Microsoft Outlook to Introduce New Microsoft 365 Groups Experience

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Key Takeaways:

  • The revamped Microsoft 365 Groups experience will offer a centralized hub with a new home page, providing quick links to emails, files, events, and members.
  • Users will be able to easily access frequently used groups, recent files, and discover new groups based on their interests.
  • The new Groups experience will begin rolling out to the Outlook web app and the new Outlook for Windows next month.

Microsoft plans to release a new update that will allow users to switch from old Microsoft 365 Groups to a new Groups experience in the Outlook web app and the new Outlook for Windows. The new Groups experience will be available in the apps via a toggle button in mid-February.

The Microsoft 365 Groups service enables users to collaborate with their colleagues when creating spreadsheets, writing documents, sending emails, and scheduling meetings. Microsoft is revamping the existing experience in Outlook to offer a central hub that will surface important information from the users’ groups.

“A new home page, where users can find quick links to emails, files, events, and members to help stay updated on their groups. Users can quickly access frequently used groups, recent files across the groups, discover new groups based on their interests,” Microsoft explained in a message on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

Microsoft highlights that the new Groups experience will allow users to easily create and share information related to a group as well as manage events and members. Additionally, users will be able to send emails to a group, manage membership, and change settings and preferences. They will also be able to access group files, emails, members, and connected applications such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Planner.

Microsoft Outlook to Introduce New Microsoft 365 Groups Experience

New Microsoft 365 Groups experience won’t be available in Outlook for Mac

According to Microsoft, Outlook users will have access to all the information stored in the old Microsoft 365 Groups. Moreover, users will have the ability to switch between the old and new Groups experience anytime by simply using the toggle button.

Microsoft notes that users will need to navigate to the Navigation Bar on the left margin to access the new Groups experience in the Outlook web app and the new Outlook for Windows. It requires users to install Outlook for Windows version 16.0.16714.10000 or higher. However, Microsoft says that the feature won’t be available in Outlook for Mac.