Microsoft To Release New Org Explore For Outlook Desktop

Redmond tech giant, Microsoft has announced a plan to release a new version of the Org Explorer for Outlook Desktop.

The new version is expected to let employees visualize and explore their company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. The search function can also be used to find people and learn more about them.

Microsoft stated that it will be rolling out the tool to those in the Current Channel (Preview) in early February and expects to complete the rollout in late April.

The information about a person that will be made available includes:

Online status

Location

Contact information

Skills/Ask me about

Manager

Peers

Total reports: The number of people that are in the person’s own managerial chart

Direct reports: The number of people that report directly to the person in focus

People they collaborate with.

Users with the Coming Soon toggle on will be able to access Org Explorer on the left side of the folder pane in Outlook for Windows.