WebMail Changes After Upgrade
As a result of the October 2013 upgrade to Office 365, you will notice a few changes in Webmail (now called Outlook Web App or OWA). The most important of these changes are as follows [1]:
- To sign out: Click your name in the upper right-hand corner and choose "Sign Out" from the menu that appears.
- Writing/editing mail: This is now done in the right-hand "Preview" pane, rather than in a pop-up window, and may not work in all browsers. If this does not work for you, try the "Light" version of OWA (see below).
- Improved search: You can now search for people (contacts) as well as emails in the search box at the top.
OWA uses modern Web technologies and requires a modern browser. If you use an older browser (Internet Explorer 7, Safari 5, Firefox 16, etc.), experience slow performance, or simply prefer the old Web layout:
- To revert to the older Web layout: Click the gear menu at the top right and choose "Display Settings". Click "Outlook Web App version" and check the box that says "Use the light version." Be sure to click "OK" at the top.
To learn more about the new Webmail interface, see Microsoft's article What's new in Outlook Web App.
= Credits and thanks go to the University of Massachusetts Boston, from whose website much of this text was borrowed.
Page last updated on 20 August 2017