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How to migrate emails from Classic Outlook to New Outlook

| January 15, 2025

How to migrate emails from Classic Outlook to New Outlook

This is a loaded questions with a possibility of 100’s of answers. I’ll explain as simple as I can here, then I’ll try to explain more at the bottom of this post. If you need my help, please use the form below to get in contact.

Microsoft services: 

  • If you have a Microsoft Exchange or Outlook.com/Hotmail.com/Live.com/MSN.com account, your emails, calendars and contacts should show up in the New Outlook just fine.
  • If you have local PST files in addition, you can now add them to the New Outlook. Currently as of Jan 15, 2025 you cannot edit, move/add to these, Microsoft says by March you should be able to
  • I recommend you move all PST data to your Microsoft Exchange server for better use of the data on phones/iPads, etc
  • Templates, rules and other 365 Exchange features should work in New Outlook just fine

IMAP accounts

  • These accounts are fairly typical these days with all cable providers, Network Solutions, Bluehost, Hostgator and Gmail, Google Workspace, AOL, Yahoo
  • Only email from Classic Outlook will open in New Outlook
  • Any data (calendar, contacts, tasks, notes) in a PST/or (This computer only) will not show up in New Outlook
  • This data needs to be migrated to your email server (Gmail/Google Workspace, Yahoo, AOL)
  • Cable companies do not have calendar and contacts available on their servers
  • Rules will not move to New Outlook
  • Local quick steps, quick parts, other “features” you love, might not work for you

POP

  • POP accounts will not setup in New Outlook
  • PST can be opened in New Outlook
  • Your folder structure will change as your email IMAP might not match your current POP/PST
  • While you can open the PST in New Outlook, your categories, other customizing will most likely be gone
  • In time, you can open the PST in New Outlook and use it more, but it’s not going to be recommended. I recommend moving the data to a Microsoft server so you can use all the features you enjoyed in classic Outlook

To migrate email: 

  • Migrate your PST data to a Microsoft/Google Workspace account via classic Outlook
  • This can take a lot of time to complete and it’s easy to do for some folks
  • I can help you and while I know you’re here looking for answers, I do have a long 17 min video on YouTube you can view to try to do it yourself.
  • If you need my help, use the form below the video to get in contact

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How to use Zoom in New Outlook

| January 10, 2025

How to use Zoom in New Outlook

Take note: You will need to have a Business 365 Exchange account to add this app.

To add this app, open New Outlook and find “apps” on the left side of the window

“Add Apps”

Search “Zoom” and you should “Zoom for Outlook Extensions”

Click on it and hit “Open”

If successful, it will say “Start using Zoom for Outlook Extension”

Hit “Got it” and close that window

Create a new event in New Outlook and you should see the Zoom app

If you need my help with New Outlook, Classic Outlook or any 365, use the contact form below.

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Where are the quick steps in New Outlook

| December 29, 2024

Where are the quick steps in New Outlook

New Outlook does not have the feature in the standard view, so you will need to change the view. Good news for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook.com users, it should have migrated over nicely for you. POP/PST and IMAP users might have to make a new quick step.

In New Outlook, you need to change your view to “classic view”

Click on “View’ in the top navigation bar

Click on “Layout”

Click on “Ribbon”

Change to “Classic View”

Click on the “Home” tab and you will see the quick steps again and can use it for your emails to go to folders.

If you need my help with this or any other New Outlook issue, please use the form below to get in contact.

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How to make a rule in New Outlook

| December 29, 2024

How to make a rule in New Outlook

In New Outlook, to make a rule:

  • Click on the gear in the upper right corner
  • Mail
  • Rules
  • Select the account you want to make the rule for
  • Then create a rule
  • Test it
  • See it if works in your New Outlook/phone/webmail

If you need my help,  with finding old rules in Classic Outlook, please reach out using the contact form below.

 

Rules are missing in New Outlook

| December 29, 2024

Rules are missing in New Outlook

If you are new to “New Outlook” and just switched from Classic to New, then your rules are possibly in the classic Outlook profile and not stored on a server. The New Outlook only works with the email server of your email hosting company.

Example: If you have a Microsoft Business Exchange server or Microsoft Outlook/Hotmail, MSN email then your rules should be on the server.

Example of emails that have local rules setup: POP/PST and IMAP. Some IMAP email rules will work if you have them setup on the email server but most folks use local rules in Outlook.

If you have access to the old rules in classic Outlook, then you can export them and import them into a new server only in classic Outlook. And the bad news, it most likely won’t work well. I’m going to recommend you make the rules on the server from now. Rules do work in the New Outlook but it depends on your email host. You might want to try first.

In New Outlook, to make a rule:

  • Click on the gear in the upper right corner
  • Mail
  • Rules
  • Select the account you want to make the rule for
  • Then create a rule
  • Test it
  • See it if works in your New Outlook/phone/webmail

If it does, then you are good to go! If not, then your email host might not allow rules from New Outlook. Try making a rule/filter on the webmail side and then it might work in New Outlook

If you need my help, please reach out using the contact form below.