2024
Users who enable ‘New Outlook’ will notice the Savance Workplace Add-in disappear from their taskbar. This is due to an Outlook change, but it isn’t live as of writing (1/5/2024). Our current add-in uses the COM Add-in method that Microsoft is ending support for. Per Microsoft: “The new Outlook on Windows aims to unify the extensibility experience across all Outlook platforms. To provide a more reliable and stable add-in experience, VSTO and COM add-ins aren’t supported in the new Outlook on Windows.”
For more information, please go to Microsoft’s website, which explains what will and won’t be supported.
Savance’s plan regarding this situation is to look into a “Web add-ins Integration built on Outlook by using our modern web-based platform.” According to Microsoft, the expected ETA of this change is Dec 2024. We’re currently determining the scope of what our New Outlook Add-in could look like, and the best ways to bring prior functionalities over to the new version.
2025 Updatr
“In the cutover stage, the ability to switch back to classic Outlook will no longer be available to users. New deployments of Outlook from Microsoft 365 subscriptions will feature new Outlook for Windows. We will determine readiness for this stage in collaboration with customers, and will provide at least 12 months’ notice before moving to this stage in Production rings. If needed, IT administrators can decide to move their organizations to this stage earlier than our production timeline.
Existing installations of classic Outlook for Windows through perpetual and subscription licensing will continue to be supported.
Please note that the cutover stage does not signify the end of support for classic Outlook for Windows. We will continue to honor published support timelines for existing version of classic Outlook for Windows until at least 2029.”
For more information, please visit here
2026 update
Savance will be releasing a new Outlook add-in that supports New Outlook in July 2026. Please note that the first stage is purely the status board plug-in and will not contain calendar synchronization. Users are advised to use the Savance Workplace desktop application if needed.
For users who wish to install the new Outlook add-in before its official release in Microsoft’s App Store, please use the following guide. Please note that deploying in this manner is considered to be a beta of our full release that Microsoft is currently reviewing