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Outlook – You can now automatically decline conflicting invitations

This functionality is only available on Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web) and new Windows Outlook client. You can now set a setting to automatically decline conflicting request meetings. From time to time, you may receive request meetings which are conflicting with events already in your calendar; most of the time […]

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Outlook – Outlook client will be switched to the new Outlook

As you know, Microsoft has been working on developing a new modern Outlook client matching the UI from Outlook Web Access and aimed to provide the same features and functionalities. While this new Outlook client has been generally available for some time with option for customers to control whether to use the classic or the

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Outlook – The new Outlook client can now work offline

As you may know, Microsoft has been working on a new Outlook client (Getting started with the new Outlook for Windows – Microsoft Support) to allow streamlining new features with Outlook on the Web. One of the most requested (and missing) feature for this new client is (/was) the ability to work offline, the same

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Teams / Outlook – You can now see the attendees time zone when scheduling meetings

When working with peoples split across different time zone – such as peoples in different countries or on a different time zone within a country, it is not always easy to identify their corresponding time zone and as such their local time. This situation has quite a big impact when scheduling meetings. Well, good news

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Outlook – New Outlook client and OWA now offer ‘in-person’ option when setting up meeting

For the past few years, we have been moving to a more ‘online’ world. That has introduced some challenges when setting up meeting. Well, the new Outlook client (not the Win32 one) and Outlook Web Access now offer an option to mark a meeting as ‘in-person event’. This new option also allows attendees to respond

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Office – Get ready for the end of life of Publisher

  Microsoft Publisher has been part of the Office suite since the 90’s, offering publishing capabilities.   It has not been loved and used.   After October 2026, Publisher will reach its end of life. After that time, it will no longer be included in Microsoft 365 and existing on-premises suites will no longer be

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Office – You can now apply Office policies to everyone using Cloud Policy Service

By now you probably know Cloud Policy Service which allows you to apply policies to your Office applications (https://config.office.com/). Until now, policies would have been applied to specific group(s) of users. Well, good news as now you can apply a policy to all users in your tenant. You can only apply 1 policy with a

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Outlook Mobile – You can now easily access and manage your contacts

This was a functionality missing on Outlook mobile: easy access and management of your contacts. Well, good news, Outlook Mobile has been updated and is now allowing you to easily access and manage your contacts. You may not notice it at first because this functionality is a little bit hidden. After opening Outlook mobile open

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Office 365 – You can now export your Office policy configurations

If you use Office 365, you are probably aware of the Cloud Policy Service for Office (aka Office App Configuration) portal (https://config.office.com/) you use to create your custom Office installation XML file and Office configuration (similar to the GPO). Well, you can now export your policy configuration in CSV to help you identify and review

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Office – You can now use domain name to restrict access to Office documents (preview)

As you probably know, you can restrict access and permission to Office document using Information Protection. Well, until now, you had to individually add each and every users using their email address. However there is situation where you can add each users because you may not know or the shared document needs to be protected

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