Editing Microsoft Outlook (section)

==== Outlook Groups ====
Outlook Groups was a mobile application for [[Windows Phone]], [[Windows 10 Mobile]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] that could be used with an Office 365 domain Microsoft Account, e.g. a work or school account. It is designed to take existing email threads and turn them into a group-style conversation. The app lets users create groups, mention their contacts, share Office documents via OneDrive and work on them together, and participate in an email conversation. The app also allows the finding and joining of other Outlook Groups. It was tested internally at Microsoft and launched September 18, 2015, for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile users.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windowscentral.com/outlook-groups-app-now-available-windows-10-mobile|title=Outlook Groups app is now available for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone 8.1|work=Windows Central|date=September 19, 2015|access-date=October 2, 2015|archive-date=June 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629064836/http://www.windowscentral.com/outlook-groups-app-now-available-windows-10-mobile|url-status=live}}</ref>

After its initial launch on Microsoft's own platforms they launched the application for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]] on September 23, 2015.<ref name=Outlook-Groups-for-Android-launch>{{cite news|last=Edmonds|first=Rich|title=Microsoft releases Outlook Groups for Android to help you engage with your team.|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/microsoft-releases-outlook-groups-android-help-you-engage-your-team|newspaper=Android Central|date=September 23, 2015|access-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117104933/http://www.androidcentral.com/microsoft-releases-outlook-groups-android-help-you-engage-your-team|archive-date=November 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Outlook Groups was updated on September 30, 2015, that introduced a deep linking feature as well as fixing a bug that blocked the "send" button from working.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} In March 2016 Microsoft added the ability to attach multiple images, and the most recently used document to group messages as well as the option to delete conversations within the application programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mspoweruser.com/outlook-groups-ios-updated-new-features/|title=Outlook Groups for iOS updated with new features.|work=MSPowerUser|date=March 29, 2016|first=Michael|last=Allison|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920121510/https://mspoweruser.com/outlook-groups-ios-updated-new-features/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Outlook Groups was retired by Microsoft on May 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Outlook Groups app is retiring.|url=https://support.office.com/en-us/article/outlook-groups-app-is-retiring-17ef4874-8b2a-4176-8c7e-998997c68334|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810041258/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-groups-app-is-retiring-17ef4874-8b2a-4176-8c7e-998997c68334?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us|url-status=live}}</ref> The functionality was replaced by adding the "Groups node" to the folder list within the Outlook mobile app.<ref>{{cite web |title=Use Groups in the Outlook mobile app |url=https://support.office.com/en-us/article/use-groups-in-the-outlook-mobile-app-7804076e-0acc-48f6-87a1-083b98a5ffa2 |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003907/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-groups-in-the-outlook-mobile-app-7804076e-0acc-48f6-87a1-083b98a5ffa2?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us |url-status=live }}</ref>