Feature comparison between new Outlook and classic Outlook (2024)

Last updated: October 17, 2024

The new Outlook for Windows brings you the latest features, Microsoft Copilot-assisted capabilities, and a new modern and simplified design to help you connect, organize, and get things done.

We’ve put together a feature coverage matrix to help you and your teams understand what’s available and coming soon, compared to what exists today in the classic Outlook experience.

Note:Some features are only available to individuals using a work or school account in Outlook with a qualifying Microsoft 365 subscription.

We are actively listening to your feedback and will make updates and changes to our feature roadmap based on what you tell us. If you have feedback on what we should consider adding to new Outlook, please use the in-app Help > Give Feedback link.

Key Definitions

In this section:​​​​​​

Account support
App framework
Calendar
Cloud instance
Copilot

Extensibility
Folders
Help and support
Mail​​​​​​​

People
Search
Security and compliance
​​​​​​​Teams integration

Account support

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

Work or school account (Office 365 / Entra ID)

Available

Available

Add an email account to Outlook

Microsoft accounts
(Microsoft as the provider - Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, etc.)

Available

Available

Add an email account to Outlook

Gmail

Available

Available

Add a Gmail account

iCloud

Available

Available

Add or manage an iCloudaccount

Yahoo

Available

Available

Add or manage a Yahoo!account

IMAP

Available

Available

Add an email account to Outlook

POP

Available

Available

Exchange (on-prem and on-prem ADFS)

Available

Under investigation

Multiple mail profiles

Available

Upcoming

Shared mailbox / shared folders as resources

Available

Available

Open and use a shared mailbox

Shared mailboxes as accounts

Available

Upcoming

Shared mailbox - Archive

Available

Upcoming

Shared mailbox - Delegate access

Available

Partially available

About delegates: Allow someone to manage your mail and calendar

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App framework

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

Calendar module

Available

Available

Custom forms

Available

Not supported

Dark mode

Available

Available

Dark Mode in Outlook

LDAP Support

Available

Not supported

Mail module

Available

Available

Multiple window support

Available

Available

Notes module

Available

Partially available

Offline support

Available

Partially available

Work offline

.PST support

Available

Upcoming

Settings

Available

Available

Import settings and install add-ins on new Outlook for Windows

Tasks module

Available

Available

Manage tasks with To Do in Outlook

Themes

Partially available

Available

VDI Support

Available

Under investigation

What's new

Not supported

Available

VBA Macro

Available

Not supported

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Calendar

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

3-day calendar view

Available

Available

Change how you view your calendar

Add attendees as optional

Available

Available

Schedule a meeting or event with others

Category colors

Available

Available

Assign a color category to a calendar event

Delegate access

Available

Available

Share and access a calendar with edit or delegate permissions

Edit this and all following events in a series

Not supported

Available

Change an appointment, meeting, or event

.ics file support

Available

Available

In-person events

Not supported

Available

Schedule in-person events in Outlook

Follow meetings

Not supported

Available

Group calendars

Available

Available

Schedule a meeting on a group calendar

Keyboard navigation of the calendar

Available

Available

Meeting insights

Partially available

Available

Use Microsoft Viva Insights in Outlook

Meetings to be always online (Zoom, Webex, etc.)

Available

Available

Meeting recap

Not supported

Available

Meeting Recap with Outlook

My Day / To-do bar

Available

Available

Use My Day with To Do in new Outlook​​​​​​​

Offline support

Available

Partially available

Work offline in Outlook

Quick creation of events

Available

Available

Preserve declined meetings

Not supported

Available

Show a declined meeting on my calendar

Save meeting as a draft

Available

Available

Save a meeting invite as draft

Send updates only to added or removed attendees

Available

Available

Change an appointment, meeting, or event in Outlook

Sensitivity labels with Microsoft Information Protection on events

Available

Available

Apply sensitivity labels to your Outlook meetings

Setting to auto-decline if attendee's calendar shows as busy

Available

Upcoming

Setting to keep email in the inbox after RSVP

Available

Upcoming

Schedule View

Available

Investigating

Change how you view your Outlook calendar

Shortened meetings (Outlook preferences and service settings)

Available

Available

End meetings early or start late

Show as working elsewhere

Available

Available

Set your work hours and location

Work hours and location on the calendar

Not supported

Upcoming

SharePoint calendar sync

Available

Not supported

Use group calendar, Learn about Microsoft 365 Groups

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Cloud instance

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Microsoft 365 GCC accounts

Available

Available

Microsoft 365 GCC High accounts

Available

Under investigation

Microsoft 365 DoD accounts

Available

Under investigation

Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianet (China)

Available

Under investigation

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Copilot

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help articles

Apply coaching suggestions

Upcoming

Available

Get email coaching with Copilot in Outlook

Chat with Copilot

Not available

Available

Coaching by Copilot

Available

Available

Get email coaching with Copilot in Outlook

Copilot app

Available

Available

Draft with Copilot

Available

Available

Draft an email message with Copilot in Outlook

Schedule a meeting with Copilot from an email thread

Not available

Available

Quickly create a meeting invitation from an email discussion in Outlook

Summarize an email thread

Available

Available

Summarize an email thread with Copilot in Outlook

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Extensibility

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

COM add-ins

Available

Not supported

Migrate from COM add-ins to web add-ins

Content forms

Available

Not supported

Every meeting online for 3rd-party providers

Available

Available

Web add-ins

Available

Available

Use add-ins in Outlook

Spam reporting, phishing, and smart alert improvements (1.14 API set)

Upcoming

Upcoming

Web add-ins support in primary Entra (work or school) accounts

Available

Available

Web add-ins support in primary Microsoft accounts (personal accounts)

Available

Available

Web add-ins support in secondary accounts

Available

Upcoming

Web add-ins support in 3rd-party accounts (such as Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, etc.)

