Enlarge ImageThe new Outlook.com features will gradually be available to a broader group of customers "in the coming weeks" through an opt-in program.
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In the coming weeks, Microsoft will start rolling out new features for Outlook.com webmail users that will look familiar to those using Outlook as part of its subscription-based Office 365 service.
Among the new Outlook.com features -- which -- are a refined inbox, better collaboration capabilities, improved search and a more functional calendar. Microsoft officials said these new features will gradually be available to a broader group of customers "in the coming weeks" through an opt-in program.
Microsoft's goal is to bring Outlook and Outlook.com closer together so that users feel like there are fewer differences between these two email products both called "Outlook." It's similar to what the company is doing in terms of bringing together , and .
Besides making user interface and feature tweaks to Outlook.com to make it more similar to Outlook, Microsoft also is according to the Thursday blog post outlining the coming Outlook.com features.
What does that exactly mean?
To some extent, it simply means Outlook and Outlook.com will share more underlying "platform components." It does not mean that Outlook.com is using Exchange on the back-end like Outlook does. (Right now, the two are not combined or shared, and it's not clear when or if they ever will be.)
Microsoft's overarching goal is to make it easier for the Outlook.com/Outlook/Exchange team to roll out new features for all variants of Outlook more quickly.
On the new-feature front, :
"Clutter" for de-cluttering inboxesSearch suggestions/refiners13 new themesLink previews that are automatically generatedAbility to copy/paste images directly into the body of a messagePop-out read and compose windowsPins and flags for organizing email inboxesSupport for add-ins (announced at Build last month), including Suggested Meetings, Bing Maps, Uber, Boomerang, PayPalAbility to shift conversations between email and Skype more seamlesslyAbility to attach files from OneDrive to messagesSide-by-side views of attachments and emailMicrosoft also is launching today Outlook UserVoice for users to share feedback, recommend features and vote on new ideas. The forum will be accessible by clicking "Feedback" under the Gear icon or visiting .
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