The new Outlook.com
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This is the forum where you can give us feedback about the new experiences in Outlook.com.
Please vote on ideas you like. If you have a new idea that hasn’t been submitted by anyone else, submit it. If you have many ideas, submit them separately. This will help us decide what to build next.
We’ll reply to top issues, and will consider other suggestions as well. Thanks for trying the beta!
For more information, check out our help page.
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No option to select calendar in beta version.
No option to select which calendar in beta version. Annoying.
4 votesThank you for your feedback. We appreciate that you took the time to write to us.
You might enjoy the new Outlook experience more with a few changes to your settings, which you can find by clicking the gear icon. Try changing the setting for Conversation view to Off, changing the setting for Reading pane to Hide, and changing the setting for Attachment preview to Off.
We’re always interested in new ideas, but we need some more specific feedback to fix the problem for you. If you have more detailed suggestions, please update your idea or add a new one.
You might also find this help article useful: aka.ms/outlookcombetahelp. It has some simple steps to fix common problems.
-The Outlook.com Team
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calendar attachments
Should be able to have the funtionality to add attachments to calendar events
17 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for enabling you to add attachments to a calendar event in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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Can't edit an event
Can't edit an event. If the event I'm trying to edit is at the end of the month (hence the bottom of the page), if the "edit" dialog box does show up, half of it shows up and the other half is off screen. And I can't scroll to submit any changes I make. Other times, I click an event to edit and the dialog box just never pops up.
12 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for an improved editing experience for calendar events in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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New feedback from Outlook.com (React)
How do you add further detail to your Calendar appointments? The old version had a box you could type further details in.
26 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for notes in a calendar event in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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time increments
Really - need the ability to plan time in smaller chunks than 30 minute blocks.
need to be able to add attachments to appointments
Need to be able to invite others to appointments3 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for more flexible options for time increments and adding attendees and attachments to events in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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calendar entries missing
I am almost sure this is linked to the beta version upgrade. The synch to anything Outlook (calendar, mail, contacts) stopped working on my Huawei phone 18th November. I have lost all calendar entries except the recurring ones (lesson learnt: don't keep you calendar entries in Outlook) and am very annoyed. When I log in to Outlook on-line, mail is there, I have the contacts but only have the recurring calendar entries. Any suggestions for recovering these entries?
1 voteThank you for your feedback. We appreciate that you took the time to write to us.
You might enjoy the new Outlook experience more with a few changes to your settings, which you can find by clicking the gear icon. Try changing the setting for Conversation view to Off, changing the setting for Reading pane to Hide, and changing the setting for Attachment preview to Off.
We’re always interested in new ideas, but we need some more specific feedback to fix the problem for you. If you have more detailed suggestions, please update your idea or add a new one.
You might also find this help article useful: aka.ms/outlookcombetahelp. It has some simple steps to fix common problems.
-The Outlook.com Team
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Beta Calendar missing functionality of prior calendar
It seems other have the same opinion, but the Beta Calendar is missing a lot of the useful functionality of the prior calendar. Missing the view pane that shows all calendar entries for a day, doesn't allow for setting up reminders, and doesn't have the message area for recording important information about the calendar entry. I have having to toggle the calendar off of Beta in order to make it useful. Then I have to toggle back to Beta for my inbox because the older version keeps losing hot links... Nightmare... Hope there are plans to get the calendar functionality…
16 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for notes, adding attendees, and reminders in a calendar event in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience. We are reviewing the feedback for calendar entries in a day and will reply back when we have an update.
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calendar switch between
In the old Version i am able to switch a calendar entry from one calendar to annother (i.e. from the private calendar to the family calendar). In the Beta version i see no way to chande the calendar?
15 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for enabling events to be moved between calendars in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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calendar sucks, are you trying to get people to go to something else, it's working
the whole beta sucks, i have been using outlook since it came out, this one is useless.
3 votesThank you for your feedback. We appreciate that you took the time to write to us.
You might enjoy the new Outlook experience more with a few changes to your settings, which you can find by clicking the gear icon. Try changing the setting for Conversation view to Off, changing the setting for Reading pane to Hide, and changing the setting for Attachment preview to Off.
We’re always interested in new ideas, but we need some more specific feedback to fix the problem for you. If you have more detailed suggestions, please update your idea or add a new one.
You might also find this help article useful: aka.ms/outlookcombetahelp. It has some simple steps to fix common problems.
-The Outlook.com Team
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Calendar is unavailble if switch to Beta
I love to see improvements and to test them, but when something is not working this can't be used
1 voteThank you for your feedback. We appreciate that you took the time to write to us.
You might enjoy the new Outlook experience more with a few changes to your settings, which you can find by clicking the gear icon. Try changing the setting for Conversation view to Off, changing the setting for Reading pane to Hide, and changing the setting for Attachment preview to Off.
We’re always interested in new ideas, but we need some more specific feedback to fix the problem for you. If you have more detailed suggestions, please update your idea or add a new one.
You might also find this help article useful: aka.ms/outlookcombetahelp. It has some simple steps to fix common problems.
-The Outlook.com Team
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Calendar notifications not visible
Hello,
I like the new look, however in this beta version I don't receive reminders or calendar notifications (the pop-up window does not appear on the screen anymore). And in the top right corner the Notifications / Skype buttons are no longer there.Thank you
64 votesIn-app calendar notifications have shipped. We’re still working on support for setting email reminders from calendar. Hope you’re enjoying the new experience!
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next 7 days view in Calendar
I would like the calendar to have an optional view of the next 7 days, like in Outlook 365
6 votesThanks for the feedback!
We actually do support a seven day view. Click the drop down button next to Share. There are a variety of views.
hope this helps!
David Los
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10 votes
Thank you for your feedback! The deployment for editing calendar events in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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edit past calendar events and move events to edit
Consider adding back the ability to edit past calendar events and "moving" the past event to a new future date. This made it super easy to reschedule event that didn't happen or one in which you just want to keep moving forward.
5 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for editing events in a more detailed form in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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Bring back flight details
Some time last year you all added flight details to the top of booking confirmation emails. I really liked it! That made it super easy to figure out the important information like booking reference number and flight number etc. Please bring it back.
Thanks - a Microsoft employee
44 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for flight details in a booking email in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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Add ability to search multiple calendars simultaneously
Users have the option to create multiple calendars and share calendars with other users. All calendars can be displayed, but the search feature only searches one calendar at a time.
30 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for the ability to search multiple calendars simultaneously in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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Bring back ability to change calendar for existing event
If I create an event and then decide I want the event on a different calendar (like a shared one), I can't change it. This used to be an option. I have to recreate if from scratch on the the other calendar and then delete the first one.
3 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for enabling events to be moved between calendars in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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Colour missing from calendar events.
The colour on calendar events does not transfer over from Outlook.
7 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for category colors in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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love the email: favorites helps me a lot - hate the calendar: editing & looking are both very difficult in Beta
keep the email
go back to the old calendar - Please!2 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for an improved email editing experience in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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Better week view
Hi, would be great if there was week agenda view where you had 7 boxes, one for each day of the week, arranged more like a paper diary so you can see each entry. At the moment with week view being tall narrow columns you can't see overlapping entries well; if entries were listed one above the other each day you could read them all clearly. Bing search "weekly planner view" or similar. Thanks
15 votesThank you for your feedback! The deployment for an updated week view in the Outlook.com beta is now complete. If you refresh, you should be able to see the experience.
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