Automapped calendars feature for Outlook coming after 18 month delay

In September 2024, Neowin reported that Microsoft Outlook would be adding automapped calendars after the feature appeared in the M365 roadmap. This feature never landed but in a new update, the company says that from the middle of this month, Outlook will automatically display automapped calendars when switching between classic and new Outlook for Windows. The rollout is expected to complete by April.

Until now, users had manual access to these automapped calendars but the feature wasn’t enabled by default, now it is. It specifically affects the classic Outlook for Windows desktop and the new Outlook for Windows desktop.

Under message ID MC906502 on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Microsoft says the feature was supposed to land in early February with the rollout completing by late February as a Targeted Release. The General Availability was then meant to launch in early March and complete by late March. Now it will hit GA in mid-April and complete by the end of April. Before this update, users were not able to see their automapped calendars when toggling from classic Outlook to new Outlook.

To access an automapped calendar, users can go to Microsoft Outlook > Calendar icon on left of screen > My Calendars > Automapped calendar.

Thankfully for admins, this rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no need to take any action. However, some admins may want to tell users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

This seems to be a highly delayed feature from Microsoft as it was first added the Microsoft 365 roadmap with ID 415168 way back in 2024. This is the exact feature we wrote about way back in 2024 and Microsoft still has not rolled it out yet, showing how delayed features can be in Microsoft 365 as the company shifts its focus to artificial intelligence, which is receiving plenty of backlash online.

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Posted Thursday 5 March 2026 at 6:14 pm AEST (my time).

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