A really good source of info on everything Outlook (and Exchange) is slipstick.com's forums. the forum owner is a Microsoft MVP who is very knowledgeable. There have been some recent threads on this forum about the new Outlook.
Is Skype being retired too?
Skype is being Shutdown May 5, 2025. Will be merged into Teams (all devs/Microsoft skype team will move over to working on Teams development)
I better uninstall Skype on my computers. Or will Microsoft do it for me?
i havent used skype in years lol. it'll probably stay and may still function but definitely wont be updated anymore. more than likely when you launch it after may 5, you'll get a notification to switch to Teams (i don't know for sure as i havent researched it in depth, but knowing Microsoft that is what i assume)
I've just noticed on one of my computers that I don't even have that New Outlook option even though I've checked for updates.
With the office subscription you get 60mins free skype time per users, so that 60x6 free minutes per month, not too sure if this will be transferred over to Teams. Publisher is great for certain tasks; things you could possibly do it Word but not as quick. Copilot is built into Word, Excel, and PowerPoint these days, not too sure if this is an addon that can be removed, I don't see anything listed.
That sounds like the death knell for the fully featured Outlook.
Really irritating, and to top it off, the next subscription amount is quite a bit more than the current price, due to the forced inclusion of CoPilot. We only really bother with Microsoft 365 because of Outlook and the 1TB OneDrive space per user, the rest we could essentially do without. The other apps were useful when my son was still at school.That sounds like the death knell for the fully featured Outlook.
Why is the trend to dumb down software?
I'm starting to agree with you.
It's getting to the point where the Microsoft 365 subscription is not worth having.
We're paying a higher fee, but getting less.
Maybe it's worth looking into the Microsoft 364 subscription.
discussion here about it. i linked the article on how to avoid paying for copilot by keeping 'classic' subscription
www.elevenforum.com
www.howtogeek.com
I know about that, but I think the reduced price is only for a year, then all subscribers will be forced to the new higher prices.discussion here about it. i linked the article on how to avoid paying for copilot by keeping 'classic' subscription
Microsoft 365 price increase for consumers
Thanks. So will it type word documents for you then?!How to Avoid Paying for Microsoft 365 Copilot by Downgrading to Classic
Don't be forced to pay more against your will!
Or you could prepay for multiple years. I'm paid up until well into 2028.
Things must have changed since that tutorial was written, but it gave me the idea on how to switch plans.discussion here about it. i linked the article on how to avoid paying for copilot by keeping 'classic' subscription
Microsoft 365 price increase for consumers
Thanks. So will it type word documents for you then?!How to Avoid Paying for Microsoft 365 Copilot by Downgrading to Classic
Don't be forced to pay more against your will!
Didn't even know that was possible, damn I would have done that from the start, the subscription was half it is now.
www.thunderbird.net
I switched recently. There are advantages and disadvantages. However the disadvantages are few and easily surmountable for my requirements. I like Thunderbird and will stick with it.It's been many years since I last looked at Mozilla Thunderbird. Maybe it might be worth revisiting as an alternative to Outlook Classic or Outlook New.
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