May 02 2017 04:04 PM - edited Nov 10 2017 01:02 PM
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 other platforms, see our blog post, as these details haven’t changed.
Note: we have provided admins the ability to control the rollout of Focused Inbox in their organizations. For more details, read our blog post on admin controls.
Rollout status
As a reminder, there is a client and service side component required for Focused Inbox to appear in Outlook. The user’s mailbox in Office 365 & Outlook.com must receive a service side update to be Focused Inbox enabled. Secondly, the user must have a build of Outlook that includes the client-side updates necessary for Focused Inbox to appear.
Service side status:
We deployed to 100% of Office 365 (Exchange Online) and Outlook.com mailboxes. This is no longer a factor in availabilty.
Client side status:
There are a few client side requirements:
Aug 01 2017 03:50 PM
It is not supported yet. It will likely still be a few more months for Outlook.com accounts.
Aug 18 2017 02:44 AM - edited Aug 18 2017 02:49 AM
Hi, we use Outlook 2016, my build is 16.0.8229.2073 32-bit, and we also use an sbs server. We recently upgraded our exchange to office365 for email only (not the entire office suite). On my android phone and when logged on to office 365 I get the FI but not on the installed Outlook on my pc. There is no FI button on the View ribbon.
Is there anything I can do to put it there?
Thanks
Aug 21 2017 04:19 PM
Allen, We are a first release for deffered channel user. Why did this not ship with the August update, and will it be there for us in september?
Aug 22 2017 12:04 AM
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Aug 22 2017 08:20 AM
Christine,
I would be interested to hear your AzureAD Connected experiance if you are willing to share?
Aug 28 2017 07:25 AM - edited Aug 28 2017 07:28 AM
Today is August 28, 2017. We use Office 365 pro plus with Exchange server 2013 CU15 on-prem mailboxes - My MS 365 ProPlus install version = V 1708 Build 8431.2046 Monthly targeted - regardless of office update channel we use, or the configuration of the AUAuth Certificate, we still can not get, see or use the Focused Inbox feature.
Is it still NOT available for on-prem exchange mailboxes? I appologize if this question was already answered...but trying to confirm the status.
Thank you,
Robert
Aug 28 2017 11:01 AM
Hey Robert,
Thanks for the note. Your guess is correct, as is stated in first set of requirements listed in the update above. Focused Inbox requires your mailbox be in Exchange Online. This feature is not available against an Exchange on-prem server, even with version of Outlook for Windows you get with Office 365. This is because the intelligence of FI is done at the service level (in Exchange Online).
Hope this helps clear up the confusion.
Aug 28 2017 12:01 PM
Thank you for your reply...however, that is really weird, because it works just fine in the Outlook app on Android with our current on-prem Exchange server
Aug 31 2017 09:19 PM
Allen, I asked the query below a few weeks ago and please can you let me know if/how/when FI will be available to me in the Outlook on my pc. Thanks.
Hi, we use Outlook 2016, my build is 16.0.8229.2073 32-bit, and we also use an sbs server. We recently upgraded our exchange to office365 for email only (not the entire office suite). On my android phone and when logged on to office 365 I get the FI but not on the installed Outlook on my pc. There is no FI button on the View ribbon.
Is there anything I can do to put it there?
Thanks
Aug 31 2017 10:27 PM
Aug 31 2017 10:28 PM
Sep 01 2017 03:38 AM
Sep 01 2017 03:47 AM
Allen, Thanks for this.
I said that we do now use office 365 (the one you log in to at office.com) but most of the time we work at our PCs so mail is received in Outlook. Does that make a difference or would I still require MA to obtain an FI? If as you say the MA requirement will be removed shortly it's probably easier to wait. Please can you confirm.
Thanks again.
Sep 01 2017 01:30 PM
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Sep 02 2017 09:44 PM
I have a mix of versions on a few different machines. I ran into an activation issue with an insider build, and it wasn't until I did a repair on the Office installation that Focused inbox showed up. Noticed that it wasn't on my other machine, Version 1708 Build 8431.2602 either, and sure enough, ran a quick repair and it appeared. Is this a normal situation, or was there something odd with my installations that caused this?
Sep 05 2017 07:43 AM
Allen, in reply to your comment
"We are not yet shipping Focused Inbox for Deferred Channel. We received some feedback on our current (monthly) channel experience we'd like to incorporate before we roll out to Deferred. We know those customer on DC are there because they like updates to be fully vetted by the rest of our customer base, so we want to ensure the experience is rock solid. Plan is for it to be in the following DC update"
We were planning to move all our users over to the current (monthly) channel to remove 'niggles' that only appear in older build versions. As a result, we were planning to roll out the focused inbox. Is this not advisable?
Sep 05 2017 08:02 AM
Thank you. We are in the UK and the subscribtion page on office.com says we have Office 365 Business Essentials. We have only the mail element and not the rest of the office suite. Will this receive FI without MA in the next quarter or so?