Microsoft is killing off Home windows 11’s Mail and Calendar apps by the top of the 12 months

Microsoft is planning to not assist the Home windows Mail, Calendar, and Folks apps later this 12 months. The software program big has been transferring current customers of those apps over to the brand new Outlook for Home windows app in current months, and now it has set an finish of assist date for the Mail, Calendar, and Folks apps of December thirty first.

As soon as the apps attain finish of assist later this 12 months, Microsoft warns that customers who haven’t moved to the brand new Outlook app “will not have the ability to ship and obtain e mail utilizing Home windows Mail and Calendar.”

Microsoft has been rolling out the brand new Outlook for Home windows app for years, with it formally reaching the final availability stage in August. The brand new web-based Outlook is designed to finally substitute the total desktop model of Outlook too, and Microsoft plans to offer enterprise prospects a 12-month discover earlier than it begins to maneuver folks away from the desktop model of Outlook.

Current installs of traditional Outlook by perpetual and subscription licenses will proceed to be supported till a minimum of 2029, so it’s going to take a while for Microsoft to completely transfer all Outlook customers to this new app. It’s beginning with the Mail and Calendar apps in Home windows later this 12 months, adopted by an opt-out part for Outlook on Home windows. You’ll be able to learn extra about Microsoft’s timeline for the new Outlook for Home windows right here.