Microsoft is making the brand new Outlook accessible freed from cost, whatever the Office bundle. You don’t want a Microsoft 365 subscription or a Microsoft Office licence. It could be put in on Windows 10 and Windows 11 in addition to in macOS.

Anyone utilizing Outlook 2021 from the Office bundle can swap to the brand new model through the slider “Test the new Outlook.” However, traditional Outlook will stay on the system and may proceed for use in parallel. If you don’t use Office, you may set up the brand new Outlook freed from cost. Although that is publicly accessible, it’s nonetheless present process main improvement as many features are nonetheless lacking. New features are subsequently always being added.

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The time period “The new Outlook” is subsequently considerably deceptive. Although Outlook is new, it is not going to change the traditional Outlook from the Office bundle within the close to future. The preliminary goal is to switch the traditional UWP apps Contacts, Mail, and Calendar in Windows 10 and Windows 11. In the longer term, nevertheless, it’s not unlikely that the desktop model from the Office suite will even get replaced. However, this isn’t but clear.

Many features that professionals use are nonetheless lacking and in varied locations the operation will not be as skilfully solved as in desktop Outlook. Examples of this are classes, search folders, and flags for emails. There can be presently no offline help, no POP3 help, and no choice to combine PST information.

This is ready to alter within the coming months. Microsoft 365 accounts from Exchange Online could be related to the brand new Outlook, however this doesn’t work with all subscriptions. In our assessments, Microsoft 365 accounts with their very own domains couldn’t be related, however take a look at accounts might.

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It can subsequently occur once in a while that an account can’t be related. However, there are often no issues with IMAP accounts, iCloud, Gmail, and Microsoft accounts.

The new Outlook replaces apps in Windows 10 and Windows 11

The new Outlook lets you handle emails, calendars, and contacts in a centralized interface. These three apps will subsequently be faraway from Windows and merged in Windows 10/11. Outlook will now not be used for activity administration, the place Microsoft has lengthy provided the To-Do app, which can be accessible for iOS and Android.

The To-Do app can be in a position to combine duties from Exchange and Exchange Online. The new Outlook relies on WebView2, i.e. a browser-like view. Put merely, the brand new Outlook is an online app.

New Windows 11 units will routinely obtain the brand new Outlook from 2024. Windows 11 computer systems which might be already put in will obtain the product through Windows Update or through the Microsoft Store. The UWP apps Contacts, Calendar and Mail haven’t (but) been eliminated.

As quickly as the brand new Outlook is put in on a PC with Windows 10 or Windows 11, the icon “Outlook (new)” seems within the Start menu. The new Outlook app can be downloaded as “Outlook for Windows” from the Microsoft App Store.

There are discussions about information safety within the new Outlook

The new Outlook synchronises all e-mail accounts in Outlook with Microsoft servers. This additionally applies to e-mail accounts that aren’t hosted by Microsoft. This will not be solely in regards to the content material of the messages, but in addition in regards to the person title and password for all accounts. Of course, this raises some dialogue and anybody who doesn’t need this could steer clear of the brand new Outlook.

Setting up the brand new Outlook

After set up and startup, you may enter the primary e-mail account that you just need to hook up with Outlook. Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online), and IMAP accounts are not any drawback.

It doesn’t take lengthy to arrange a brand new account and requires you to substantiate a couple of home windows on information safety. You will then obtain a abstract and tips about the choices you may have with the brand new Outlook.

The interface is straightforward to know and far clearer and easier than the desktop Outlook. You can entry the Outlook settings through the cogwheel icon on the high proper.

Under “Accounts” you may see the accounts already related. Use “Accounts -> Email accounts -> Add account” so as to add additional e-mail accounts to the brand new Outlook. You can customise current accounts with the “Manage” button for the respective account. Here you may take away the account or set an account as the first account. You can use the first account to ship emails when you’ve got not chosen another account.

You also can make modifications to the calendar and contacts right here. Microsoft has renamed the contacts within the new Outlook to “People.” After organising Outlook, it is sensible to work by all of the settings one after the opposite and adapt them to your personal necessities.

Outlook creates a separate space within the inbox for every e-mail account, which you’ll increase and collapse. Favorites could be discovered on the high. Here you may pin folders, such because the inbox of the person mailboxes. This means you don’t at all times must scroll by your complete window for those who use a number of mailboxes.

The context menu is supported all through. Here you can see varied actions for managing emails. Examples of this are classes and flags. Although these don’t work as comprehensively as in desktop Outlook, they nonetheless provide an essential possibility for managing emails.

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You can use the icons “Calendar” and “People” to show and handle the appointments and contacts of the presently open e-mail account in Outlook. You also can use the Office apps icons on the left-hand facet to change on to the web-based Office functions. These can be found when you’ve got logged in with a Microsoft account or use a Microsoft account as your e-mail account.

You also can customise the view of the ribbon utilizing the small arrow on the right-hand facet. If you choose “Classic ribbon,” you will notice extra instructions and have entry to the instructions accessible for the chosen folder or calendar.

This article was translated from German to English and initially appeared on pcwelt.de.