For example, users can “like” or retweet a tweet when a Twitter update hits their inboxes without leaving the app. Relatedly, a new Actionable Messages feature, also for Outlook on the web, allows users to perform actions or tasks directly in notification emails. The first round includes Asana, Bing News, Bitbucket, GitHub, Twitter, Trello, Wunderlist and Yammer, with more to follow, said Microsoft.

Now users of the browser-based version of the client can add a selection of connectors to their own inboxes. When linked to an Office Group, the connectors deliver updates and content from third-party apps into the group inbox. Microsoft is also extending its Twitter-tracking Office 365 Connector technology to Outlook on the web.

“Note that you will need your Outlook 2016 for Mac to be connected to a migrated or an Office 365, Exchange 2016 or Exchange 2013 SP1 account to use the add-ins,” cautioned the Outlook group in an accompanying FAQ. After the add-ins wend their way through the Fast and Slow rings, the company plans to roll them out to all Office for Mac 2016 users.Ĭaveats apply, however. To enable these integrated experiences, users will need to join the Office Insider early-access program for the Mac and select the Fast release ring. “All existing add-ins for Outlook on the web and desktop-including Boomerang, Dynamics 365, Evernote, Giphy, Nimble, PayPal, Starbucks, Yelp, Uber, Wunderlist and Zomato-will be available as part of Office Insider Fast access.” “In the coming weeks, add-ins in Outlook 2016 for Mac will begin to roll out-starting with Office Insider Fast,” blogged Microsoft’s Outlook team. Since the summer of 2015, a collection of add-ins has enabled users of the Outlook email client on Windows PCs and on the web to hail an Uber car or send money online via PayPal without leaving the application.

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