Outlook for Microsoft 365 Apps Feature Update for October 2024

Microsoft has released the October 2024 feature update of Outlook for Microsoft 365 Apps in the Current Channel.

There are again no new features but there are 10 fixes related to Outlook.

  • We fixed an issue where the accessibility mail tip kept appearing and disappearing, causing the content to jump when composing an email.
  • We fixed an issue where Do Not Forward (DNF) was left on message when applying and removing label.
  • We fixed an issue that caused users with a large number of folders expanded during synchronization to experience a non-delivery receipts (NDRs) with the failure MAPI_E__TOO_BIG (0x80040305).”
  • We fixed an issue where a meeting request received by an Exchange account would appear with a blank body in Outlook Desktop cached mode.
  • We fixed an issue where adding an Outlook or a Hotmail account to a mail profile nullified a policy preventing copying messages between exchange stores.
  • We fixed an issue in Outlook where mail from a profile activated and directed to a different portal was being redirected to https://portal.microsoft.com.
  • We resolved an offline address book (OAB) download issue by adding a registry key to give the BITS jobs for automatic (non-manual) OAB downloads the same priority as the BITS jobs for manual (user-initiated) OAB downloads.
  • We fixed an issue where opening an .ICS attachment from a email shows security prompt.
  • We fixed an issue where content marking wasn’t working for HTML messages when SMIME was enabled.
  • Resolved an issue in Outlook where content may not be visible in the email body unless using Forward or Reply.

Note: Depending on your installation type, this update can be installed via the Update Now button in Outlook or the Microsoft Store and updates Outlook to: Version 2410 (Build 18129.20116).