{"id":111842,"date":"2024-03-26T13:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Email-Tools\/?p=111842"},"modified":"2024-04-23T14:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:09:17","slug":"microsoft-clarifies-the-deployment-schedule-for-new-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sperrysoftware.com\/Email-Tools\/microsoft-clarifies-the-deployment-schedule-for-new-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Clarifies the Deployment Schedule for New Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost a year ago we wrote about how the majority of our add-ins would not work with the new version of Outlook<\/a>.\u00a0 We like the concept behind the new version of Outlook (that is, to unify the look and feel so that it looks the same whether you’re using the desktop, the web version, a phone or a Mac) but at that time, we became concerned that there may be only a short time left before Microsoft would force the change from the current version to the new version.<\/p>\n

Well, last month Microsoft published a clarification on the rollout schedule of the new version of Outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The short story is that the version will be in an “opt-in” stage for another year (possibly two) as new features get implemented.\u00a0 Then, it will no longer be in beta and it will go into “general availability”.\u00a0 You can still use the old version in this stage.\u00a0 After some time, probably a year or so, Microsoft will begin making the new version of Outlook the default, and you will have to “opt-out” in this stage to keep using the older version.\u00a0 Finally, support for the old version will end in the final stage, probably sometime around 2029.<\/p>\n

So now that we all know what to expect, we can plan accordingly to update Outlook.\u00a0 For us, we will continue to migrate our most popular add-ins to the new Outlook.\u00a0 As you may know, we already have done a few:<\/p>\n