24 PCWorld DECEMBER 2019NEWS 10 BIGGEST IGNITE REVEALS
email” from Cortana, which is now available in
preview for Microsoft 365 subscribers.
Finally, Microsoft’s touting Message
Recall, the ability for “users... to recall
messages they’ve already sent.” Does this
mean that a user using Outlook will actually
be able to “disappear” an email that was
previously sent, even if it lands in a public
folder, or Gmail, or has already been opened?
We’ll see.MYANALYTICS HANDLES
YOUR OUT OF OFFICE
MESSAGES
Heck, if you’re a Microsoft 365 commercial
customer already enrolled in MyAnalytics and
Workplace Analytics, the service will
automatically schedule an out-of-office
notification if it knows you’ll be unexpectedlydelayed or otherwise
occupied.
MyAnalytics, Microsoft’s
other personal productivity
assistant (go.pcworld.com/
myan)—sorry, Cortana—will
also automatically cancel
meetings, schedule
“catch-up” time when you
return, and check up on
how well you’re sticking to
your agenda. No rest for
the wicked!ONENOTE 2016,
WHITEBOARD, YAMMER
GET NEW LIFE
Microsoft also said that OneNote 2016 isn’t
quite dead yet. Mainstream support has been
extended indefinitely, complementing the
existing OneNote app already in Windows.
Dark mode and “@mentions” will also arrive
for OneNote users and Office 365
subscribers next year, Microsoft said.
Whiteboard is now a web app, which can
be easily downloaded.
Finally, Yammer is being overhauled, with
a “beautiful, intelligent experience” that
connects to Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook.
Select customers can see the new Yammer in
a private preview scheduled for December,
Microsoft said. It’s due to roll out to all
customers in 2020, part of what Microsoft
hopes will be the “Year of Yammer.”Will mobile Outlook ever be as smart of Microsoft’s Cortana demo
made it out to be?