Month: March 2025

Large audience warnings in Microsoft Outlook App

Sending an email to a large audience can be a challenge. We have all seen mistakes made in content, wording, tone, or worse when the sender is clearly on-the-go and sent the email without considering audience. Soon the Microsoft Outlook App will warn you when sending to more than 25 recipients. That is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

Users will soon receive a warning message in the MailTips info bar above the address line in the Microsoft Outlook app if they are about to email a large number of recipients. The default large audience value is set to 25 recipients and can be adjusted by an administrator. Further details are provided when the warning is selected and adjustments can then be made to the recipient list.

Screen shot of new large audience warning message in the Outlook app
Screen shot of new large audience warning message details in the Outlook app

It is recommended to notify users of this change and update training documentation. Although no administrator action is needed, you may wish to adjust the default large audience size warning value of 25 recipients to align with your company’s specific requirements.

For more information see:

This new feature is now in General Availability and will begin rollout worldwide in mid-April 2025 with an expected completion by mid-May 2025.

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Microsoft Teams interoperability with Skype to Retire May 1, 2025

Well, we have had a good run but Microsoft Teams interoperability with good ole Skype is set to retire on May 1, 2025. That is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

Starting May 1, 2025, Microsoft Teams will no longer support communication with Microsoft Skype accounts, ending this interoperability. Microsoft announced in February their plan to retire Skype entirely and focus on Microsoft Teams (free), which now allows users to log in with their Skype accounts. For more details, read Jeff Teper’s article: The next chapter: Moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams   | Microsoft 365 Blog.

This retirement will happen automatically by the announced retirement date with no admin action needing to be performed. It is recommended to advise users and update any training documentation.

For more information about Teams and Skype interoperability:

Teams and Skype interoperability – Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

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Teams and Skype logo

Bulk Import of saved email .eml Files

Do you have a bunch of old emails saved in a folder kicking around? Inherit a mess from a poor records management process? Working thru an M&A with a company caught in the dark ages? Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix may help you sort this with the announcement of the Bulk Import of .eml files in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows!

Users will soon have the ability to bulk import their saved .eml files into the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows. This process will streamline the importing of email files and eliminate the need for administrator involvement.

To bulk import .eml files:

  • Go to Settings > General > Import
  • Select Start import
  • Select the folder that contains the .eml files
  • Select the destination account and folder
  • Select Import
Screenshots of Outlook for Windows .eml import

For more on this see:

This new feature will be enabled by default and is already in General Availability and will begin rollout worldwide in mid-March 2025 with an expected completion by late March 2025.

Yet another helpful feature exclusively found in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows!

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Message recall in the Outlook App

Ever sent an email on-the-go and wish you hadn’t? Was there something missing in it? Was it sent to the wrong person? Did you forget to add some important information and now feel foolish? Well the Message recall is coming to the Outlook App for iOS and Android and that is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

In addition to the Message Recall feature available in Outlook for Windows, Mac, and the web, Microsoft has now extended this feature to the Outlook App for iOS and Android per Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471444.

If you sent an email by mistake, go to the Sent folder, open the email, click the ellipsis menu ( … or ⋮ ), and select Recall!

Screenshots of Outlook App Recall steps
Screenshots of Outlook App Recall steps

This new feature is already in General Availability and will begin rollout worldwide in early March 2025 with an expected completion by late March 2025.

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