Mail & Calendar Apps Will Be Replaced with New Outlook for Windows December 2024
Original Publish Date: June 2023 | MC650424 Revised Date: August 30, 2023, based on Microsoft's Updated Message See text in red font. Microsoft's revised announcement states that the Mail and Calendar Apps will no longer be supported at the end of 2024 and will become the New Outlook for Windows. In the meantime, users are encouraged to try the New Outlook for Windows while they can switch back and forth between the Mail App and New Outlook versions. At the beginning of 2024, all Windows 11 devices will include the Free version of New Outlook for Windows as the default mailbox application. Supported Accounts: The new Outlook for Windows can currently support Microsoft 365 consumer accounts such as Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, and Live.com, as well as Microsoft 365 work or school accounts and Gmail. In the near future, we plan to add support for Yahoo!, iCloud, and other email providers through IMAP and POP. Stay tuned. For those who want to learn more about the exciting features of the New Outlook, head over to New Outlook for Windows - YouTube for a series of how-to videos. And don't miss out on the advantages of being an early adopter - check out this must-see video to encourage a smooth transition. Share how you use the classic feature to give Microsoft constructive feedback on missing features. To do so, select the Help option in the ribbon while in New Outlook. Microsoft Message Center Details In Part MC590123 · Published Jun 2023. Revised to include new information August 30, 2023 We will replace the Mail and Calendar apps in Windows with the new Outlook for Windows by the end of 2024. After this change is implemented: Users can no longer use or download the Mail and Calendar apps. Users with a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 subscription with access to the Microsoft 365 desktop apps can use the new Outlook for Windows. Users can use the new Outlook for Windows with any personal email account (Outlook.com, Gmail, etc.), even without a subscription. If you would like to prevent users from adding their corporate email accounts to the new Outlook, you can follow the instructions in this document to disable the application for a single user, group of users, or the whole tenant: In mid-September 2023, we will begin auto-migrating Mail & Calendar app users to the new Outlook for Windows with an option to go back if they choose. Users can return to the current Mail & Calendar apps by clicking the toggle in the new Outlook for Windows. We also want to reiterate that these changes will not affect your organization’s use of classic Outlook for Windows. What you need to do to prepare: There is nothing you do to prepare now, but we recommend you: Let your Microsoft Windows users know about the change to the Mail and Calendar apps Start trying and testing the new Outlook for Windows Read this support article - Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows Read this article communicating the change - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-for-windows-the-future-of-mail-calendar-and-people-on-windows-11-715fc27c-e0f4-4652-9174-47faa751b199 Read this article: Windows Mail, Calendar and People are becoming Outlook - Microsoft Support ======= My Dedicated New Outlook Video Series: https://youtu.be/d7bEb20pCZU | https://youtu.be/ehUp2usOVqo | https://youtu.be/tOZXXpcw1c0 #traccreations4e
My Templates in New Outlook and Web Explained
Hughes818 As of October 10, 2023, Microsoft rolled out a new update to New Outlook and Web versions. The new update fixed the disappearing act of My Templates Icon and entries for most users. The My Templates icon appears in two tab areas when composing an email: Message and Options tabs. KNOWN ISSUES: Missing Templates in Shared Mailboxes OWA / New Outlook Outlook Apps Impacted: New, Web, and Outlook.com Microsoft is aware of the My Template issue and is currently investigating. For further troubleshooting, it is recommended to contact Support and request a support engineer who can connect remotely. The engineer may need to involve the backend team and may ask for your public IP address or collect logs from your Outlook. Missing MyTemplates in Personal Mailbox: Try the following: Outlook Apps Impacted: New, Web, and Outlook.com Update to the latest version of New Outlook. (This solution worked for me.) Click on Get add-in; under Admin-managed, make sure My Templates has been added. (See image.) Important: Also, confirm with your organization IT Admin, that My Template is enabled on the backend. If you plan to contact your IT Admin or Microsoft support, complete the following tests for they will ask for it. Open a Private Edge browser and confirm behavior is the same. Open OWA in a different browser (Chrome) and capture the behavior. Provide MS Support team with Outlook Version. (View Tab > View Settings > In Search bar, type Version) PS: I searched through many reliable resources, but unfortunately, I couldn't find any solution. However, I came across numerous users who reported issues with My Templates. If you find this information helpful, you can bookmark this thread. I will continue to keep an eye out for any updates or solutions related to this issue. Additionally, if you do happen to find a solution, please do share it. ======= More My Template Information The 32 kb per template size limit still exists, but now with an error message when exceeded. When to use My Templates Yes, Outlook for Windows Quick Parts is more powerful than My Templates. My Templates are ideal for short text-only content, which is very similar to text prediction. Adding images and tables to My Template may exceed its limits. Microsoft Future Development Plans I am unsure if Microsoft plans to enhance this feature, but it is a popular user request (including me.) Please vote for increasing My Templates size limits to support images and table. You can add how you use My Templates in the comments in the feedback portal. Workaround for My Templates When you save a message in drafts, you can reuse it later instead of rewriting it from scratch. ==== If you find this information helpful, please mark it as the best answer or like it, which will assist others. /Teresa #traccreations4eAutomatic Replies in Outlook - Insert Image n/a - PLEASE BRING IT BACK!!!
We use O365 for our business needs and recently came to learn that the insert image function is no longer available. As a company that uses an image to display our company logo, address and tagline in our e-signatures its is extremely frustrating to not be able to insert an image in our Automatic Replies when our staff are on vacation and want to create an Out of Office message. I have troubleshot this issue with Microsoft support and was given instruction to use a rule as a work around however this is NOT a good recommendation to what we believe is a HUGE problem since using a rule will send out of office notifications to every single email and not just one email to each sender as is done with notifications when using Automatic Replies. Please take note that we were previously able to insert images in automatic replies and now its gone! Not sure why Microsoft allows you to insert an image when creating an e-signature and even allows you to insert an image in Rules but not in Automatic Replies. Please review and consider bringing back insert image into Automatic Replies! With Thanks & Appreciation, Sonja Cicchetti
