New Outlook vs. Outlook in Microsoft 365

Anonymous
2024-01-01T21:33:52+00:00

Friends.

Can anyone tell me when to use the Outlook in Microsoft 365 and when to use the new Outlook desktop app.

I have both installed on my computers - which I suppose is unnecessary. But I don't understand the difference?

Appreciate if someone can explain this!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-22T03:00:06+00:00

    Good morning,

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-11T11:12:11+00:00

    Just a quick question: I have an MS 365 subscription, and I was using Outlook, which is attached to that, and had more than two emails in that so-called 'classic Outlook'. I now have the new Outlook, even when I click Outlook from MS 365. I only have access to my primary Hotmail account; the rest are no longer in the new Outlook. Can I go back to what I had previously? Anyone

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-17T20:44:40+00:00

    Many thanks for taking the trouble to provide a full explanation, Diane.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-17T09:59:12+00:00

    I tried the non-Registry adjustment (D-word change), to be on the safe side. The Command Line informed me the procedure had been successfully completed:

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    But the invitation remains there (Top-right). Why? Do I have to close Outlook 365 (Paid)/Classic and it will then vanish? (Further comment added).

    Answer: Yes, it did (delight). Thank you, Diane.

    I am now curious about one thing. Like many, I am always highly cautious about adjusting the Registry and understand that backing up avoids catastrophe. Since in this case the alteration was conducted without applying your first Reg-change/Regedit solution, does this 'hack' apply to other/more Registry changes? In short, is it safer than the conventional Regedit backup-and-save method, as the worst that can happen is a mis-type, as I found when I initially omitted 'reg add', being unsure it was part of the intended Path?

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  5. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,536 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-11-06T13:17:42+00:00

    >>

    Also, you supplied the link for feature list. It is for advanced users, which the requestor probably is not. And the others asking further questions just do not see your answer, because they want to see the comparison of uncomparable. No, the two applications are hardly comparable.

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    The article is for all users who are interested in knowing what is coming.

    No one said the apps are comparable - and they definitely are not. New Outlook is built on Outlook on the web, in an app framework and is a work in progress, with features added frequently. Eventually, maybe in 4 or 5 years, they might be closer - but even then, there are features in classic Outlook that cannot be ported to scripts in new outlook or if added to new outlook, won't be quite the same or as robust.

    May not be completely up to date:

    Things to look forward to in the new Outlook for Windows | Microsoft Community Hub

    Roadmap of upcoming features:

    Microsoft 365 Roadmap | Microsoft 365

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