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

Microsoft is planning to not assist the Home windows Mail, Calendar, and Individuals apps later this yr. The software program big 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 Individuals apps of December thirty first.

As soon as the apps attain finish of assist later this yr, Microsoft warns that customers who haven’t moved to the brand new Outlook app “will not be capable of 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 ultimately change the complete desktop model of Outlook too, and Microsoft plans to supply enterprise prospects a 12-month discover earlier than it begins to maneuver individuals away from the desktop model of Outlook.

Current installs of traditional Outlook by means of perpetual and subscription licenses will proceed to be supported till not less than 2029, so it’s going to take a while for Microsoft to completely 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 part for Outlook on Home windows. You may learn extra about Microsoft’s timeline for the new Outlook for Windows here.