The new Outlook is webmail wearing your grandfather's coat
New Outlook web-app becomes the default as classic Outlook heads to retirement
The market's verdict: +2.7% on MSFT in the week after.
What actually happened
The "new Outlook for Windows" is the Outlook website in a desktop window. Microsoft made it the default and confirmed that classic Outlook support ends in 2026. Power users keep a running list of what's missing, from offline reliability to settings to add ins. Microsoft keeps a list too, of migration deadlines. Only one of those lists keeps getting longer.
This one is reported.
They did it more than once
The web app wearing the old app's coat, now available in Teams sizes.
Links
↳ caused by New Outlook default migration
Timeline
- Jun 1, 2025 Stood by it Microsoft stood by it.