How to Open Emails in Separate Window in New Outlook

If the new version is what users will have to settle for, Microsoft will be handing clients to Google Workspacer. We now have an entire generation in/entering the workforce who were raised on Chromebooks in school and more native fluency in the collaborative Google ecosystem than the more siloed MS we are used to. With the need for cloud based solutions and remote/hybrid collaboration at an all time high (especially in smaller businesses), Google already has an edge. Microsoft has to do better than this. Full stop.

I hate this new version, how do I install the old version on my new laptop?

Near the top right corner of the Outlook window, there should be a toggle switch to "Try the new Outlook". Yours will be lit up and set to On, Click to turn Off and it will revert back to the old version. You'll get a warning message, but that's okay.

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If we get enough attention to the matter, maybe Microsoft will do something about it.

It really doesn't seem like you are listening to the customers when they tell you that your redesigns basically suck! They do not meet your customers' stated use cases.

I will be pushing for a change in our organization to non-Microsoft solutions. You are simply not doing what we, the customers want.