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Outlook.com Contact Photos

Several users came to me after their accounts were migrated to the new Outlook.com servers, looking for help restoring their contact photos, which disappeared in the migration.

Rename Account in the Navigation Pane

How to change the Outlook.com or Exchange filename (usually your email address) in the Navigation pane in Outlook 2016.

Outlook 2016 Sept 2016 Updates

This month's security update includes fixes for the following nonsecurity issues. Office subscribers will have these updates installed automatically. Add OST corruption events. Translate some terms so that the meaning is accurate. Fixes an issue with corrupt forms cache. When a message is sent programmatically, the addresses are not added to the autocomplete cache. A  

Change Format for Notes in Appointments

Users can choose HTML, Plain Text, or RTF formatting in the Notes field of an Outlook Appointment. To change the default format, users need to edit the registry.

Junk Mail Filtering in Outlook

On November 1, 2016, Microsoft will stop releasing updates to Junk Email definitions for the Junk Email filter in Outlook and Exchange Server. The junk email filter will continue to work in Outlook, using the last definition installed, it just won't be updated going forward.

Block Macros in Office 2013/2016

The August 9 2016 security update for Office 2013 included a non-security feature to allow administrators to use Group Policy to block macros from running in files that are downloaded from the Internet. This feature was added to Office 2016 earlier this year.

iCloud, Outlook 2016, and Windows 10

Users who sync iCloud and Outlook are having problems with iCloud after installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Customize a Skype for Business Invitation

An Office 365 user had a problem: their default Skype for Business invitations added phone numbers used by the corporation worldwide but he only created meetings with people in certain locations and wanted to include only those phone numbers in his invitations. He found and wondered if the same method could be used to change  

Using @Mentions in Outlook 2016

What is @mentions? When you type @ in the message body and begin typing a name, an autocomplete list pops up.

Shared Calendar Can't Be Deleted

An Office 365 Exchange Online user had a shared calendar he couldn’t delete from Outlook or Outlook on the web. He received a sharing invitation from another user and the shared calendar was added as a subfolder under his calendar when he accepted the sharing invitation. The user later shared his entire mailbox with my  

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Deleting Auto-Complete Entries No Longer Works

Sync Issues and Errors with Gmail and Yahoo accounts

Error Opening iCloud Appointments in Classic Outlook

Opt out of Microsoft 365 Companion Apps

Mail Templates in Outlook for Windows (and Web)

Urban legend: Microsoft Deletes Old Outlook.com Messages

Buttons in the New Message Notifications

Move Deleted Items to Another Folder Automatically

Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

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Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

Insert Word Document into Email using VBA

Warn Before Deleting a Contact

Use PowerShell to Delete Attachments

Remove RE:, FWD:, and Other Prefixes from Subject Line

Change the Mailing Address Using PowerShell

Categorize @Mentioned Messages

Send an Email When You Open Outlook

Delete Old Calendar Events using VBA

Repair PST

Convert an OST to PST

Repair damaged PST file

Repair large PST File

Remove password from PST

Merge Two Data Files

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