Top 10 New Microsoft Outlook Features!

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[SamDSo]

still truly one of the most outrageous changes MS has done.

[guizot]

If I want to use the OWA I'll just use OWA. No need to disguise it as a desktop app. Another thing, in addition to those mentioned already, which this doesn't have, is the ability to drag attachments directly into local folders--something which is much more useful and important than any of these other "features."

[chairmakerPete]

Tried the new version a couple of months ago, and had to revert as it clearly wasn't as good as the current desktop version.
I don't want a "simplified" ribbon bar - I want my speed folder shortcuts available all the time.
Also want to drag an email onto the calendar to create a "meeting" either with myself to schedule time for the task, or a regular meeting with others. The new version couldn't do it.
Hopefully this latest attempt will be much closer to the existing version (which is totally fine and doesn't need anything doing to it). My only concern is when MS inevitably forces us into their new "improved" version.

[dweinschrott]

I found a huge benefit: new Outlook integrates better with Google. In addition to getting Gmail, you also now get Google calendar and contacts that sync immediately. Old Outlook only allowed static calendar n contacts.

[djlevitate]

It seems they have removed the option to drag a file from an eamil into a folder, is there a fix for that?

[venulikhith]

the biggest drawback is that they entairly removed desktop alert feature in new outlook which was very helpfull

[aamerkhan]

Thanks Aldo.
I had installed the new outlook and liked it very much. But I reverted back to the desktop version because it was missing some of the features that I was used to. For example, if I have an email in a folder and I reply to that email, the sent email shows in the Sent folder instead of the same folder where the original email was files.
Another issue I faced was i type without capitalising the first letter of the first word of the sentence. The editor would do that automatically for me.
I searched and searched but couldn’t activate this feature in the new outlook.
These two are just some examples of features that are missing from the new outlook.

[cede]

None of the new features make it worth it. I'm holding onto the old version to the last day it's available.

[crushnell]

Thank you for your tips. I did learn something new but I will not swith anytime soon. I tried it for a while, but there are still too many features missing that I use on a daily basis like pinning folders to the top, And for the life of me I cannot find my templates. Your video is well done and I appreciate you sharing your information.

[reedriter]

TBH, did not like the new Outlook at first. Now that it's just part of web based 365 at my organization, I find I use it more and more.

[vinayakbokare]

New Outlook requires OWA to be enabled by Admin .. many company’s has disabled OWA as a protection.

[bettersaynow]

My autocorrect does not work in the New Outlook. So, I'm not able to use text expansion. Is there a fix for this?

[Thoths_Pen]

The biggest problem is that this is neither a desktop app nor is it native code. It’s absolute garbage and if it has 200% of the features of Outlook 365 desktop application; it’ll still be worse. Sorry but there’s so much missing I’d have to make a half hour response video just to cover it all.

[janhlavacek]

Hi Aldo,
thank you so much for all the highlights. I haven't switched to the new outlook yet as "not anchored" favorites are deal breaker for me. I use a lot of folders and scroll through them all the time. Old outlook kept favorites anchored at the very top of the folder structure. The new outlook keeps scrolling even these favorites...

[b.c.]

It does not have font size slider on bottom, which I like very much, for this reason I returned back to the normal desktop app.

[GT-hoco]

Useful video but I hate the new Outlook. Appreciate your effort and details you shared though

[guitars]

Thank you Aldo for that very informative video. Learned several new tips. I did try the new Outlook version and noticed the paste function does not include all the paste functions of the old version. For example when pasting a link into an email. Is there a way to turn on all the paste functions of the previous version? Thanks.

[iurieguzun]

Hi Aldo,
I have a question.
In myDay window, we can see all meetings scheduled for this particular day. Also, there we can see the calendar.
So, I want to ask you if is it possible to insert also the calendar week number in that calendar?
Of course, that is possible to do from the calendar itself. But this will mean opening the calendar itself each time when I need to find this out.
Appreciate your help.

[Josh-imgo]

The new Outlook is 100% better than the old Outlook, Microsoft needs to bring the same features from the Mac OS version to Windows.

[networkn]

The only thing that is a deal breaker for me is the lack of a dark gray theme. It's usuable otherwise.