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For example, inline styles were stripped and CSS in the was not supported. A comprehensive post by Community member James White explained changes made by the old OWA pre-processor. While OWA has been known for rendering issues that rival those commonly found in Outlook 2007-2013, major improvements have been made. We’ve previously covered email rendering for -but how does email look in a future where an OWA-powered Office 365 has replaced ? Seeing as the two already share a similar UI, the transition shouldn’t be problematic. In terms of UI changes, is moving towards the OWA interface that is used with Office 365. It appears as if the name will remain, but the technology ‘under the hood’ will be significantly updated to reflect a similar level of HTML and CSS support (and therefore rendering capabilities) that is currently behind Office 365.

With these changes Microsoft will be replacing the technology and interface of with Office 365 / Outlook Web Access (which we’ll refer to as OWA from here on out). While it was initially rolled out to a small group of customers, it will be made available through a broader audience through an opt-in program-and, likely, eventually everyone.

Aligning and Office 365Īt the end of May 2015, Microsoft announced that they would be upgrading to a new Office 365-based infrastructure. For example, styled ALT text is supported when messages are viewed in current versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Safari, but not in Internet Explorer. While has its own rendering quirks, the user’s browser of choice can also affect rendering in.

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Similar to Hotmail, is a free web-based email service that can be viewed in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, or other popular browsers. Between 2012-2013, Microsoft migrated Hotmail users to. Hotmail was the first free webmail service offered to consumers. To further confuse things, an earlier version of Outlook Web App (running on pre-2013 Microsoft Exchange Server) is called Outlook Web Access, which has gained a reputation as a lousy email client for its poor support for HTML and CSS. Outlook Web App can only be used to access Office 365 for businesses and other accounts that are hosted on a server that’s running MIcrosoft Exchange 2013 or later. The email client provided with Office 365 is Outlook Web App. Included with Office 365 is access to various Microsoft Office services including Excel, PowerPoint, and email.

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Rather than buying a one-time license to perpetually run the software-like you would for the desktop version-you essentially rent monthly access via a subscription. Office 365 is a subscription-based, online version of Microsoft Office. Microsoft offers two web-accessible versions of Outlook: Office 365/Outlook Web App and. What is Office 365, and how will it affect email rendering in ? Outlook web-based services Use Litmus Email Analytics to discover which email clients are most popular with your subscribers. When it comes to email marketing, it’s all about your audience. This will not only give ’s inbox a facelift, but will likely affect the way your emails display for those subscribers.ĭo your subscribers use Microsoft Office 365? Find out with Litmus Email Analytics.įind out if your subscribers use Microsoft Office 365 In order to further align their user interface and feature set, Microsoft has another big change coming: they’re replacing the interface and infrastructure of with Office 365. In July 2012, Microsoft announced that they would be migrating Hotmail users to in an effort to provide a more modern email experience. However, Microsoft seems to be making strides in consolidating some of these clients with Office 365. These programs-most of which were released under the Outlook name-have left many confused about differences between the apps, especially when it comes to support for HTML and CSS in email.

Over the years, Microsoft has created many email programs-desktop, webmail, and mobile-for businesses and consumers alike. Update: On February 17, 2016, Microsoft announced that they have finished the rollout and the infrastructure and interface of has officially been replaced with Office 365. Enterprise Plan Boost collaboration and drive results.

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