Microsoft Outlook Reviews

the clean interface and since it was a paid version there were no ads either!

sometimes I don't like using things made by Microsoft...

Emails and contacts are synced seamlessly across my devices. Integration with other video collaboration and to-do programs is readily there. The price is also reasonable, given that I got it as part of my MS Office subscription.

Searching is not always exhaustive (this can sometimes be solved by trying a different keyword or weirdly enough, switching to the web version). Sent notification is pretty obscure. Very rarely, I send an email, believing that it has already been sent, only to discover the next time I check that it's still in my outbox.

With Microsoft products, you are always getting an all in one deal. I can check my notes with this mail software and the mail is categorized by way of importance. Notifications are timely and you can access other Microsoft apps right from Outlook.

The layout of the platform can be confusing to first time users, it is a bit much and could be more minimalistic.

It's pretty easy to use and, as you'd expect, integrates incredibly well into the Microsoft eco system. For example; I can flag an email in outlook and it shows up on my ToDo list app with all the info pre-filled.It has an extensive feature set and is a lot less clunky than it used to be, especially on mac/iOS where it's improved massively lately. You can create meetings in the calendar and have it automatically create and send Teams invites for those meetings if they're virtual without leaving outlook.

It can at times suffer from the usual Microsoft issue of toggles galore. Everything has a setting, which can be good, but also is sometimes just too much choice for the sake of it!

If you need more than one templete this is the correct software for your company. Its easy to easy to use, user -friendly and it has many tools that will help you to organice

It could be better if at the time you want to look for an old email it appears. That would facilitate

I have always used Outlook, even before my career working for a politician. It is easy to navigate and organize my emails and it is certainly the email platform I prefer most. I also avidly use the calendar with colleagues.

I find it difficult to search (i.e. too many results to look thru when searching for something specific).

It’s tried and true. It has been around forever but there’s so much more you can do yet so little time to figure it all out.

As you use it you wish you were so much more knowledgeable but you probably won’t take the time to learn all of it so use it for the basics.

What I love about Microsoft Outlook is that it is so easy to use. The User Interface is very simple yet lets you manage your inbox in a lot of ways. The calendar is what I use every day. It also has a lot of filters.

Might require a specific OS so it can run smoothly on your device. Also, it might get costly vs Gmail or other free alternatives

* Get your emails and notifications without opening the browser* Easy to get started on a Windows machine* easy to manage multiple inboxes

* Issues as client on Linux* Lack of modern UI

The best thing outlook has going for it is the full integration with other Microsoft Office products.

Emails constantly stuck in the Outbox, filters don't work properly, search is a joke (good luck trying to find an email even if you know the keywords, sender and subject). Slow and unfeasible for daily use, but unfortunately some companies still use it, so we have to adapt.

It is easy to use for end users; allows for extensive customization; allows for integration with MS Word and Excel; allows easy, attractive formatting of emails.

Some features are only available depending on what type of email server is managing your service. For instance, you cannot easily just "turn on" an out-of-office auto-reply unless your email comes from an Exchange server. If you are on an IMAP or POP server, you have to create a rule using a template email and it's much more involved. It can have trouble searching large mailboxes. It does not like running the same account/profile on more than one PC (emails visible on one are not always available/visible on the other).

- Easy to manage important emails, have the application for the complete device eco-system Phone, Dekstop, IPAD, etc.
- Easy to search emails by content and title
- Makes meetings and tasks easy to manage, the daily morning, we get emails for reminding of emails related to tasks, and the meeting and links automatically get marked on the calendar

- The automated marking on the calendar sometimes becomes annoying when the meetings are unwanted
- Faced the downtime twice.

* Constantly Evolving Powerhouse of features and functionality
* Dark Theme = love
* Focused Mailbox
* AI Driven daily summary driven by Cortana
* Hundreds of App integrations via Marketplace or 3rd party
* Robust Rule and Tagging/categorization ability
* Quick Steps help apply multiple actions to messages
* Scheduling of messages
* Devloper and customize templates
* Visual Basic advanced development
* Shared Mailboxes
* Group Mailboxes (Channels) that allow team collaboration and follow up
* Favorite your inbox and often accessed folders
* Team, Planner, and Personal Calendar all in a single overlayed view
* Scheduling and Meeting assistance
* Tasks, Contacts, and Sticky notes
* Search emails using filters and key phrases

* Microsoft's new release and development schedule is great for the addition of new and useful tools but is causing stability issues. It is common to have to repair Outlook and Office applications after a feature update.

* Adding shared mailboxes often causes Outlook to run slowly.

* Some serious optimizations are needed in the sync process to prevent Outlook hanging. I have to disable Downloading of Shared mailboxes, which is enable by default, on every computer Outlook is installed on

The Best Features

1. Light Weight Client application for both mobile and desktop helps seamless integration with any number of email accounts
2. Integration with Microsoft Teams best for scheduling online meetings and custom reminders are very helpful
3. Calendar is a great feature that helps us manage the time and schedule things without conflicting with others
4. Integration with third-party plugins
5. Automatic replies & mail recall is the hidden gem of this product
6. Offline availability

The UI keeps on changing and it becomes difficult to find the options that we use as their placements are frequently changed, Microsoft should avoid changing it too often or at least keep things /Proper Icons in place. Else we end up googling for existing features after every update

I find Outlook to be very user-friendly email/calendar software, coming from someone who has used Google email/calendar products in all of my previous roles. It was simple to learn how to use it and I like that I was able to download the Outlook desktop app on my Mac. This allowed me to integrate my other email accounts and calendars to have all of my email accounts in one place and also sync my calendars in one place. I'm all about efficiency! I also actually like having desktop notifications which you don't get when using the web version of Outlook, though that is an option.

