Why is this controversial? If you don’t have a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution such as Intune deployed, how will you wipe the offline files when the employee leaves your organization? The OneDrive iOS can now take OneDrive and SharePoint files offline. OneDrive for iOS App – take data offline -announced May 4 th ( here) This leads to confusion by the end user on where to look for messages.
Why would someone want to disable this? Because if an Enterprise has enabled the Personal Archive feature then this button does not integrate with it, and instead creates a 2 nd location to store archived messages. Second, because IT has no administrative controls to disable this feature. This can lead to helpdesk requests from users seeking advice on what to decide (anyone who disputes this has never worked on a helpdesk before). Why is this controversial? First, because it generates a pop-up message in Outlook that causes a non-technical person to have to make a decision. The “One-Click Archive” button in Outlook, announced on Feb 25 th ( here). For example, if IT has disabled ‘Office 365 Groups’ then do you want a pop-up message to advertise features about it? Second, because it can advertise features that that IT Department may have disabled, leading to confusion among end-users. If the IT Department doesn’t proactively notify end-users about the contents of the pop-up, then this could lead to questions by end-users on whether it is a virus pop-up many users have been conditioned (wisely) to not click on unfamiliar pop-ups. The ‘What’s New’ dialog box will appear approximately once every 30 days to communicate changes directly to end-users. Why is this controversial? First, because this pop-up cannot be suppressed. Here is a summary of the most controversial changes in Office 365 over the past six months. Therefore, changes in Office 365 that disrupt the end-user in any way (pop-up messages, etc) are seen as highly controversial (to put it mildly). My favorite: “Should I accept this end-user agreement?” My sarcastic response: “Just click no, we can end this call now and close the ticket.” In all seriousness, surprise pop-up messages that are not communicated first by a trusted source, (“The IT Department”) can cause non-technical end-users to freeze up and panic. Pop-ups are anathema to Corporate IT because they result in annoying helpdesk tickets “should I click on this button?” (anyone who has ever served on a helpdesk, God bless them, is rolling their eyes because they know that non-technical people somehow cannot deal with pop-up messages. In general, Corporate IT Departments want to control the end-user computing experience. The Focused Inbox can be switched back on in the same way, at any time.This is part 2. It will change the inbox options back to ‘Read’ and ‘Unread’. Click the ‘Show Focused Inbox’ button.In the ribbon bar at the top of the screen, click the View tab.
If you prefer a single inbox, here is how to turn off the Focused Inbox in Outlook 2016: To move a specific email without creating a rule, right click any email preview > click ‘Move to Focused’ or ‘Move to Other’ How to turn it off This creates a new rule and assists the machine learning engine behind the Focused Inbox to pick up important emails in the future.įrom the inbox, right click any email preview > click ‘Always Move to Focused’ or ‘Always Move to Other’. If a sender is important and you always want notifications from them to display, the email can be moved into the Focused Inbox using the Always Move option. You can improve its accuracy by using the ‘Always Move’ option. The Focused Inbox attempts to learn behaviour. Emails can be moved between the folders by right clicking an email and selecting the ‘Move to Focused inbox’ or ‘Move to Other inbox’ options. As the name suggests, Focused is for your important emails, and Other is for all the rest. The feature splits your inbox into two folders, Focused and Other. It is currently only available to Office 365 subscribers. The Focused Inbox tries to reduce the number of unimportant email notifications from your account.