Improvements to Microsoft Search with personal query history
What you need to know:Delayed: Microsoft are adding a new option in Microsoft Search that allows you to view and manage your personal query history.
What you need to do:With personal query...
Outlook on the web – Update locations to message compose options
TL;DR:Outlook on the web is updating where some message-compose options are located. These changes include the formatting bar and the ‘send’ and ‘discard’ buttons. Now due mid-January to mid-April 2023.
Details:This update...
Tone detection in Microsoft Editor for Outlook on the web
Would you like Microsoft Outlook to make recommendations about the tone of your emails? This might be for you.
Short version:This new feature for Microsoft Editor in Outlook on the web will offer...
Play My Emails in Outlook launching internationally
Short version:Already available in the UK, India, Australia, and Canada, Play My Emails in Outlook for iOS and Android will soon be rolling out in English worldwide, with messages read out...
‘Coming Soon’ in Outlook for Windows is coming back – preview the new location...
If you use Outlook for Windows and a wide screen display, this will work well for you.
Short version:Microsoft are bringing back the Coming Soon option to preview the new location for the Mail,...
Introducing text predictions in Outlook for Windows
What you need to know:
Text predictions help users write more efficiently by using intelligent technology to suggest text during composition, Microsoft are extending support for these text predictions to Outlook for...
Outlook personal bookings page
TL;DR:Bookings in Outlook is coming to help you reduce the back and forth in scheduling, while helping you maintain control of your calendar. Due mid to late June July 2022.
Details:Your personal...
Message conditional formatting is coming to new Outlook and Outlook web
TL;DRConditional formatting in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web will make messages stand by using different font colours. You will be able to specify conditions such as a...
Immersive Reader for OneDrive and SharePoint documents
Short version:This new feature release will allow you to open Word Documents and text files directly into Immersive Reader from OneDrive and SharePoint libraries. Due mid-May to late June.
Details:This new feature...
New in Outlook: In-Person Events and Hybrid RSVPing
TL;DRUsers of Outlook on the Web and new Outlook for Windows will soon be able to create In-Person Events with Hybrid RSVPing. Meeting organisers can request in-person attendance, while attendees can...
Quick thoughts: Microsoft Teams Vs Outlook. About to get harder to explain?
For end users, I think some recent Teams and Outlook updates have the potential to make the "Which app, when?" question a little more important for us to answer carefully.
Terms used:Inner...
New Location for Key Functions and Direct Access to Other Microsoft 365 Apps in...
You will have noticed that some M365 apps have a menu in the top-left corner. Outlook is joining that club.
TL;DR:The new experience for accessing Mail, Calendar, People, and other Outlook apps...
Outlook’s ‘Bookings with me’ availability
TL;DR:Bookings with me hopes to help you reduce the back and forth scheduling meetings, while helping you maintain control of your calendar. You'll be able to create custom bookable slots to...
Microsoft Viva: Praise Highlights in Profile Card in Teams and Outlook
TL;DR:Praise in Microsoft Teams is great for showing your appreciation of colleagues. With updates coming soon, praises received will be highlighted on a user’s profile card in Teams and Outlook. ROLLOUT...
Immersive Reader for Outlook Desktop
Another great usability feature for Outlook on desktop; Immersive Reader is coming soon.
TL;DR:Immersive Reader in Outlook Desktop includes all capabilities available in Immersive Reader Microsoft Word. Now due late July to...
Microsoft Outlook: Reactions to Email Messages
Microsoft continue to breathe new life into emails with this super-fast way to respond to an email without generating another email.
TL;DR:With reactions in Outlook, you can now react to an email...
Inline search during email composing in Outlook with ContextIQ
TL;DR:Context IQ allows you to easily search for and insert content like people and files in an email by typing what you want to insert after typing an ‘@’. Now due...
Pronouns on profile cards in Microsoft Teams and Outlook Web
TL;DR:Microsoft are adding a new feature to the profile card in Microsoft 365. You will be able to add pronouns directly to your profile card in Outlook on the web and...
Outlook on the web – Work Hours and Location (WHL)
TL;DR:Hybrid workers, you will soon be able to set up your work hours and location (WHL) in Outlook on the web, specifying when you’ll be remote or in the office. Once...
Pinning on Outlook for iOS and Android
Short version:This new Outlook for iOS and Android release will soon roll out the ability to pin messages on both platforms. After pinning, conversations will be easy to get to and...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? A look at April...
Welcome to our fourth roundup of 2024. We look at what is being announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in April.
These...
