Hovering over a hyperlink in the "new" outlook doesn't display the actual URL. How can this be remedied.

Anonymous
2024-06-22T00:02:14+00:00

A very dangerous behavior in the new outlook is that hoving the mouse pointer over a hyperlink in an email no longer displays the actual URL of the link.

Seeing the true URL is the #1 way people can avoid getting email scammed. Removing this tool is inviting people to get defrauded. This should not be a default behavior and I cannot see how to resolve this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-09T14:29:02+00:00

    Microsoft is totally AWOL. I guess they are working on the Delta Airlines mishap.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-08-12T16:37:06+00:00

    I just updated to the latest WebView2 version (screenshot below). Hovering over links to see the URL is still not enabled.

    We've been told to use CoPilot to the best of its abilities, we should use New Outlook. Doesn't seem right to me that we're rushing out new app builds to push the buzzy AI tool, when the app builds don't even work as they should on an enterprise level. No new 'tool' is worth compromising security, or undoing years of security training. I'm hoping this is resolved much sooner than later.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-08-20T22:38:04+00:00

    Any updates on this? It appears to be inconsistent. I had one user earlier today that it showed the hover over link info in the lower left-hand corner of the Outlook window, and on other users (running the same version of Outlook and WebView2) that there is still no hover over link information. There must be additional considerations that we don't know about yet.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-21T12:23:38+00:00

    That is the way with Microsoft products now and it's extremely frustrating. New features are added to products like Outlook or Teams, but only certain users get them at random. Even within the same organization, two users of the same software fully patched have totally different features and menu options.

    How is an IT department supposed to make how-to documents when we're not even all working with the same software?? It's maddening. Our CEO dislikes Teams (preferring Zoom), and the biggest reason is because she was not randomly selected by Microsoft to have the feature to show herself in the gallery. We are both using the most up-to-date version of New Teams and I have the menu option to put myself in the gallery and she does not.

    And now only certain randomly chosen users of Outlook are given the option to safely preview link destinations, but the rest of the customers can be left vulnerable? GET IT TOGETHER, MICROSOFT!!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-08-21T13:33:18+00:00

    One (sort of) workaround to the issue of New Outlook not showing URLs on mouse over is to click hold and drag the link. It doesn't show the full URL but at least some of it. Just be careful not to click and release, you have to click, hold, drag and then release.

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