How to permanently prevent Outlook for Mac from switching to the new GUI?

For me/us, using Outlook is a deliberate choice, that allows our team to work with all functionality across platforms. Apple Mail and most other mail apps simply do not provide the tools and options the current/legacy Outlook has. The New Outlook for Mac seems to be on a direction of being as useless or limited as many of the non-business mail apps that we have tested as possible alternatives.

We are generally very happy with Microsoft Office, and we heavily rely on it across Windows, macOS, and iOS. The integration of mail, calendar, tasks and contacts in one interface, with the possibility to use various mail servers and protocols, while having online and offline access (local folders!) to data stores is what makes Outlook a business productivity tool. The dumbing down and oversimplification of the interface are not helping, at all.

Outlook is supposed to be the main communication hub that connects to various resources, incl. on-premises and online Exchange instances, Teams (Groups), shared calendars, local folders (with subfolders!), app add-ins (eg. Hubspot/Nimble/Slack), corporate as well as private mail accounts (Google, Apple, IMAP, etc.).

The current/updated version still doesn't offer all of this, and this is even known and listed as open issues. Pushing the New Outlook for Mac only emphasizes on it not being ready. This is my main frustration: we do not want to abandon Outlook, we simply ask to prevent the unfinished product from being shoved down our throats as long as it isn't ready.

Apple doesn't have an integrated alternative. And doesn't offer an office suite for Windows users.

agree with you.

And what marketing superbrain aggressively pushes software to a Mac community that IS INCOMPATIBLE with caldav and contact formats and also cannot deal with apple mail and many other mail providers? That is simply beyond comprehension! LET US DEMONSTRATE OUR INCOMPETENCE to this market week after week, while annoying every customer we insist on molesting premium customres as frequently as we can?

Well, for Apple users there is the possibility to get rid of outlook altogether and use the native apple mail, contacts and calendar apps. They work with microsoft as an email provider, and everyone else including google without the annoying reauthentication.

If microsoft try really hard, apple users will soon be using numbers, keynote and pages instead of office.

Everyone replying here with a similar view on not wanting the New Outlook for Mac to start automatically, please upvote some of the concerns raised here:

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/bd7e91d5-4611-ee11-a81c-000d3ae5b6f4 https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/0a82b451-581f-ee11-a81c-000d3ae5b6f4

And, if you have the time, please sign in and add your voice, or at least upvote. I would suggest doing this in a nuanced and constructive way.

Since we’re running various instances of Outlook on a variety of platforms, I get to see different versions. And while I still believe Outlook is the better option of all we have tried, the new approach is a huge step back.

No text only e-mail

No local folders

No source view

No pst support

No extensive rules

No contact lists

No deletion of attachments

No full Exchange server support

It’s becoming a dumbed down, simplified, unfriendly, incomplete app that kills business productivity. Today, I tried helping a colleague that is using the new Outlook on Mac. I have been looking for tools and features that are simply missing. It’s a disaster.

Forcing this onto users by simply stating that the app will restart into that new experience is, to put it mildly, not very nice.

I don't think you really do listen. People have been complaining about this new version ever since it came out but you haven't fixed any of the problems. The new version is terrible! Why take away simple functions like "add a folder at this level?"

It looks like you are now forcing us all to use the new version. I for one will be looking for another option to replace outlook.

MY SAY: Please share when you do find a fix or a work-around. To the guy telling us to get used to it, HELL NO. I tried that version and the two items I noticed first are, There is no way to keep the reding pane view on for Junk Mail. You can turn it on, but the next time you open up the junk folder it's been turned off again.

Secondly,it changed everyone of my calendar entries to the same damn color. It took me hours to fix this POS mess in my calender. Also, it sems there is NO Regedit on a Mac. As soon as I'm reay to replace this lap, I'll not getting another Mac anything.

Why do they constantly have to **** with stuff that works just fine. These two instances tell me that whomever the brain wiz up there really does not even use their calender in the irst place,