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Outlook discussions on WindowsForum.com center on Microsoft 365 roadmap changes, including Copilot integration for mailbox search, Edge integration, and Notebook references, as well as new rule actions and tenant settings for administrators. Practical guides cover setting out-of-office replies across platforms and fixing link-opening behavior in browsers. The tag reflects a mix of enterprise IT administration, troubleshooting, and feature updates for Outlook on Windows, web, Mac, and mobile.
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    Outlook to Block MSIX Attachments in November 2026: Exchange Online Admin Fix

    Microsoft is adding two more extensions to the list of attachments Outlook on the web won't let users open. Under Message Center notice MC1488841, .msix and .msixbundle files will be added to the BlockedFileTypes list in every Outlook on the web (OWA) mailbox policy. The change covers Outlook on...
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    Outlook Down Today? Exchange Online Search Degradation Is the Main Issue

    If you're asking "is Outlook down today?" on October 1, 2026, the short answer is no, not broadly. Microsoft does have several narrower Exchange Online problems open right now, though, and one of them affects something people use all day: searching their email. A trending piece from The Sunday...
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    Outlook Focused Inbox and Rules Triage a 38,000-Email Backlog

    Veteran PCWorld contributor Jon Martindale has published a list of eight PC habits he still hasn't broken. They are a 38,000-message unread inbox, graphics drivers and a BIOS left untouched for years, a wired phone connection for file transfers, a new drive bought for every Windows reinstall, a...
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    Microsoft Copilot Cited Over Assisted-Dying Email Replies

    Microsoft Copilot was cited in Australia’s federal parliament on Friday after Liberal MP Andrew Hastie said the software suggested “congratulations!”, “great to hear from you” and “that is wonderful news!” as replies connected to a constituent’s decision to pursue voluntary assisted dying. The...
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    Outlook Meeting Organizer Transfer: Eligibility and Limits

    Microsoft has documented a Change organizer workflow for Outlook meetings, giving organizations a defined way to hand eligible calendar responsibility from one employee to another. That documentation does not mean the capability is enabled in every Microsoft 365 tenant on September 15, 2026...
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    Exchange AD FS Modern Auth Reaches Outlook Mobile

    Microsoft has announced expanded Outlook client support for AD FS Modern Authentication in Exchange Server, including Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android. For organizations that run Exchange entirely on-premises, that is a significant documentation change: Microsoft’s current deployment...
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    Microsoft Turns Off Text Predictions by Default in Word, Outlook

    Microsoft is changing the default behavior of text predictions in Word and Outlook: instead of appearing automatically while people type, the suggestions are moving to an opt-in setting on the clients covered by the rollout. The feature itself is not being removed. That distinction matters...
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    Outlook Reports Surge: What Exchange Online Status Meant — Megathread

    A surge of Outlook outage reports on August 31 should be read as an Exchange Online service-health event, not as proof that every Microsoft product or every Outlook client was down. The distinction matters for administrators deciding whether to change tenant settings, for employees trying to...
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    Microsoft AI Doom Loop: Accountable Use in Microsoft 365

    Microsoft’s workplace-AI problem is not simply that a draft may be machine-generated. The more serious risk is that automated output can travel through an organization without anyone adding judgment, evidence, or a decision. One person produces a document with AI, the next person asks AI for a...
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    Exchange Incident Confirmed, Broad Azure Outage Unverified

    Reports of Microsoft service trouble on August 31 deserve a more careful reading than a broad “Azure is down” headline permits. There was a documented Exchange Online degradation incident, with symptoms that could directly affect Outlook users and Microsoft 365 administrators. There were also...
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    Copilot Chat Expands Outlook Mailbox Search for GCC in September

    Microsoft is planning to let unlicensed Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users in government cloud tenants ask Outlook questions across their entire mailbox, calendar, meetings, and other work data, rather than confining the assistant to a single email conversation. The change is listed as Roadmap ID...
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    Edge Copilot Planned to Auto-Open From Outlook Links

    Microsoft Edge is set to open the Copilot side pane automatically when users follow links from Outlook, tying email context directly to the browser in a planned Microsoft 365 rollout. The feature, tracked as Roadmap ID 557561, is aimed at commercial Microsoft 365 tenants worldwide and can...
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    Outlook for Windows Adds Flag and Category Rule Actions

    Microsoft has launched four new Outlook rule actions for new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web: Clear Categories, Clear Flag, Complete Flag, and Flag Message. The additions give users and Microsoft 365 administrators a more complete way to automate inbox triage without relying on manual...
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    Outlook Adds Tenant Default for Comma Recipient Separators

    Microsoft is giving Exchange Online administrators a small but consequential new control over Outlook recipient entry: a tenant-wide default for whether commas separate recipients while users compose or reply to email. The feature, tracked as Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 557676, is listed as...
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    Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks Adds Outlook Email References in July 2026

    Microsoft is rolling out a consequential upgrade to Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks: Outlook emails can now be added as notebook references, allowing Copilot to ground its responses in the correspondence where projects are often negotiated, clarified, approved, and redirected. The feature...
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    Outlook Out of Office: Set Automatic Replies on Windows, Mac and Mobile

    Out-of-office email is one of Outlook’s most useful features, but it is also one of its most inconsistently placed settings. The exact steps depend on whether you use new Outlook for Windows, classic Outlook, Outlook on the web, Outlook for Mac, or Outlook mobile—and, more importantly, whether...
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    Fix Outlook Links Opening in Edge: Use System Default Browser

    Outlook links that refuse to open, launch in the wrong browser, or display a warning page are rarely caused by a single broken setting. The problem usually sits at one of several layers: Outlook’s own link preference, Windows default-app associations, a message-level security control, a OneDrive...
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    Outlook Retires Meeting Insights in August 2026, Requires Copilot

    Additional coverage of this story: Outlook Retires Meeting Insights in August 2026, Requires Copilot Neowin notes that Meeting Insights suggestions were private to each attendee and highlights that Copilot briefings vary by a user’s permissions and may be generic when little related email, chat...
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    Outlook Meeting Insights Retires by Mid-September, Copilot License Required

    Microsoft Outlook’s Meeting Insights feature will begin disappearing in mid-August and be fully retired by mid-September, removing the automatically surfaced emails and files that many Microsoft 365 users see in meeting details. Microsoft’s stated replacement is a Copilot-powered...
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    Outlook Context IQ Retires: Replace “/” Discovery Workflows

    Outlook Context IQ’s retirement in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web should be treated as a workflow migration, not a keyboard-shortcut cleanup. Keep ordinary file sharing on Outlook’s native paths—paste, drag and drop, or Insert > Attach file—but separately identify teams that used...