Microsoft Releases Outlook Web App For Android

The Gmail icon on the home screen of your phone may get some company from the people at Microsoft. For this to happen, you should already have an Office 365 business mailbox installed in your phone. Microsoft has recently released a public beta version of Outlook Web App (OWA) webmail service that is intended for Android devices. Microsoft had previously announced their plans to launch such an app in late March. Outlook Web App is used mainly by Office 365 business subscribers or the Microsoft Exchange Server users. The requirements of the latest Android app states that it can only be used by Office 365 business plans now.

The OWA also needs Android 4.4 KitKat or later to run and is recommended for use in devices that have normal or small sized displays. In other words, tablets and phablets are not meant for this first release of the Outlook Web App. As this is not the final build, it is much likely that more features will be added over time and the users can expect to encounter a few bugs while using the beta Outlook Web App. As for the features that are now available, the users of OWA for Android will be able to look up a contact or check their schedule through voice commands and they will also be able to access their calendar.

The ability of using the voice of the user to look up a contact or to check out the schedule seems to be appealing to many of the users. The Calendar and People features in Outlook Web App have also been optimized for the Android app. Microsoft said that they will be taking feedback from this beta releases and will make use of it to add features together with support for more Android devices in the forthcoming updates. Microsoft had made its other Office web apps like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint free to use for the Android devices. It is rumored that the company will release full featured Office apps for the Android OS sometime before end of 2014.

If you would like to know how to get Microsoft Outlook Web App for Android, you can contact the Outlook help and support team. They will be able to help you understand more on the Outlook Web App for Android and will help you get Microsoft Outlook Web App working on your Android device. 

Is It Possible To Recover The Lost Emails In Outlook?

If you find that an important email message from the inbox of your Microsoft Outlook Express application has just disappeared, remember that multiple factors could be responsible for this. You can suspect a virus attack, a human mistake or any electronic malfunctioning. However, this is not an excuse to disregard the lost mail. There are options before you to recover the email. Remember, Outlook is not just an email application but it is a user-friendly email client and that is one of the reasons that many get Microsoft Outlook installed in their system.

Check in the trash bin

If you have lost the mail because you have accidently deleted it from the inbox, the possibility of recovering it is high. All the deleted emails will be transferred to the trash bin in the application. Go to the trash bin and browse through the list of email entries in it. If you find the email that you are looking for, highlight the email and select the restore option. This will return the email to your Outlook inbox.

Look for the email in the recycle bin

Well, if you couldn’t locate the lost email in the trash bin of your Outlook application, do not lose your heart. Perhaps, looking for it in the recycle bin would be fruitful. By default, the Windows computers ensure that a copy of all the deleted items is saved in the recycle bin. If you could pinpoint the lost email message in the recycle bin, double-click on the email and press the Restore button in the resulting Windows.

Contact the Internet Service Provider

If the lost message is so important, I must say you should try out all the available options to recover it. One of the useful options to get back the lost email is contacting your Internet Service Provider. A copy of the messages sent or received on your email account will be saved in the server of your Internet Service Provider for a limited period of time. If you could contact your Internet Service Provider within this limited time frame, the possibility of getting back your lost email message is high.

If none of the above options helped you recover the lost email messages from your Microsoft Outlook Express application, try out a few mail recovery software programs. However, get such programs only from reliable sources. Outlook gives you ample chances to recover the lost emails from the application. Hence, losing an email message is certainly not an excuse to get Microsoft Outlook removed from the system.