One side effect of using the test version is that Office 365 automatically provisions your tenant to use the Microsoft Sync Technology (if it didn’t, you wouldn’t be able to test new features). You can then download the test version of Outlook.
You’ll also need to download and install Testflight from the iOS app store. If you want to test shared mailboxes with Outlook Mobile now, you can sign up for the Outlook Insiders program (limited slots are available). Outlook Mobile adds the shared mailbox to its resource list and you can access the contents like any other mailbox. With everything in place, go to the list of resources available to Outlook mobile and click the + icon and then choose Add Shared Mailbox (Figure 1).įigure 2: Entering the primary SMTP address to add a shared mailbox with Outlook for iOS Why? Because you need to input the address when you add the shared mailbox.
Add a Shared Mailbox to Outlook Mobileīefore you can add a shared mailbox to Outlook mobile, you should meet these criteria:
With those caveats in mind, let’s explore how to add a shared mailbox to Outlook mobile using Testflight version 3.27.0. The downside is that the new features might not work or might change before the final version is released. The upside is that you see new features sooner. Testflight allows developers to offer test versions of applications like Outlook mobile to people who don’t mind running beta software. Well, some people already have access to the feature through Apple’s Testflight for iOS program. Last week, we learned that Microsoft will soon roll out support for shared mailboxes in Outlook Mobile. Sharing is Caring with Outlook for iOS or AndroidĪugust 29 note: The current versions of Outlook mobile now support shared mailboxes.