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:
Jun 07 2017 06:09 AM
Thanks for the updates on how the rollout is going etc..
I finally got it working for my O2016 full client by enabling modern auth for Exchange (I had it on for the tennant already but not specifically Exchange).
One more question about Outlook multiple account behaviour - Focused inbox works properly for my personal (O365) & Work (O365) account when configured in Outlook as the primary mailbox. If I add the other account as a secondary mailbox Focused inbox doesn't show for it (regardless of which is primary or secondary).
Is this the expected behaviour & anything on the roadmap to allow Focused all the time?
Thanks
Jun 07 2017 09:44 AM
Jun 07 2017 10:21 AM
Jun 07 2017 12:23 PM
As stated in the first post of this thread, FI requires build 16.0.7967.2xxx+, i.e. version 1703 or higher.
Jun 14 2017 12:08 AM
The focused inbox has disappeared from my outlook.com/hotmail.com account and i am not sure where the emails have gone that were in the other folder. The clutter folder has not been updated since May when i switched on the focused inbox. The Focused Inbox has disappeared from the Options->Display Settings menu.
Why has this happened and where are my emails?
Jun 15 2017 12:18 AM
Jun 19 2017 07:09 AM
I needed to resolve that issue as well. I've been endlessly searching online today because I'm facing the same issues you have (Focused Inbox working on Outlook.com and Android app but not on Outlook 2016 even though it's up-to-date). My search led me here and it's just now that I'm able to understand the difference in Focused Inbox's availability between consumer and enterprise customers. I agree that it should be clearly stated to avoid confusion and to level our expectations since we all want to have the feature across all devices and platforms.
Jun 19 2017 07:14 AM
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Jun 19 2017 03:45 PM
Thank you for that clarification. I think myself and many others have been strugling to get it working with outlook.com. Glad to know mine is not broken, its the fact it has not yet been implemented. The original release notes for O365 seemed to make it sound like it was available for all platforms.
Jun 20 2017 10:00 PM
Jun 21 2017 11:58 AM
Jun 21 2017 01:06 PM
Just an FYI. We made an announcement with direction about Focused Inbox via an email tenant wide and then turned on modern authentication the following week. It went very smoothly! Really no issues except for the very few of us who are azureAD connected (I can explain if anyone is interested). We then did a well attended and recorded webinar to train our regional offices 2 days after Modern Inbox was turned on.
Jul 12 2017 02:02 AM
Has anything changed in the "insider" office builds for Focused inbox?
I did have it up and running fine for my work & personal O365 accounts but after re-building my desktop & laptop and reinstalling office neither account now gets focused inbox in Outlook 2016. Authentication is still using "Modern" (showing Bearer) in connection properties & still get it fine in modern & OWA clients...
Jul 13 2017 12:04 AM
Jul 13 2017 12:05 AM
Thanks, I'm on day 4 now :)
Jul 13 2017 10:54 AM
Jul 13 2017 11:44 AM
Ah found it thank you - Had missed that it had hopped channels backwareds to First Release deferred rather than First Release Current. I'd paid attention to the build numvers which were higher than the pre-reqs but had missed that defered still wouldn't have it even at the higher version level.
Thanks for the assitance :)
Jul 31 2017 12:59 PM
Any news on Focused Inbox support for @outlook.com? I can't get it to work so I assume it isn't ready yet (version 1706, Office 365 Personal).