{"id":149,"date":"2017-04-18T08:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T15:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/2017\/04\/18\/introducing-groups-in-outlook-for-mac-ios-and-android\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:46:29","slug":"introducing-groups-in-outlook-for-mac-ios-and-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2017\/04\/18\/introducing-groups-in-outlook-for-mac-ios-and-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Groups in Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android"},"content":{"rendered":"
More than 10 million people rely on Groups<\/a> in Outlook every month to work together and get things done. Groups is proving useful to our customers. And for that, we couldn\u2019t be more thankful. Groups in Outlook offers huge improvements<\/a> over traditional distribution lists, with a shared space for group conversations, calendars, files and notebooks, the convenience of self-service membership and much more.<\/p>\n Today, we\u2019re pleased to announce Groups is now rolling out to Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android. Groups is already available in Outlook for Windows and on the web\u2014so now you can access your group conversations and content no matter which platform you use.<\/p>\n With these updates, you can:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is more to come as we continue to work on making Groups better in response to your input, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n In addition to bringing groups to more Outlook apps, we\u2019ve released several new features for Groups in Outlook on other platforms, too.<\/p>\n Give guest access<\/strong>\u2014Last fall, we updated Outlook on the web to give you the ability to set up guest access<\/a> for people outside your organization, set group classification as defined by Office 365 admins, and view usage guidelines. Now, these same capabilities are available in Outlook for Windows.<\/p>\n Invite<\/strong> people to join<\/strong>\u2014One of our most requested improvements was an easier way to invite multiple people to join a group. We\u2019ve released the Invite to join<\/a> feature to Outlook on the web, which lets you create invitation links and share them with others via email or other channels, giving them a quick way to join the group.<\/p>\n Multi-delete conversations<\/strong>\u2014Group owners can now multi-select conversations and delete them from the group conversations space in Outlook for Windows.<\/p>\n Send email as a group<\/strong>\u2014Office 365 admins can grant send-as and send-on-behalf-of permissions<\/a> to members of a group using the Exchange admin center. Group members who have these permissions can then send emails as the group, or on behalf of the group, from Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web.<\/p>\n We\u2019re always listening to your feedback as we deliver new Groups capabilities to Outlook. Here are a few of your key requests we are going to tackle next:<\/p>\n Thanks for the feedback, and please keep it coming via our UserVoice site<\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n \u2014The Outlook team<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q. Now that Groups support is being added to Outlook for iOS and Android, what happens to the standalone Outlook Groups app?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Customers gave us feedback that they wanted Groups available directly in Outlook for iOS and Android. The Outlook Groups app will still be available while we continue to enhance Groups experiences in Outlook, such as adding support for group files, calendar and notebooks.<\/p>\n Q. Why am I not seeing Groups yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Groups is rolling out to Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android and will be available for eligible users in the coming weeks. Even if you are using the latest build of Outlook for Mac, iOS and Android, Groups will only be available to those who have joined or been added to a group. Once we add the ability to create and join groups on Mac, iOS and Android, every Office 365 user will see Groups in Outlook.<\/p>\n Q. Is Groups available to Outlook.com users? <\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Groups is for commercial users of Office 365 and is not available for Outlook.com.<\/p>\n Q. Why am I not seeing all my groups in Outlook for Mac?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> Outlook for Mac currently shows the top 10 most active groups in Outlook for Mac. We\u2019re working on making all groups visible in a future update.<\/p>\n Q. What about Outlook for Windows 10 Mobile?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> We\u2019re working on the best way to integrate Groups in Outlook for Windows 10 Mobile. In the meantime, the Outlook Groups app for Windows 10 Mobile helps customers stay on top of all group activities, including conversations, files, calendar and notebook.<\/p>\n Q. Where can I find more about managing Groups in Outlook for my organization?<\/strong><\/p>\n A.<\/strong> If you are responsible for managing and supporting Outlook for your company,\u00a0take a look\u00a0at our IT pro<\/a> documentation and check out our\u00a0recently released improvements<\/a>\u00a0for administering Groups.<\/p>\n\n
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