Microsoft is killing off Home windows 11’s Mail and Calendar apps by the top of the yr

Microsoft is planning to now not help the Home windows Mail, Calendar, and Folks apps later this yr. The software program large has been shifting current customers of those apps over to the brand new Outlook for Home windows app in latest months, and now it has set an end of support date for the Mail, Calendar, and Folks apps of December thirty first.

As soon as the apps attain finish of help later this yr, Microsoft warns that customers who haven’t moved to the brand new Outlook app “will now not have the ability to ship and obtain e-mail utilizing Home windows Mail and Calendar.”

Microsoft has been rolling out the brand new Outlook for Home windows app for years, with it formally reaching the final availability stage in August. The brand new web-based Outlook is designed to finally change the complete desktop model of Outlook too, and Microsoft plans to offer enterprise prospects a 12-month discover earlier than it begins to maneuver individuals away from the desktop model of Outlook.

Present installs of traditional Outlook by means of perpetual and subscription licenses will proceed to be supported till a minimum of 2029, so it’s going to take a while for Microsoft to totally transfer all Outlook customers to this new app. It’s beginning with the Mail and Calendar apps in Home windows later this yr, adopted by an opt-out section for Outlook on Home windows. You possibly can learn extra about Microsoft’s timeline for the new Outlook for Windows here.