Not supported

Not supported

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Folders

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help articles

Account reorder

Available

Under investigation

Favorite folders

Available

Available

Use Favorites in Outlook

Show / hide favorites

Available

Available

Use Favorites in Outlook

Favorite groups, people, categories

Not supported

Available

Use Favorites in Outlook

Favorite shared folders

Available

Upcoming

Folder reorder

Available

Upcoming

Online archive

Available

Available

Public folders

Available

Partially available

Access public folders in new Outlook for Windows

Pin favorites at the top

Available

Upcoming

Search folders

Available

Partially available

Use Search Folders to find messages or other items

Show / hide folder pane

Available

Available

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Help and support

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

Contact support (in-app)

Available

Available

Contact support and provide feedback in new Outlook for Windows

Premium support

Available

Available

Give feedback

Available

Available

Contact support and provide feedback in new Outlook for Windows

Help (in-app)

Available

Available

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Mail

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

Advanced sensitivity labels with Microsoft Information Protection

Available

Available

Apply sensitivity labels to files and emails

Auto capitalization and auto correct

Available

Available

Autocorrect, auto capitalize, and auto format your messages

Calendar conflict viewer on meeting invites

Available

Partially available

Category colors (Mail)

Available

Available

Create and assign color categories in Outlook

Collapsibleheaders in message list

Available

Available

Category favorites

Not supported

Available

Use Favorites in Outlook

Conditional formatting

Available

Partially available

Conditional Formatting

Copilot

Partially available

Available

Frequently asked questions about Copilot in Outlook

Delay send rule

Available

Under investigation

Dictation

Available

Available

Dictate your emails in Outlook

Editor

Available

Available

Check spelling before sending a message

.eml file support

Available

Available

Open .eml, .msg, and .oft files in Outlook

Focused inbox

Available

Available

Focused Inbox for Outlook

Ignore conversations

Available

Available

Inking (Draw tab)

Available

Available

Link previews andpermissions

Available

Available

Use Link Previews

Loops

Available

Available

Use Loop components in Outlook

Mail merge

Available

Upcoming

Mail tips (External users, large audience, and Automatic replies)

Available

Available

Message Recall

Available

Partially Available

Recall an email message that you sent in Outlook

.msg support

Available

Partially Available

Open .eml, .msg, and .oft files in Outlook

Offline support

Available

Partially available

Work offline in Outlook

.oft file support

Available

Partially Available

Open .eml, .msg, and .oft files in Outlook

Outbox folder

Available

Available

Picture formatting

Available

Available

Pin messages

Not supported

Available

Quick Parts

Available

Under investigation

Quick Steps

Available

Partially Available

Automate common or repetitive tasks with Quick steps in Outlook

Reactions

Available

Available

Reactions in Microsoft Outlook

Read Receipts

Available

Available

Add and request read receipts and delivery notifications in Outlook

Resend message

Available

Available

Resend an email message

Rules

Available

Partially Available

Manage email messages by using rules in Outlook

Signatures

Available

Available

Create and add an email signature in Outlook

Snooze

Not supported

Available

Sweep

Not supported

Available

Swipe in the message list

Not supported

Upcoming

Text predictions

Available

Available

Use text predictions in Outlook for Windows

Undo send

Not supported

Available

Voting buttons

Available

Not supported

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People

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help articles

Address book

Available

Not supported

Global Address List

Available

Available

Manage suggested recipients in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields in Outlook

Contacts / People

Available

Available

Add, find, edit, or delete a contact in Outlook

Contact Lists

Available

Available

Create, edit, or delete a contact list or contact group in Outlook

Contact Categories

Not Supported

Available

Distribution groups management

Available

Available

Create a contact list or contact group in Outlook

Favorite contacts

Available

Available

Use Favorites in Outlook

Offline support

Available

Partially available

Work offline in Outlook

Preview contacts

Available

Available

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Search

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Calendar answers

Not supported

Available

Refiners

Not supported

Available

Fileanswers

Not supported

Available

File tab

Not supported

Available

Online archive search results in primary mailbox

Not supported

Available

Speller suggestions

Available

Available

Search settings (folder scopes, top results, exclude deleted items)

Available

Available

Search file suggestions

Available

Available

Search mail suggestions

Available

Available

Search calendar suggestions

Available

Available

Teams Tab

Not supported

Available

Top Results

Available

Available

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Security and compliance

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

Block sender

Available

Available

Block or unblock senders in Outlook

Continuous access evaluation

Available

Available

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Available

Partially Available

Mandatory labeling

Available

Available

Report phishing or junk

Available

Available

Phishing and suspicious behavior in Outlook

Spam reporting, phishing, and smart alert improvements (1.14 API set)

Upcoming

Upcoming

Sensitivity labels

Available

Available

Apply sensitivity labels to your files and email

S/MIME

Available

Upcoming

Purview Message Encryption

Available

Available

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Teams integration

Feature

Classic Outlook

New Outlook

Help article

Meeting chat

Not supported

Available

Presence indicators in Sender, recipients and co-recipients

Available

Available

Teams status information available in Outlook

Reply by chat

Available

Upcoming

Chat or call email recipients or other contacts in Outlook

Share to Teams

Available

Available

Share an email in Outlook to Teams

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