When the Focused Inbox is available in your account, Outlook will pop up a dialog alerting you to the new feature and ask if you want to use it. Starting with Version 1711 (build ), modern authentication is no longer a requirement and all Office 365 and users will have focused inbox capability in Outlook 2016 for Windows.Īlso See ' Using the Focused Inbox in Outlook Apps' Modern auth is now enabled by default on new tenants but if it was disabled by the administrator, users won’t have the focused inbox option in Outlook with version 1710 or older. Focused Inbox initially required Office 365 modern authentication be enabled and Outlook version 1703 or higher. The delay is due to client-side requirements.
