Office 365: New Outlook (PC)

Overview

Office 365 has two versions of the Microsoft Outlook (email) client, legacy Outlook and new Outlook. Your computer may switch automatically to new Outlook on your computer with or without notice to you. New Outlook has a number of known compatibility issues with our environment. At this time we recommend using legacy Outlook

You are able to switch between legacy Outlook and new Outlook at any time. Switching from new Outlook to legacy Outlook will not cause any email or data loss.

There is more information about New Outlook from Microsoft available here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/getting-started-with-the-new-outlook-for-windows-656bb8d9-5a60-49b2-a98b-ba7822bc7627

Details / Instructions

If you are currently using New Outlook and you'd like to switch to Legacy Outlook:

1) Tap the slider bar in the top right corner next to New Outlook to toggle this setting.

2) On the "Feedback to Microsoft" dialog box that appears you may enter feedback or "Skip Feedback", Outlook will close & automatically relaunch Legacy Outlook.

For technical support please contact the help desk.


 

See Also

Exchange Email FAQ: https://spidertechnet.richmond.edu/TDClient/1955/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=88735

New Outlook for Mac: https://spidertechnet.richmond.edu/TDClient/1955/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=136829

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Article ID: 149818
Created
Fri 2/23/24 10:23 AM
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Wed 5/22/24 12:07 PM