Windows 10: Updates to Outlook on the web

Brink · Dec 5, 2018

We recently rolled out changes to Outlook on the web to improve your Calendar and sign-in experiences.

Simplifying your sign-in to Outlook on the web

We’ve heard your feedback that you want an easier way to find where to sign in to Outlook, so we’re making it easier for Office 365 users to sign in to Outlook on the web by offering more options. People with an Office 365 account that use Outlook on the web can now sign in to their work or school accounts using https://www.outlook.com/

When Outlook detects it’s not an Office 365 account instead of an MSA, it will redirect them to their organization’s sign in page, pre-populate the email address they entered, and follow their current sign in process.

Users will be redirected to their organization’s page

Improved meeting response

We are updating how Outlook handles meeting responses when a user chooses to not send a response to the meeting organizer. With this update, when a user responds to a meeting invite and chooses to not send a response or to not notify the organizer, Outlook will update the user’s response in invitee list but won’t send an email to the organizer.

If you are using the classic version of Outlook on the web, select “Do not send a response” to let the organizer know your response but to avoid sending an email to them.

Select “Don’t send the response” if you are using the classic version

If you are using the early version of the new Outlook on the web, switch the “Notify organizer” toggle off. The organizer’s attendee list will be updated, but no email will be sent.

Switch off the “Notify organizer” toggle (the toggle will turn white) in the new Outlook on the web

Note: the improved meeting response only applies when both the organizer and the invitee are Office 365 users. If you select “Do not send a response” or switch off the “Notify organizer” when responding to a non-Office 365 meeting organizer, Outlook won’t update them.

Use Teams for online meetings

As we modernize our infrastructure, we aim to give you the power of the best of Office. With that in mind we have updated the online meeting feature in the new Outlook on the web to use Teams as the default online meeting tool. This update will only be available in the new Outlook on the web if your organization has enabled Teams. If your organization is not enabled for Teams, you will continue to see the option to add Skype for Business.

Create a Teams meeting by switching the toggle to the right

What if not all my users are enabled for Teams?

It is also possible for organizations to enable only certain users for Teams. In those cases, the Teams-enabled users will see the option to create Teams meeting, and users who are still enabled only for Skype will only see the option to create Skype meetings.

Even if a user is not enabled for Teams, they can still join a Teams meeting from the Teams web application or by downloading the full Teams app. Similarly, if a user is no longer enabled for Skype, they can still join Skype meetings via the web application or the app.

We keep working on features based on the feedback you give us in UserVoice, so please, let us know what you think about these updates that we hope will help you stay connected and on top of things, easier.

Thanks!
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Polarman · Dec 5, 2018

Looking for a particular web site ?

I remember seeing this here but i can't find it using the search thingy.

A guy posted a web site that had a comprensive list of all Windows update 32&64. I used to have it in my favorites before i formatted my HD.

Does someone know it?

They suggested a sticky for it but they never did.

Bri5150 · Dec 5, 2018

Outlook Web Access

I was sent an email with a link to my companys email system. Clicking on the link worked fine. It opened up a window, asked for my pw, then a 'Outlook Web Access' window poped up with my new company email account. Fine.

Now... When I restarted my system, the pw window pops , then the 'Web Access' window opens (with my desktop icon's over laying it) and I can't close it.

How do I get shut this auto startup off?

*Bang Head :banghead:

Brink · Dec 5, 2018

Outlook on the web user experience gets simpler and more powerful

Starting next week, if you are a Targeted Release customer who wants to try the early version of the new Outlook on the web, simply click on the “Try the new Outlook” toggle on the top right corner of your inbox. When you click the toggle, you’ll see all new Outlook on the web modules for Mail, Calendar, and People. Opt-in and out as often as you want.

Find the toggle on the top right of your inbox

Let’s look at some of the new features you can try when you opt in to the early version of Outlook on the web.

Search – No time to search? Outlook anticipates what you’ll need based on recent conversations and people with whom you work the most.

Updated search for Mail, Calendar, and People

Files – Trying to find a file in your inbox can be a time-consuming exercise, to help you with that we have added a Files module that will show you all the files that you received or sent in your inbox.
Pro tip: Use Favorites to make sure you always find files from important people.

Use Files to find all the files and docs in your inbox

Suggested replies – The new Outlook brings intelligent technology to your inbox to save you time. Focus on what matters more and let Outlook help with you the rest. Use suggested replies when you need to respond with a short message, just a couple of clicks and off you go.

Select a response, edit it if you need to, and send!

Simplified event creation — You can now quickly add events to your calendar with updated event icons, so you can quickly identify events and see location suggestions to get address details.

Updated event icons let you quickly identify events

Smart room suggestions – Intelligent technology in Outlook now helps you find the best room for your meetings based on the attendees, time, availability, and your preferences.

