M365 Changelog: Outlook on the Web: New calendar board view

MC248428 – Updated July 01, 2021: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

This coming calendar board release will bring a new view to the calendar in Outlook on the web. In addition to the current views, users will soon be able to select a board view which will provide an expanded view where they can manage workloads like calendar, tasks, goals, flagged emails, and files.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 70746.

When this will happen

Targeted Release: Microsoft will begin rolling this out in mid-April and expect to complete rollout late May.

Standard Release: Microsoft will begin rolling this out in late May and expect to complete rollout mid-July (previously late June).

How this will affect your organization

When this feature is rolled out, users will see a new option in their calendar views. Users will be able to select the Board view in their calendar in Outlook on the web and create their own personal board with calendars, goals, files, task lists, sticky notes and manage them in one place.

Outlook on the web: New calendar board view demo.

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What you need to do to prepare

You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.

Click Everyone needs some extra time to learn how to use Outlook on the web calendar board.