A couple of week in the past, Microsoft introduced that it will routinely begin switching Microsoft 365 Enterprise customers over to the New Outlook for Home windows in April 2026. It already stopped supporting legacy Outlook shoppers earlier this yr.

Nevertheless, a lot of those that are a fan of Traditional Outlook are nonetheless having a tough time transferring on from it. Many really feel the brand new app simply is not so good as the basic software and the dearth of some helpful options is one thing they complain about. One such side is offline mode assist, ie, utilizing and dealing on the New Outlook for Home windows with out an energetic web connection, and Microsoft will quickly be including one other new characteristic to enhance this space of the software program.

The corporate has printed a brand new entry earlier this week on the Microsoft 365 roadmap which confirms a brand new characteristic for offline mode. After this replace, customers will be capable of open and save attachment recordsdata from an e mail even when they’re offline.

The entry says:

Outlook: open attachments whereas offline within the new Outlook for Home windows

We’re including extra performance to offline mode within the new Outlook for Home windows. You’ll now be capable of open and save attachments out of your e mail with out an web connection.

The characteristic was added underneath ID 472026 and Microsoft expects the characteristic to roll out in January 2025. That is across the similar time when the corporate is changing its Microsoft Copilot with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat plus a brand new emblem.

Apart from this, Microsoft had additionally introduced a few different Outlook offline options that may definitely be welcomed by customers. First, the power to launch the app with out an web connection was additionally added, and this was adopted by offline e mail synchronisation.