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MiscGriz
Copper Contributor
Oct 26, 2020

Public folders have disappeared in NEW outlook for Mac

Just switched to Microsoft Outlook for Mac version 16.42. Public folders have disappeared and the option is greyed out under tools. if I switch back to the old outlook, the public folders are there a...
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mskars
Copper Contributor
August 3, 2021 - still no PF in "New" outlook? I'm getting a "DOS ain't done til Lotus won't run" vibe.
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mskars
Copper Contributor
Nov 03, 2021
This is fun. "New" outlook - No Public Folders. "Old" outlook - No Search Results. Now I have to switch back and forth between outlook versions depending on whether I want to be able to search, or access public folders. Really looking forward to a microsoft self-driving car. My use of capital letters is intended. Fix your broken garbage and you'll get your Capital letters back.
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    chrismeiss
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 03, 2021

    Absolutely, this example of bad feature implementation on mac is beyond me. I guess this is just a secret approach of MS to scare people away from MacOS back to Windows, where software (which people did pay for!), actually works like intended. Given the time, which the Mac-Department from Microsoft needs to fix this (over two years now, still counting), I assume, that I won't see an actually satisfying Outlook on Mac before my retirement. And I'm retiring in 22 years.

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    mskars
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 05, 2021

    I just had to switch back to "old" outlook because "new" outlook cannot create a new meeting from File | New while I'm reading email.  Good news is, suddenly my search is working again in "old".  Hopefully I won't have to re-enable "new" ever again.  Gad, that "new" INTERFACE, yuk.  If "new" is an entire rewrite, created to solve a problem, great, go for it.  If "new" is just a reskin, I suggest microsoft lose a couple of thousand pounds of dead weight by scuttling that department.  Aside from my recent Search issues (and the fact that "new" will eventually be FORCED on me), I have nothing but good things to say about "old", its a workhorse.

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    GregTPAC
    Iron Contributor
    Nov 04, 2021
    I've been using new on my mac and going to the browser when I need to do something I can't.
    • chrismeiss's avatar
      chrismeiss
      Brass Contributor
      Nov 08, 2021

      Adding to what mskars said, it's a bad workaround for users who heavily rely on a grown hierarchy of public folders. it's just impossible to configure access to public folders in a user friendly way in the web interface, because *all* the subfolders have to be favorited by hand via outlook, one by one, to make them visible on the web interface.
      not to mention that microsoft removed the administration of permissions on public folders via the GUI. I really want to know what they were thinking here...

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        Coldry
        Brass Contributor
        Nov 08, 2021
        Hi chrismeiss,
        I'm not convinced the've removed permissioning public folders via the GUI. You can still set the permission in the Exchange admin center as far as I know. Agreed, the "do this on all subfolders" doesn't work (well it didn't when I tried it a while back, they've removed the check box and replaced it with the note "Use https://aka.ms/PFPermissionScript in case you want to apply permission to subfolders." now), but you can set the permissions folder by folder.
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      mskars
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 05, 2021
      Definitely a workaround for a typical user. Most days however, I'm alternately logged into multiple client tenants using different accounts It gets really time consuming logging out, and clearing history, etc. Even with 3 different browsers plus their private modes, its a pita. Just plain crazy the workarounds we're forced to implement for an "upgrade" nobody asked for.

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