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Discover the New OneDrive and Outlook Experience: Streamlined, Personalized, and Efficient

Tycho Löke

May 8, 2023 • 4 min read

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, Microsoft continues to enhance the user experience with its suite of products. Today, we're excited to dive into the latest updates for OneDrive and the brand-new Outlook app for Windows 11 and 10. These updates offer users a faster, more organized, and personalized experience that will streamline their work and boost productivity.

The New OneDrive: Fast, Organized, and Personalized

Microsoft OneDrive is known for its anywhere access, file collaboration, and top-notch security. The latest updates to OneDrive focus on making it even easier to access, share, and organize files.

OneDrive Home Experience

The new OneDrive Home experience is designed to help users find files quickly and stay organized without manual effort. With AI-powered file recommendations, users will find the most relevant and time-sensitive content right at the top of their OneDrive. Other updates include:

Rich, context-based organization
Recent, shared, and favorite file views
Inline activity updates

*Find and work with your files effortlessly with the new OneDrive for Web home experience.*

Shared Files View

To streamline collaboration, the new Shared view displays all files shared with the user in one place, making it easy to find and work on shared content.

*Find all your shared files in one place, regardless of who shared them or where they were shared.*

People View

The innovative People view organizes files based on the people users are collaborating with, making it easier to find files related to specific individuals.

Meeting Files View

The Meeting view collects files shared during meetings, meeting chats, notes, and Loops, organizing them all in one accessible place.

*OneDrive’s new Meetings view gives you easy access to all files shared in your meetings.*

Filtering by File Type

OneDrive now offers filters to narrow down views to specific file types such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files.

*See all your recent content or narrow down your view to specific file types in OneDrive.*

Colored Folders

To personalize the OneDrive experience, users will soon be able to change the color of their folders.

*Now you can change the color of your folders in OneDrive.*

Favorites and File Shortcuts

Users can now favorite files across Microsoft 365, and they'll be organized in OneDrive's Favorites view. File shortcuts will also be available to easily access shared content.

*See all the files you favorite across Microsoft 365 in OneDrive’s Favorites view.*

The New Outlook App for Windows 11 and 10: Unified and Feature-Rich

Microsoft has released the first public preview of the new Outlook app for Windows 11 and 10. This app replaces the classic Mail and Outlook apps with a unified design based on the web experience. Key updates include:

Microsoft Editor integration for rich editing, spelling, and auto-complete suggestions
Poll integration in emails for work and school accounts
"Undo" sending feature with a 10-second window to cancel email sending
Skype and Teams call integration directly from the email client
Pin important emails to the top of the inbox

Calendar Experience

The new Outlook app also brings improvements to the calendar experience:

Support for Google Calendar when adding a Gmail account
Multiple time zones
Daily weather updates
Multiple shared calendars

Roadmap and Future Updates

Microsoft is actively working on further updates for the new Outlook app, including visual improvements, personalization options, and native ICS file type support. Additionally, they are enhancing the Calendar experience with a fresh look, better readability, and offline support.

Conclusion:

The updates to OneDrive and the new Outlook app for Windows 11 and 10 showcase Microsoft's commitment to delivering user-friendly, efficient, and personalized experiences. Users can expect a more streamlined and productive workflow, making it easier than ever to stay organized and collaborate effectively.