Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees

The new M365 Outlook is just webmail. Every upgrade is actually a reduction in functionality as they align to the web version. The good news is this eliminates the need for Windows.

Microsoft sucks and so does Outlook. My dad uses Outlook personally and I just can't imagine that. It's like taking your torture rack home with you for personal usage.

New Outlook for Windows sucks. I tried it a few months ago and it is like a mobile app for idiots. It lacks many settings and many things. It is like windows 11, you need to do extra steps for stuff and settings you want. Also if you have only a standalone office and not a Office365 subscription they have ads, like their mobile app. Fucking Microsoft.

I asked my magic 8 ball about this and it said "Outlook not so good"

I still think there is a group of people working at microsoft, pulling the strings to dismantle the company from the inside. I haven't seen an update that makes things better for any of their projects in years

I've been paying for Office365 home for years. Recently I started a business and signed up for 365 Business for the company email address.

Outlook stopped working, because the 365 Business account - which I specifically signed up in order to do email - doesn't include local Outlook, and my existing home-licensed one throws a hissy fit if I try connecting it to my business account.

Microsoft sucks.

Hah, I JUST had a conversation with my boss about whether or not I was using the "new" outlook or the "old" outlook.

He's apparently using the "old" outlook because there's a toggle switch in the upper right of his window that says "try the new outlook!" and I don't have that, meaning...I guess I'm using the "new" outlook?

Who knows at this point. It's all trash.

Yeah I feel this. Outlook pisses me off. So does Microsoft in general.

What pisses me off more is HP.

In my last job I installed Outlook on my personal phone to access my work calendar conveniently. Found out from a colleague that if the admin for an Outlook server you're signed into on any device fucks up badly enough you could end up having that device completely wiped so I promptly uninstalled it.

All of Microsoft office products haven't changed for the good in more than a decade. I still use office 2007 on my personal desktop and 90% of the features and buttons are in the same spot as the current office 365 offering.

Only thing that is an improvement is live collaboration, but that's getting constantly screwed up by one drive sucking ass.

Whichever version it is, I hope that one day I can delete a mail, change my mind, press ctrl-z and it will actually undo the last delete and not some random one from earlier in the day.

I work in government, and on mobile devices Outlook government accounts are restricted so that all other accounts have to be removed from the app.

It sounds like a great security feature, but since I need access to 3 accounts for reasons, I've got one version installed on my city phone, one on my tablet, and had to install another on my personal phone.

We're budgeting in a second city phone for me next year because Outlook sucks.

As a help desk worker, I am starting to get tired of Microsoft's bullshit.

Try something new and it doesn't work out? Fine. That's reasonable.

But can we stop breaking what was already working?

And they are all terrible and constantly getting worse.

My work and my former university uses outlook and Ms apps as their primary line of communication . It's like the most counterintuitive site there is

Has anyone tried the new Atari Outlook? You want open that in Atari outlook?

Nah! I use shoelace outlook exclusively. I know its deprecated but just pull the chord a little and it's as good as new!

Windows Mail was IMO perfect for simple mail at home. Now they replaced it with Outlook with slightly updated UI but also with ads.

Guess what - I started looking for alternatives. So far Wino Mail seems pretty good - someone else on here recommended it.

Microsoft anything = confuses people

how shielded are enterprise accounts from the data harvest?

Microsoft destroys product names like no other company.

Laughs is just open in the browser.

I cant stand anything microsoft anymore. Teams, outlook, word, every iteration just makes me more angry.

Yeah no shit. Then the new ones literally have less features than the old one. Like connecting SharePoint calendars

Sometimes I think about the billions of dollars of wasted productivity caused by Outlook being so bad at rendering email.

this entire article is about a single tweet some guy made as a joke

"new" outlooks has less features than the old one. And its even harder to find things in settings (they removed a bunch of stuff). I dont look forward to this being on work devices...

So, we can expect more security breaches?

Microsoft: Move along .. Nothing to see here.

The corp I'm working at moved to Outlook Web.

It's so hostile about downloading attachments through anything but OneDrive it's comical.

Why are Microsoft employees so fucking stupid?

I'm pretty happy with Thunderbird on all my devices. It's not quite perfect, but it's hard to make an argument that Outlook is better. It'd have to be a very specific use case I think.

As someone that maintains Outlook users, I can’t wait. Dumping decades of garbage code is a godsend.

Most businesses will be fine. The edge case scenarios will bitch and moan but will get over it by the following fiscal quarter.

New outlook will be easier than ever to upgrade. Code security will be better than ever before. Also no more unique software for non-Windows OS’s. OSX and Linux support will be a good feature that’s missing today.