New Outlook for Windows to Add Built-In Newsletters for Seamless Email Communication

Microsoft will add support for Newsletters to its new Outlook for Windows and the Outlook web app. This new feature will enable users to quickly create, distribute, and track internal email campaigns—all within their inbox.

With this update, Microsoft Outlook users will be able to easily create and send professional email newsletters with images, videos, and interactive content. This feature will also offer built-in tracking tools to let users monitor reader engagement and interactions.

“Readers can discover and subscribe to newsletters that interest them using the new Explore page in the Outlook Newsletters module, accessible in the left-side navigation menu. The new module also includes pages for users to view their drafts,” the company explained on the Microsoft 365 admin center.

How to enable Newsletters in Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft will begin rolling out Outlook Newsletters as an opt-in preview for commercial customers later this month. IT admins must manually enable the feature for their organization, with access controlled through the OwaMailboxPolicy settings.

By default, the OutlookNewslettersAccessLevel property will be set to Undefined. If enterprise admins don’t configure it, the setting will automatically default to NoAccess during the Preview phase. Admins will be able to adjust this property to ReadWrite, ReadOnly, or NoAccess using the Set-OwaMailboxPolicy command in the Exchange Management Shell.

With ReadWrite access, users will be able to create and edit content in Outlook Newsletters. Meanwhile, the ReadOnly access will let users view content created by others.

Last week, Microsoft released a new update to automatically install the new Outlook desktop client on Windows 10 PCs. However, users can configure a registry setting to prevent the forced installation of new Outlook on their devices.