Outlook Web Access App

Use the new EAC to enable or disable Outlook on the web. In the new EAC, navigate to Recipients Mailboxes. In the list of user mailboxes, click the mailbox that you want to enable or disable Outlook on the web. A display pane is shown for the selected user mailbox. Under Mailbox settings Email apps, click the Manage email apps settings link. To sign in to Outlook on the web using your work or school account in Microsoft 365: Go to the Microsoft 365 sign-in page or to Outlook.com. Enter the email address and password for your account. Note: To sign in to Microsoft 365 using another account, select Use another account the next time you sign in.

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Original KB number: 2506626

Symptoms

When a user opens Outlook Web App in a Microsoft Office 365 environment, Outlook Web App opens only in the light version. Therefore, the user doesn't have access to the comprehensive set of features that are available in the standard version of Outlook Web App. This occurs even though the user has a web browser that supports the comprehensive feature set in the standard version of Outlook Web App.

Other users in your organization don't experience these symptoms. When other users open Outlook Web App, they have access to the comprehensive set of features that are available in Outlook Web App.

Cause

This scenario occurs if the user unintentionally selects the Use the blind and low vision experience option in Outlook Web App.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

Make sure that the user is using a supported web browser.
In Outlook Web App, select Options.
In the navigation pane on the left, select Outlook Web App version, and then clear the Use the Light Version of Outlook Web App checkbox.
Select Save at the top of the page.
Sign out of Outlook Web App. The next time that the user signs in to Outlook Web App, the user is presented with the standard version of Outlook Web App.

More information

The light version of Outlook Web App is optimized to support users who are blind or who have low vision. Additionally, it supports older web browsers. For more info about the light version of Outlook Web App, see Learn more about the light version of Outlook.

For more info about accessibility features in Office 365, see Accessibility support for Outlook.

Still need help? Go to Microsoft Community.

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Outlook on the web
License
Outlook Mail inbox in Outlook on the web (Office 365)
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Type	Personal information manager (Webmail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks)
Website	microsoft.com/microsoft-365/outlook/web-email-login-for-outlook

Outlook on the web (previously known as Exchange Web Connect, Outlook Web Access, and Outlook Web App) is a personal information managerweb app from Microsoft. It includes a web-based email client, a calendar tool, a contact manager, and a task manager. It also includes add-in integration, Skype on the web, and alerts as well as unified themes that span across all the web apps.^[1] It is included in Exchange Server 2016 (and later), and Exchange Online (a component of Office 365.)^[2]^[3]

Purpose[edit]

Outlook on the web is available to Office 365 and Exchange Online subscribers, and is included with the on-premises Exchange Server, to enable users to connect to their email accounts via a web browser, without requiring the installation of Microsoft Outlook or other email clients. In case of Exchange Server, it is hosted on a local intranet and requires a network connection to the Exchange Server for users to work with e-mail, address book, calendars and task.^[4] The Exchange Online version, which can be bought either independently or through Office 365 licensing program, is hosted on Microsoft servers on the world wide web.^[4]

History[edit]

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Outlook Web Access was created in 1995 by Microsoft Program Manager Thom McCann on the Exchange Server team. An early working version was demonstrated by Microsoft Vice President Paul Maritz at Microsoft's famous Internet summit in Seattle on December 27, 1995. The first customer version was shipped as part of the Exchange Server 5.0 release in early 1997.

The first component to allow client-side scripts to issue HTTP requests (XMLHTTP) was originally written by the Outlook Web Access team.^[5]^[6] It soon became a part of Internet Explorer 5. Renamed XMLHttpRequest and standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium,^[7] it has since become one of the cornerstones of the Ajax technology used to build advanced web apps.

Outlook Web Access was later renamed Outlook Web App.^[when?] An update on August 4, 2015 renamed OWA to 'Outlook on the web',^[8] often referred to in brief as simply 'Outlook'.

