IT Professionals:
Earlier today, UITS shared that there have been some sporadic reports of the option to try the new preview version of Outlook appearing on IU devices. UITS strongly recommends against the use of this new preview version of Outlook. For more details about known issues, please see the KB page on Known Issues with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office at IU.
To provide a smooth client experience, UITS recommends that you adjust your organization’s group policies to make the following policy change: link the GPO IU-EMS-Office-Disable-NewOutlook to the OU containing your endpoints.
Once this policy is applied, the slider will no longer be visible. This policy follows the typical rules of applying GPOs, including scoping and rollback. If you find that you need to exempt a client from the policy later, you may simply remove the policy and delete the associated registry key.
Please note that this setting may also appear on an Apple device. UITS is researching options for removing the setting for Apple devices as well and will provide an update on Monday with further details.
If you have questions about applying these policy updates, please contact Tier 2 Support at sct2@iu.edu.
— IT Community Partnerships on behalf of the Enterprise Microsoft Administration and Endpoint Management Services teams