Microsoft has announced plans for a revamped Outlook app for Windows that’s becoming available for more testers.
Microsoft started testing the new Outlook for Windows in May, along with a subset of Office Insiders. Now, September 28th, Microsoft is available to all Office Insider testers and plans to add Windows Insider testers in the coming weeks. Microsoft has also added some missing features to the updated Outlook for Windows beta.
If you’re a Beta or Current Channel for the Office Insiders program, Microsoft wanted to make sure you can give the new Outlook for Windows a try. Just slide the “Try the New Outlook” toggle in the upper-right corner of any classic Outlook window and follow the tutorials in order. The data will remain confidential and available for use again at any time.
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With the creation of a new app that unites all platforms, Microsoft is giving some much needed attention to all of our platforms. The new Outlook app — dubbed “Project Monarch” and “One Outlook” — has been under development for months and has seen internal testing.
The new Outlook for Windows client, as expected, looks and feels a lot like the current Outlook for the Web/Outlook.com clients. It also has new features like message reminders; a calendar board; a single view for email, calendar, and to-do; and support for a test version of Loop components. The new Outlook client also allows users to quickly attach files and documents that are stored to the cloud in their email messages by using “@thenameofthefile.”
If users want to easily manage their inboxes, Outlook for Windows updates now offer Quick Steps, a feature that not only helps organize users’ day-to-day email and show actions they can take repeatedly to keep their inboxes clean. Another update of note: users are able to adjust the width of columns in their calendars.
In today’s blog post about the updated Outlook for Windows beta, Microsoft talks about their plans for adding more enterprise and consumer features in the future. Some of the items on their short list include support for multiple email accounts (work and personal) within the same app, support for third-party email accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud and more; offline support; native ICS file type support for calendar events; and a search function to help you find important items quickly.
Microsoft has not yet announced when they plan to roll out the new, unified Outlook.