Components[edit]

Mail[edit]

Mail is the webmail component of Outlook on the web. The default view is a three column view with folders and groups on the left, an email message list in the middle, and the selected message on the right. With the 2015 update, Microsoft introduced the ability to pin, sweep and archive messages, and undo the last action, as well as richer image editing features.^[9] It can connect to other services such as GitHub and Twitter through Office 365 Connectors. Actionable Messages in emails allows a user to complete a task from within the email, such as retweeting a Tweet on Twitter or setting a meeting date on a calendar.^[10]

Outlook on the web supports S/MIME and includes features for managing calendars, contacts, tasks, documents (used with SharePoint or Office Web Apps), and other mailbox content. In the Exchange 2007 release, Outlook on the web (still called Outlook Web App at the time) also offers read-only access to documents stored in SharePoint sites and network UNC shares.^[11]

Calendar[edit]

Calendar is the calendaring component of Outlook on the web. With the update, Microsoft added a weather forecast directly in the Calendar, as well as icons (or 'charms') as visual cues for an event. In addition, email reminders came to all events, and a special Birthday and Holiday event calendars are created automatically. Calendars can be shared and there are multiple views such as day, week, month, and today. Another view is work week which includes Mondays through Fridays in the calendar view.

Calendar details can be added with HTML and rich-text editing, and files can be attached to calendar events and appointments.

People[edit]

People is the contact manager component of Outlook on the web. A user can search and edit existing contacts, as well as create new ones. Contacts can be placed into folders and duplicate contacts can be linked from multiple sources such as LinkedIn or Twitter.^[12] In Outlook Mail, a contact can be created by clicking on an email address sender, which pulls down a contact card with an add button to add to Outlook People. Contacts can be imported as well as placed into a list that can be utilized when composing an email in Outlook Mail.

People can also sync with friends and connections lists on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

To Do[edit]

To Do was originally launched as Tasks for Outlook Web App. Microsoft was slowly rolling out a preview of Tasks to its consumer-based Outlook.com service that in May 2015, was announced to be moving to the Office 365 infrastructure.^[13] It was initially a part of Calendar as a view. Microsoft has separated the services into its own web app in Outlook on the web. In a post on the Office Blogs in 2015, Microsoft announced that Outlook Web App would be renamed Outlook on the web and that Tasks would move under that brand.^{[citation needed]} A user can create tasks, put them into categories, and move them to another folder. A feature added was the ability to set due days and sort and filter the tasks according to those criteria. The app provides the user with fields such as subject, start and end dates, percent complete, priority, and how much work was put into each task. Rich editing features like bold, italic, underline, numbering, and bullet points were also introduced. Tasks can be edited and categorized according to how the user wishes them to be sorted.^[14]

Removed features[edit]

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Outlook on the web has had two interfaces available: one with a complete feature set (known as Premium) and one with reduced functionality (known as Light or sometimes Lite). Prior to Exchange 2010, the Premium client required Internet Explorer. Exchange 2000 and 2003 require Internet Explorer 5 and later,^[15]^[16] and Exchange 2007 requires Internet Explorer 6 and later.^[17] Exchange 2010 supports a wider range of web browsers: Internet Explorer 7 or later, Firefox 3.01 or later, Chrome, or Safari 3.1 or later.^[18] However, Exchange 2010 restricts its Firefox and Safari support to macOS and Linux.^[19] In Exchange 2013, these browser restrictions were lifted.^[20]

In Exchange 2010 and earlier, the Light user interface is rendered for browsers other than Internet Explorer. The basic interface did not support search on Exchange Server 2003. In Exchange Server 2007, the Light interface supported searching mail items; managing contacts and the calendar was also improved.^[17]^[21] The 2010 version can connect to an external email account.

The ability to add new accounts to Outlook on the web using the Connected accounts feature was removed in September 2018 and all connected accounts stopped synchronizing email the following month.^[22]