One thing I do not like is how email threads appear in my inbox differently depending on whether I am using a Mac or PC. This is difficult because I work hybrid and when I am in the office, I use a PC, but I use a Mac when working from home. The Outlook app is a little different in general on a Mac vs PC, understandably so since it is a Microsoft software, but it would be helpful if the features and overall experience were more streamlined to be the same across different operating systems as this would make the experience more consistent.

Outlook is one of my favourite email services. It is easy to use and the design is really nice and also customisable. It gives more free storage than you would normally need and I haven’t had the need to buy extra storage. Has the option to create custom domains for your company. Focused inbox makes it easy to only see the important emails and not get distracted by unimportant ones. The read my emails helps me stay updated even when driving.

I have nothing bad to say about outlook, I have really enjoyed using it and can see myself using it in the future.

Great integration with M365 ecosystem. I can integrate all the emails with my teams apps and provides a seamless transition between apps. Great email archiving features. I love the spam blocker as well.!

I don't like the UI/UX. It is too complex and not easy on the eyes. Browser version is fine. but mobile browser is not very user-friendly!

I love that it keeps all my emails well organized. I also love that I do not have to worry about spams as it automatically filters them out. Microsoft Outlook offers a wide range of features compared to other products, which makes it more interesting and fun to use.

I do not have any cons as it is very simple and easy to use.

It's definitely the professional tool to go with for work. What I love the most is being able to add rules and categories by color.

There is just one thing that I would recommend to be updated: being able to drag and drop photos into the body of the email instead of being attached. It works on the web version but not on the desktop-installed version.

Microsoft Outlook is easy to use and contains calendar, contacts and all the tools you need to manage everything related to your email in one place. Microsoft Outlook increases interaction with email, and you will be able to send messages in distinctive formats due to the strong integration with the rest of the Office applications, which makes it easy for you to insert texts and tables Format it as you wish. I love how email addresses are logged, adding notes, and scheduling meetings in simple steps. One of my favorite features of Microsoft Outlook is the ability to plan to send emails at specific times, it can also have meetings, tasks and contacts on many windows, which can be an excellent system for managing tasks between different employees who can delegate productivity throughout our company . I trust their security and the layers of protection they provide for data.

I don't think there's anything I dislike about Microsoft Outlook, it's easy to use and all the tools are crystal clear and designed to suit all needs.

I use Outlook, a lot. It's always open, I'm always emailing and receiving emails. I have tried Mail from MacOs, Thunderbird and a bunch others, and I have to say Outlook is the one I feel most comfortable with. It's easy to use, has all the features that I need and it can be personalised a little bit to accommodate for almost anybody.

The only con is that you have to pay for it, as opposed to GMail, Thunderbird, etc. But this is probably the piece of software I use the most and I spent most time with, so to me it's okay to pay for it.

The Outlook features and its user interface is just awesome, I like the new stacking option in the interface for important or emails with different categories. Easy to access the mail service and friendly support for customized subscriptions of the application. The scheduling option is quite good and mobile access of the mails is very useful at the times.

The looks and feel of outlook is very likeable but only thing i feel is for mobile application this could be improved and some more text formatting options could be included to ease the work even more.

Setting up server based emails is simple and easy on outlook and unlike Gmail, their fetch rate is faster. We also get to determine for ourselves as a business what goes to spam and what stays in the inbox. It allows us to be in charge. We like the integrations with other software we use like Zoom and Calendly. Also mobile access is a plus for when we are on the run. Integration with Hub Spot is also very useful. We also like that we have a booking system in place that will allow us to schedule our free appointments.

The online browser version is different from the App and this is annoying. Once you get accustomed to the computer App the online browser based version seems clunky and inefficient. It would be great if we could get stats on our emails as well as if it auto added or asked if would like to add contacts that we email several times.

It has very good integration with all Microsoft products, it works wonderfully with several platforms, the handling of files and emails is excellent.

Serious security flaws, if they are not Microsoft products it is a headache to connect them.

One of the reasons I stopped using it was due to several vulnerabilities it had which exposed a lot of my information. Now they have corrected most of them but at the time I did not have any support from technical support.

My company and my university has a tie up with Microsoft products. So, we have Outlook as our email client. It's very helpful in organising emails and customising the email firewall to remove spam emails. Additionally it has integrations with all of the best Microsoft products like Word, Excel, One drive which makes it much more convenient and efficient to use. There's also a mobile application for Outlook where we can keep two different accounts logged in which is a very handy feature for me to stay updated with all the emails and my schedule.

There are a few desktop features which are only available to paid users. The email organization features could be more helpful if they were like Gmail.