Microsoft 365 Roadmap

Outlook
Notification when not responding to most recent message of email thread

Feature details and release plans from a build snapshot of Microsoft's official roadmap feed.

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Product
Outlook
Release status
In development
RSS publication

Feature overview

When replying to an email conversation and the message being replied to is not the latest in the conversation, Outlook for Windows and web will now display a notification indicating this. With this change, users can now be more confident that they are responding to the right message in an email conversation. #newoutlookforwindows

Expected release date

August CY2026

Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap RSS (build snapshot) Feature ID: 567316

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