M365 Changelog: Outlook Web and New Outlook for Windows: Sort by Category

MC692468 – Soon, users will be able to sort their emails by categories in inbox and other folders. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 183902

When this will happen:

Standard Release: This is currently rolling out and expected to complete it by mid-December 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

Users can stay focused and organized by allowing them to group related emails together directly in the message list.

The ability to sort email messages in the message list has been available for a while. Currently, you can sort by:

• Date
• Subject
• Importance
• From
• Size
• Category (new)

Selecting the “Category” option will allow users to group their emails by their assigned categories in the message list. If an email is tagged with two or more categories, it will appear in each of those corresponding sections.

The sort order is set per folder and will persist until the user changes the sorting preference.

What you need to do to prepare:

There is no action needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.