Microsoft plans to end support for Mail, Calendar, and People on Windows at the end of this year. Over the past few months, the company has been migrating users of these programs to the new version of Outlook for Windows, and now it has set the end date for Mail, Calendar, and People at December 31.
Microsoft warns that after the end of support for these programs, users who have not upgraded to the new Outlook app «will not be able to send and receive email using Windows Mail and Calendar».
Microsoft has been gradually rolling out the new Outlook for Windows for several years now, and it officially became available in August. The new web-based Outlook is designed to eventually replace the full desktop version of Outlook. Microsoft plans to provide enterprise customers with 12 months’ notice before the migration process from the desktop version of Outlook begins.
Existing installations of classic Outlook through permanent and subscription licenses will be supported until at least 2029, so it will take some time to fully transition all Outlook users to the new application. Microsoft will start with the Mail, Calendar, and People apps on Windows this year, and then move to a stage where users can opt out of Outlook on Windows.
Source: The Verge
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