Outlook will recommend rooms for you

Simplified add-in experience — We’ve simplified the way you access add-ins while giving you more control. Outlook add-ins bring your favorite apps right to your inbox, so you can accomplish tasks faster—including saving an email directly to your notebook, translating emails on the fly, or paying your friends. You can access popular apps and and services like Boomerang, Evernote, GIPHY, Gfycat, Microsoft Translator, MojiLaLa, PayPal, Trello, and more right from your inbox.

If you were using add-ins in the classic Outlook on the web experience, they will show up pinned next to mail actions or in the drop-down menu once you open an email in the new experience. You can also install more add-ins from the Office Store—simply open an email, click the drop-down menu, and select Get Add-ins. Once installed, add-ins will show up in the drop-down menu. You can also choose to pin frequently used add-ins.

More ways to use and manage groups in Outlook – Group-based collaboration, powered by the Office 365 Groups service, is an integral part of working in Outlook. We received a lot of valuable feedback on groups in the past and based on that we are excited to announce we have improved existing features such as faster and simpler group creation, richer group card, more efficient group email triage, and we are also introducing new features such as group Files view that focuses on the latest file activity and group management in the People module.

See a list of all your groups, take membership actions, or favorite a group – all in one place

Favorites makes things front and center – Many things at work are important and then there are the ones you can’t miss like an email from your manager or a project’s requests and updates. Favorites is perfect for those times, just add specific folders, people, or categories to your Favorites to keep them only a click away.

Add the things you can’t miss to Favorites

More ways to keep up with your groups - Groups cards can now be used from anywhere inside Outlook to view membership information, and group owners can take membership actions as well, or navigate to group apps or group resources such as Files, Planner, and SharePoint site.

See group information and membership with group cards

Take these features for a spin, and tell us what you think in our UserVoice channel.
Stay tuned to additional enhancements that will come over the next few months, including new and updated features. Based on your feedback, we’ll iterate, improve, refine, or discard them. To stay up-to-date, follow us on Twitter or keep an eye on the Office roadmap to see what is coming. But wait, there is more! We're also rolling out updates in Outlook for Windows.

Thank you!

Gabriel.
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List of features not yet available in the early version of the new Outlook on the web

On September 10th, when Targeted Release customers can opt-in to the early version of the new Outlook on the web, there will be some features that won't be available yet in that early version of the new experience.

If you need to use a feature that is not yet available you can opt-out of the early version and opt-in again later, as often as you want.

See below for features not yet available on September 10th.

Mail

1. Reading Pane and Mail Compose

No chat or call functionality integrated in your inbox

Edit "Send From" address

Policy tips - Policies will be respected and actioned but users will not see prevention tips.

2. Folders and Message List

Shared Folders - No ability to share individual folders across mailboxes.

Folder retention policies - No support for administrators being able to set how long emails are retained in certain folders. Ex: Changing how long emails stay in Junk email before being automatically deleted

Calendar

1. Forms

Not able to add or remove time zones.

No Mailtips available in Calendar while reading/composing

No ability to propose a new time from the meeting invite

No email reminders

2. Calendar Surface:

No ability to open calendars from organization's directory (in classic experience known as: to add a calendar "From directory")

Public folders - No suppport to create a calendar in a public folder or manage/share it

No out of office (OOF) toast message that shows up in the form, if at least one of the attendees that you are trying to schedule for is OOF

No ability to publish calendars to an HTML link (that others can view) or an .ics endpoint (that others can subscribe to).

Weather settings - no ability to set your weather location(s)

No support for printing calendars

Fundamentals

No keyboard shortcuts + accessibility

People

Public Folders – ability for multiple people in the company to access a given folder is not yet supported

We are working to bring these features soon but you can always use them by opting out of the early version of the new Outlook on the web.

Please, give us feedback and help us prioritize our work through our UserVoice channel.

Thanks!

Gabriel
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An early version of the new Outlook on the web will be available through an opt-in toggle

In June we announced updates to the Office 365 user experience, including a simpler and more powerful Outlook on the web, which would show up later in the summer. Starting September 10th, we’ll roll out an opt-in toggle so users can try this early version of the new web experience. Users who try this early version of the new Outlook on the web can go back to the classic experience as often as they want.

Users will see “Try the new Outlook” next to the toggle and can opt in (and out) of the trial as often as they want. However, we also want to ensure that admins can control whether their users see this toggle.

If you’re an Office 365 admin and you don’t want your users to have access to the opt-in toggle, you need to complete the following steps prior to September 10th, 2018:

1) Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.
2) Review the OWA mailbox policies that have been created previously. To do this, run Get-OwaMailboxPolicy.
3) This will output all the policies that have been created. If you have multiple policies, you will want to adjust each policy that you want to block the new experience opt-in toggle.
4) Most tenants will have a single policy, and they should run the following command to turn off the toggle:
Set-OwaMailboxPolicy "Policy Name" -OutlookBetaToggleEnabled $false

After this is complete, Outlook on the web will honor the policy and not show the “Try the new Outlook” toggle.

If you want to know more about the new experience, please review this post.
We’re looking forward to you trying the early version of the new Outlook on the web.

Thanks!
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