Apple Mail and Outlook for Mac both talk to the MS Exchange server using a Microsoft protocol called EWS - Exchange Web Services. However iOS devices will normally talk to the same MS Exchange server using a different Microsoft protocol called EAS - Exchange Active Sync.
Today we are announcing the new Outlook for the Mac, which delivers improved performance and reliability and a fresh look and feel that is unmistakably Microsoft Office. This release offers a more familiar and consistent experience between Outlook on the PC, Outlook on the web and Outlook Web App (OWA) for iPad, iPhone and Android devices.
The new Outlook for Mac includes:
- Better performance and reliability as a result of a new threading model and database improvements.
- A new modern user interface with improved scrolling and agility when switching between Ribbon tabs.
- Online archive support for searching Exchange (online or on-premises) archived mail.
- Master Category List support and enhancements delivering access to category lists (name and color) and sync between Mac, Windows and OWA clients.
- Office 365 push email support for real-time email delivery.
- Faster first-run and email download experience with improved Exchange Web Services syncing.
The new Outlook for Mac is available to Office 365 commercial customers and Office 365 Home, Office 365 Personal and Office 365 University subscribers.
- Office 365 Commercial customers can get the new Outlook for Mac by accessing their Office 365 Portal, (Gear icon > Office 365 Settings > Software > Outlook for Mac icon) or visiting the Software page.
- Office 365 consumer subscribers can get the new Outlook for Mac by going to their My Account page.
After you install Outlook for Mac for Office 365, you’ll have two icons in the Dock, see this article on how to remove the old icon.
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Historically we have released a new version of Office for Mac approximately six to eight months after Office for Windows. However, following the release of Office 365 we made the conscious decision to prioritize mobile first and cloud first scenarios for an increasing number of people who are getting things done on-the-go more frequently. This meant delivering and continuing to improve Office on a variety phones (iPhone, Windows Phone, and Android) and tablets (iPad and Windows)—brought together by the cloud (OneDrive) to help people stay better organized and get things done with greater efficiency at work, school, home and everywhere between.
Continuing our commitment to our valued Mac customers, we are pleased to disclose the roadmap for the next version of Office for Mac—including Word for Mac, Excel for Mac, PowerPoint for Mac and OneNote for Mac.
In the first half of 2015 we will release a public beta for the next version of Office for Mac, and in the second half of 2015 we will make the final release available. Office 365 commercial and consumer subscribers will get the next version at no additional cost, and we will release a perpetual license of Office for Mac in the same timeframe.
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We’re confident you will like what you see in the new Outlook for Mac today, and in the Office for Mac in the coming months.
To get the best Office 365 email, calendar, contacts and tasks experience on a Mac, download the new Outlook for Mac today, and let us know what you think.
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When setting up my Live/Outlook email account on my Macbook mail client I can IMAP connect the email and get access, however my contacts and calendar do not show up as options. They are not accessible. I can get at them from a browser, of course, but they don't even show up as options to 'turn on' when setting up the account on OS X.
This is a killer for me. Without native access to contacts and calendar, local Outlook mail is of no use to me.
I even installed the Outlook email client and it too would not access my Calendar or People (contacts).
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On my iOS devices this isn't a problem and both Calendar and Contacts show up and are accessible. On OS X it doesn't show up at all.
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I was hoping to get off of iCloud email (which sucks because Apple likes to delete emails without notifying sender or receiver) and was hoping to switch to my Live email account. But without access to calendar and contacts this is a non-starter for me.
I'm running all up-to-date software and OS versions and my Macbook is less than 2 years old.
BTW: everything works perfectly on my Windows 10 PC gaming machine, but this is not my primary machine. Whatever is going on is specific to Mac / OS-X.
Clark