Outlook guides
Microsoft's email and calendar client, available on Windows, Mac, web, and mobile. See the glossary entry →
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- Adding a new domain to Microsoft 365 without email downtime
How to add an email domain to Microsoft 365 without downtime: verification, accepted-domain type, SPF, DKIM, DMARC before MX, and the mail-flow traps.
- Branding and customisation in Microsoft 365
How to apply your organisation's branding across Microsoft 365 — logos, themes, sign-in pages, and app launcher customisation.
- Continuous Access Evaluation explained
How CAE revokes access tokens in near real time when risk signals change — and what to do to make sure it works.
- Copilot in Outlook: reply drafts and Coaching
How Draft with Copilot and Coaching by Copilot behave in Outlook: what a reply contains, tone and length controls, mailbox and client requirements.
- Copilot in Outlook: thread summary and meeting prep
How Summary by Copilot condenses an Outlook thread, what its citations mean, the Prepare-for-meeting brief, and what each feature reads before you rely on it.
- Copilot in Word: rewrite modes and Coach
The Rewrite options in Copilot in Word — Auto Rewrite, tone variants, Visualize as a Table, Coach — what each is for, where each misfires, and vs Editor.
- Exchange Online archiving and litigation hold
How Exchange Online keeps mail beyond the primary mailbox — archive mailboxes, retention, and legal hold.
- Exchange Online mail flow and connectors
How mail moves into and out of Exchange Online — connectors, transport rules, and hybrid routing.
- Integrating Microsoft 365 with Dynamics 365
How Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 work together — shared identity, Teams integration, common Power Platform, Copilot.
- Intune app deployment for Microsoft 365 Apps
How to deploy and manage Microsoft 365 Apps (Word, Excel, etc.) through Intune — channels, updates, and policies.
- Intune app protection policies
How MAM-WE protects corporate data inside specific apps on personal devices — without managing the device itself.
- Managing Outlook signatures at scale
How to manage email signatures in Outlook — cloud signatures, transport rules, and third-party tools.
- Microsoft 365 Adoption Score
How the Adoption Score measures Microsoft 365 usage at the tenant level — what's in it and what it's good for.
- Microsoft 365 Apps Cloud Policy
The Microsoft 365 Apps Cloud Policy service applies Office app policies to users regardless of device, replacing per-device Group Policy.
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Mac
Deploying and managing Office apps on macOS — installation, updates, Intune management, and Mac-specific features.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales
Copilot for Sales is the role-specific Copilot for sales teams, integrating with Dynamics 365 and Salesforce CRMs.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service
Copilot for Service is the role-specific Copilot for customer service teams, integrating with Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Salesforce, and ServiceNow.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot in Outlook
How Copilot in Outlook drafts and summarises email — and the realistic productivity impact.
- Microsoft 365 domains and DNS setup
The DNS records every Microsoft 365 tenant needs — and what each one does.
- Microsoft 365 Frontline plans deep dive
F1 vs F3 Microsoft 365 plans for deskless workers — capabilities, sharing, and deployment patterns.
- Microsoft 365 Government cloud operations
Specific operational differences when running Microsoft 365 in GCC, GCC High, or DoD government clouds.
- Microsoft 365 Group naming and expiration policies
Naming conventions and expiration policies keep group sprawl manageable. Here's how each works.
- Microsoft 365 Groups vs Teams vs SharePoint sites
Three closely-related concepts that confuse a lot of users. Here's the model.
- Microsoft 365 mobile device security
Securing mobile access to Microsoft 365 — MAM, MDM, Conditional Access, and the BYOD vs corporate distinction.
- Microsoft 365 onboarding new users
A clean joiner workflow for Microsoft 365 — provisioning, access, training, and first-week experience.
- Microsoft 365 training programs
How to structure user training for Microsoft 365 — formats, content sources, role-specific paths, and measurement.
- Microsoft Bookings advanced configuration
Advanced Microsoft Bookings patterns — multi-service pages, staff pools, forms, integrations, and customer experience.
- Microsoft Loop component patterns
Practical patterns for using Loop components — where they shine, where they don't, and how to operate them at scale.
- Microsoft Loop explained
Microsoft Loop is a collaborative document and components platform — what it is and how it fits with the rest of Microsoft 365.
- Microsoft Loop external sharing and governance
How Loop components and workspaces work with external users — and the governance considerations.
- Microsoft Places — workplace planning
Microsoft Places brings hybrid-work coordination to Microsoft 365 — desk booking, in-office days, and team scheduling.
- Microsoft Planner, Tasks, and Project
The three task and project tools in Microsoft 365 — when to use each.
- Microsoft Viva Amplify for internal communications
What Viva Amplify does — campaign workspaces, one publish to Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Viva Engage, approvals, analytics — who needs it, and the gaps.
- Microsoft Viva Learning
Viva Learning is a single learning surface inside Teams that aggregates content from many providers. Here's how it works.
- Migrating a shared mailbox to a distribution group, or back
How to move an address from a shared mailbox to a distribution group, or back, without dropping mail — what happens to history, and when a Group is better.
- Migrating from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365
A practical migration playbook for moving from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 — workloads, tools, and pitfalls.
- Migrating from on-premises Exchange to Microsoft 365
How to move mailboxes from Exchange Server to Exchange Online — the migration types, hybrid deployment, and the realistic plan.
- New Outlook vs classic Outlook on Windows
New Outlook vs classic Outlook on Windows: what actually changes, what still doesn't work, and how to run the migration without a user revolt.
- Office 365 Message Encryption
OME is Microsoft's email encryption service — what it does, how to enable it, and what it looks like for recipients.
- Office 365 Message Encryption deep dive
How OME works under the hood — encryption flow, branding, custom templates, and the recipient experience.
- Office add-ins development overview
The modern Office add-in model — web-based extensions for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook running across platforms.
- Outlook cached mode and OST files
How classic Outlook caches mailbox data locally — what an OST file is, when to use cached mode, and the modern alternatives.
- Outlook calendar delegation
The three ways to share a calendar in Outlook — delegate access, share permissions, and shared calendars.
- Outlook Focused Inbox and the legacy Clutter folder
How Focused Inbox separates important mail from the rest, and what happened to its predecessor Clutter.
- Outlook mobile policies and app protection
How to govern Outlook mobile on iOS and Android — app protection policies, security settings, and feature controls.
- Outlook rules and automation
Client-side rules, server-side rules, and Power Automate — the three ways to automate email handling in Microsoft 365.
- Proxy addresses and email aliases in Exchange Online
How Exchange Online decides which addresses a mailbox answers to: proxy addresses, primary SMTP, UPN vs email, sending from aliases, and hybrid gotchas.
- Shared mailboxes explained
Shared mailboxes are mailboxes multiple people can monitor. Here's how they differ from groups, distribution lists, and personal mailboxes.
- SharePoint search and Microsoft Search
How search works in Microsoft 365 — what gets indexed, what users see, and how to make results better.
- Teams app development for Microsoft 365 Copilot
How to build Teams apps that extend Microsoft 365 Copilot — the unified app model, message extensions, and agent extensions.
- What is Exchange Online?
What Exchange Online is: Microsoft 365's cloud email and calendaring, how it fits the platform, the security and compliance layers, and running it well.