Microsoft 的多个 Outlook 版本令用户困惑，也包括其员工

Baffled by the plethora of Outlook options out there? You aren't alone. Microsoft veteran Scott Hanselman posted a list of some more variants that could be used to do the same thing.

对市面上众多的 Outlook 选择感到困惑吗？你不是一个人。Microsoft 资深人士 Scott Hanselman 发布了一个列表，列出了一些可以执行相同操作的变体版本。

It's a problem common to several Microsoft products. A file needs to be opened, but which app should be used? Should it be Outlook New, or Outlook (New)? With tongue firmly in cheek, Hanselman listed some more options: Outlook (Zero Sugar), Outlook (Caffeine Free), and so on.

这在 Microsoft 的多个产品中都是一个常见问题。需要打开一个文件，但是应该使用哪个应用程序？ 应该是 Outlook New，还是 Outlook (New)？ Hanselman 开玩笑地列出了更多选项：Outlook (Zero Sugar)、Outlook (Caffeine Free) 等等。

Hanselman, Developer Community veep at Microsoft, also included Outlook '95, although to our mind the peak came with the version of Outlook in Office 97. A happier, more trusting time when security was less important.

身为 Microsoft 开发者社区副总裁的 Hanselman 还提到了 Outlook '95，但在我们看来，巅峰之作是 Office 97 中的 Outlook 版本。 那是一个更快乐、更值得信任的时代，安全性并不那么重要。

While users can create multiple Outlook profiles to store email account details and data locations, Hanselman's post on Bluesky highlights an issue facing many users of Microsoft's software: which incarnation of the application to use.

虽然用户可以创建多个 Outlook profiles 来存储电子邮件帐户详细信息和数据位置，但 Hanselman 在 Bluesky 上的 帖子 强调了许多 Microsoft 软件用户面临的问题：应该使用哪个版本的应用程序。

Teams users often find themselves presented with a variety of applications – Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Teams (Personal), for example, can often appear side by side in the system tray.

在使用 Teams 的时候，用户经常会遇到各种应用程序——例如，Microsoft Teams 和 Microsoft Teams (Personal) 经常并排出现在系统托盘中。

As for Outlook, users are likely to have multiple versions installed. Microsoft forced the new version onto devices as part of a Windows update and renamed the previous version to Outlook (Classic) so the pair could run side by side. While support for the Classic version of Outlook will persist until at least 2029, Microsoft would like users to move to the new version despite it lacking many of its predecessor's functions.

对于 Outlook，用户可能安装了多个版本。 Microsoft 通过 Windows 更新将新版本强制安装到设备上，并将以前的版本重命名为 Outlook (Classic)，以便两者可以并排运行。 尽管对 Classic 版本的 Outlook 的支持将持续到至少 2029 年，但 Microsoft 希望用户迁移到新版本，尽管它缺少其前代产品的许多功能。

According to Microsoft: "The new Outlook for Windows, built upon modern service architecture, is inspired by the Outlook web experience." It also does not support the COM add-ins used by many enterprises to glue corporate workflows together.

根据 Microsoft 的说法：According to Microsoft: "The new Outlook for Windows, built upon modern service architecture, is inspired by the Outlook web experience." 它也不支持许多企业用于将企业工作流程连接在一起的 COM 插件。

Currently, the new Outlook is at the opt-in stage and is off by default. It will then proceed to an opt-out stage, where users must actively switch back to the Classic experience before the Cutover stage, after which reversal is no longer possible. Microsoft says it will give administrators at least 12 months' notice before this is implemented in production rings.

目前，新的 Outlook 处于选择加入阶段，默认情况下处于关闭状态。 然后，它将进入选择退出阶段，用户必须在 Cutover 阶段之前主动切换回 Classic 体验，之后将无法再进行反转。 Microsoft 表示，在此在生产环境中实施之前，将至少提前 12 个月通知管理员。

Existing perpetual installations of classic Outlook "will continue to be supported until at least 2029," according to Microsoft.

根据 Microsoft 的说法，经典 Outlook 的现有永久安装 "will continue to be supported until at least 2029," according to Microsoft.

There is a cautionary tale about what happened when a soft drinks company tried to replace a well-liked product with a "new" version and renamed the previous preferred version as "classic."

有一个关于 what happened 的警示故事，一家软饮料公司试图用“新”版本替换一种广受欢迎的产品，并将以前的首选版本重命名为“经典”。

The list posted by Hanselman – who is also notable for tips on managing Microsoft's personal information manager – is amusing, but also highlights the perils of having multiple, similarly functioning options to do the same thing, and the potential for confusing users.

Hanselman发布的列表——他还以管理Microsoft个人信息管理器的技巧而闻名——很有趣，但也突出了拥有多个功能相似的选项来做同一件事的风险，以及可能给用户带来的困惑。

Outlook (Stable and Fast) anyone? ®

有人想要 Outlook (Stable and Fast) 吗？ ®