M365 Changelog: (Updated) Microsoft Outlook: Reset People suggestions – Aug 20, 2024

MC807456 – Updated August 20, 2024: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: The Reset People Suggestion feature will allow users to reset, export, and/or opt out of people suggestions in search through Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows settings. If a user resets their People Suggestions in Outlook on the web or Outlook for Windows, all versions of Outlook will reflect that change (even Outlook Mobile). This message applies to Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98137.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): Microsoft will begin rolling out late September 2024 (previously early August) and expects to complete by late October 2024 (previously late August).

How this will affect your organization:

Before the rollout: Users were not able to reset or export their suggested contacts from Outlook on the Web and the new Outlook for Windows.

After the rollout

• The default on/off value for the Reset People Suggestion feature in Outlook will inherit each user’s existing configuration from their Microsoft 365 My Account privacy settings at https://myaccount.microsoft.com/settingsandprivacy/privacy. No further action from users is needed to prepare.
• Users will be able to reset, export, and/or opt out of People Suggestions from Outlook on the Web and the new Outlook for Windows Privacy and data settings. This setting will stay in sync with the Privacy configuration in My Account.

Initial People Suggestion settings will be inherited from each user’s Microsoft 365 My Account privacy settings at Settings & Privacy > Manage Contact Search:

To modify the behavior of People Suggestions: Users can go to Microsoft Outlook > Settings > General > Privacy and data > Suggested people:

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

Before rollout, Microsoft will update this post with revised documentation.