It has been proven that many of the changes made at business leaders are not for the better and deeply damage the consumer experience. After several setbacks in the implementation of updates that have done nothing more than tarnish its reputation, with continuous performance failures and losses of important features, Microsoft once again enters directly into the scene of controversy after intentionally pressing the alarm button to get rid of completely of two legendary applications that you surely use daily.
Microsoft must walk on eggshells if it wants to regain the trust of its users. So far, the North American company has provoked tremendous rejection with various reasons for not updating to Windows 11 and is not offering sufficient incentives to carry out this task. In fact, the market share it reaches is 35.58%, the highest in its history, thus growing 5 percentage points in recent months.
However, the “threat” to stop providing security to Windows 10, which still covers 60.95%, starting next year, may encourage more people to migrate to Windows 11. But the truth is that the decisions The strategic strategies that Microsoft is taking do not provide great incentives to take the step. And one of the recent determinations has done nothing but provoke controversy among its community.
Goodbye to Calendar and Windows Mail
Microsoft has had quite a busy year with the inclusion of the long-awaited Windows 11 24H2 update that has caused blisters over the following weeks after its launch in October of this year. And countless errors have been detected that have hindered the user experience in many cases, which have even led to having to be remedied with the installation of more patches. But it doesn’t all end here, since two applications that you surely use will disappear very soon.
Do you frequently use Microsoft Mail tools, as well as Calendar and Contacts? Well, the hardware and software company will prohibit sending and receiving emails through the classic Windows application, whose support will end on December 31, 2024. Therefore, starting January 1, 2025, You will also not be able to access all your data through Calendar or have the ability to continue managing your entire contact list.
What happens to the emails I have stored?
Perhaps you have not yet transferred your Windows Mail to the new interface of the Outlook app, if you have Windows 11, with which Microsoft intends to take the step so that, from now on, it becomes the reference management program for all your emails. Hence, currently, the technology giant is immersed in the transfer to the new appearance of emails for Windows.
However, it has already been warned from its own blog that “local emails, calendar events and contacts stored in Mail, Calendar and Contacts will continue to be exportable.” In turn, the Outlook desktop application within the Microsoft Office 365 package will also be affected in this regard and will be replaced by the new tool.
Be that as it may, there is still a lot to squeeze out and it is expected that in the coming days all users who have installed Windows 11 will be able to access their email account without problem.
