check before: 2025-01-15
Product:
Exchange, Microsoft 365 Apps, Outlook
Platform:
Online, US Instances, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
Launched
Change type:
New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Details:
Summary:
Delegates in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web can create and apply categories for the account owner's Calendar. Rollout starts mid-January 2025 for Targeted Release and mid-February 2025 for General Availability, completing by mid-April 2025. No admin action is required.
Details:
Updated March 28, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web: Delegates can create new categories on behalf of the account owner who granted them delegate permissions. Delegates can also apply categories to the Calendar of the account owner.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473997.
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March).
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General Availability, Targeted Release
Created:
2024-12-21
updated:
2025-03-29
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft is introducing a feature in Outlook allowing delegates to create and manage calendar categories for the person they assist, with rollout starting in January 2025 and full availability by April 2025, requiring permission from the account owner.
Direct effects for Operations**
User Experience with Calendar Management
Delegates may inadvertently create or apply inappropriate categories to the account owner's calendar, leading to confusion and mismanagement of calendar events.
- roles: Delegates, Account Owners
- references: https://support.microsoft.com/office/about-delegates-allow-someone-to-manage-your-mail-and-calendar-in-outlook-41c40c04-3bd1-4d22-963a-28eafec25926, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=473997
Increased Administrative Overhead
Without proper preparation, the change may lead to an increase in support requests from users needing assistance with the new category management feature, straining IT resources.
- roles: IT Support Staff, End Users
- references: https://support.microsoft.com/office/about-delegates-allow-someone-to-manage-your-mail-and-calendar-in-outlook-41c40c04-3bd1-4d22-963a-28eafec25926, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=473997
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-03-29 | MC Messages | Coming soon for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web: Delegates can create new categories on behalf of the account owner who granted them delegate permissions. Delegates can also apply categories to the Calendar of the account owner.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473997. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. | Updated March 28, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web: Delegates can create new categories on behalf of the account owner who granted them delegate permissions. Delegates can also apply categories to the Calendar of the account owner. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473997. [When this will happen:] Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously mid-March). |
| 2025-03-29 | MC Title | New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: Delegates can create new categories for the account owner's Calendar | Updated: New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web: Delegates can create new categories for the account owner's Calendar |
| 2025-03-29 | MC Last Updated | 12/20/2024 23:45:15 | 2025-03-28T20:51:25Z |
| 2025-03-29 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact |
| 2025-03-29 | MC Summary | Delegates in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web will be able to create and manage categories in the account owner's Calendar. Rollout begins mid-January 2025 for Targeted Release and mid-February 2025 for General Availability. No admin action is required for this update. | Delegates in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web can create and apply categories for the account owner's Calendar. Rollout starts mid-January 2025 for Targeted Release and mid-February 2025 for General Availability, completing by mid-April 2025. No admin action is required. |
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