least once.

Jill McDevitt's avatar
Jill McDevitt
Brass Contributor
Sep 20, 2016

Understand - but I'm really hoping you're right.

  • Krish Gali's avatar
    Krish Gali
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    Sep 21, 2016

    Hi Jill, I am the PM driving the mobile apps for Groups. We are working on Outlook Groups on iPad, and it will be available very soon. I will be at Ignite, so find me at one of the sessions or at the Office 365 Groups booth. It will be good to discuss the scenarios users in your org. are trying to accomplish on the iPad more deeply so we can build the right solutions. 

    Thanks,

    Krish

    • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
      jcgonzalezmartin
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      Sep 21, 2016
      So Tony was, as expected, absolutely right :-). I will definitively test this App on my iPad, so I cannot wait to have on my hands ^-^
      • TonyRedmond's avatar
        TonyRedmond
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        Sep 21, 2016

        If you fire enough arrows, you might eventually hit the target... or

         

        If you speculate enough about Outlook Groups for iPad, eventually Microsoft will build the app...

    • Jill McDevitt's avatar
      Jill McDevitt
      Brass Contributor
      Sep 21, 2016

      Thanks Krish Gali for your response.  Unfortunately I don't get to attend Ignite so won't be able meet you.  I would have loved to sit down and talk about scenarios!

      • Krish Gali's avatar
        Krish Gali
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        Sep 21, 2016
        Jill - I sent you a message. Lets chat on the phone.
    • Antony Taylor's avatar
      Antony Taylor
      Steel Contributor
      Sep 21, 2016
      Hi Krish,

      Was it released temporarily at all? I have an Org that are 100% Groups users (50-100 users) rather than any SP Team Site scenarios currently and I'm sure some of them have the iOS Outlook Groups App.

      The confusion came that I could no longer find it on the Apps store when I tried to install it on a new test device at the office.

      Could you advise what the best method on iOS currently is for users to work with their groups? Outlook for Email and OneDrive for Files I am assuming though I'm not even sure if OneDrive App supports Groups at this time.
      • Krish Gali's avatar
        Krish Gali
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        Sep 21, 2016
        Hi Antony,
        Outlook Groups app was never listed in the iPad store. However, we are seeing a lot of our mobile users are using the iPhone Groups app on their iPad. The iPhone app doesn't work very well on the iPad since it runs in phone mode, hence everything is small and its hard to use. Currently that is the option to engage deeply with groups on the iPad, but soon the native iPad app will be released which will make a huge difference in being productive on that device.
        Thanks,
        Krish

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