
Original story: Microsoft is making the Outlook for Mac app free to use, the company announced this week. We've also added a reference to the free version of Outlook being ad-supported. For now you can only spread the workaround (using OWA) or the info not to delete any calendar until this has been fixed.Update, 4:36pm: Microsoft has updated its post to indicate that the "ground up" redesign coming for the Mac version of Outlook will continue to be a "native Mac app," and not a "Progressive Web App (PWA)" like the one the company is testing in Windows. Microsoft is working hard to get the client fixed. in this case it’s NOT a service (Exchange Online) or the new calendar sharing improvements issue. Therefore I highly recommend to hold off deploying this version and if already happened, advise your users to not delete any calendar! ConclusionĪs previously mentioned thing can go wrong.

Outlook for Mac features and add-ins issues

If a shared calendar is removed, events may get deleted on the owner’s calendarĪnd now also the list of features and add-ins list: No problem with these old links, but when you delete one of the folders and you have also Editor permission, a deletion of the items in the shared calendar might be triggered and data loss occurs. Thus means users suddenly see a bunch of entries and some will start a cleanup. Sadly also those new folders with the synchronized calendar will be shown in the very same way. It now shows also “old” links from OWA or Outlook for Windows, when you added a shared calendar to your list. With this version Outlook for Mac changes calendar view. Thus means also the view in your calendar changes. Having this said, with this new version of Outlook for Mac, a user is lifted to the new calendar experience. That’s how Outlook for Mobile gained access to shared calendars. This way you reduce the number of connections, which are usually needed to access shared calendars, and make this available to other clients. The improvements in a nutshell means that a shared calendar is copied to your mailbox into a folder underneath your own calendar. What’s amazing and new in calendaring in Outlook! (I highly recommend watching this great session with Julia and Jennifer!).Microsoft made some improvements in the way how calendar sharing works in Exchange Online (On-Premises is not getting this!). Make sure you install version 16.23.326.1! Background

There is now a new version available, which has a fix for this: When your mailbox is in Exchange Online and you are using Outlook for Mac with this version, you should continue reading. But with version 16.23 things got even worse. Starting with version 16.22 from Insider Slow we started seen some strange behavior as suddenly additional entries in the calendar view occurred.
