I logged into my O365 instance this morning to see that my App Launcher had changed. It was odd because the O365 main page had been updated to have the Gallery look, however, the App Launcher still had the classic white on gray tiled look. I didn't realize that at some point the App Launcher would get the Gallery look too. Now, all of the icons we did for our tiles for our apps which were white (light gray) to match that classic style...are basically invisible. Okay, fine, we can live with recreating icons to use with the new look...however, I also find that the simple functionality of being able to rearrange the icons is now lost, the resize is lost and the ability to unpin MS apps is also lost. Isn't it enough that the main O365 page doesn't give you the ability to better manage the icons there...that now you had to go and remove that functionality from the App Launcher. LOL...like, that couldn't have been a designer's idea...that must have been marketing's idea or something..."Let's not let them unpin any MS apps from the App Launcher...and relegate their app tiles to the bottom.". Alright, so, to try to be at least somewhat constructive here...let me restart with these ideas. 1) The ability to pin and unpin ANY of the app tiles in the App Launcher. 2) The ability to drag and drop the app "tiles" so that I can re-arrange them how I want them.

The inability to change the CONTRAST of the screen makes this a very negative experience. I appreciate that the white space/gray space is meant to be "light" but some people with vision challenges need to be able to see darker shading - in mail, for instance, it's like looking at a blindingly white screen with light gray text. I would like the ability to select a theme that gives more contrast -- darker text, darker gray, but keep white, white. I can't just adjust the brightness of the screen because it doesn't change the CONTRAST of the screen elements. I'm not angry, just using all caps to emphasize the issue -- it's not that I want all dark colors, its a CONTRAST issue. And, BTW, I am a UX/UI specialist... Thanks for letting me provide my experience feedback.

Search for FOLDERS not just messages, in Outlook 365/2016

When I have items in a particular subject, I create a Folder and drag everything into it. However, Finding the items again is a needle in a huge haystack !

Currently Outlook only searches for messages, in the; Current folder, Subfolder, Current Mailbox, All mailboxes, or All Outlook Items. We need to be able to search for a FOLDER, and have the hierarchy-tree scroll up to that folder, without changing view (like as if you click on it).

Then items in the view pane can be dragged to that folder, or, you can click on the folder to change the view-pane to those messages.

In both the App Launcher and the default 0365 start page:
1- allow the user to pin or unpin ANY of the applications, whether they are an O365 apps like Word, Excel, Delve...or an internal business applications that a Tile has been made for
2- allow the user to re-arrange the apps in whatever order they wish
3- do no automatically add apps by default based on users usage to either the App Launcher or start page
4- Allow Admin to preset the available apps that show for a user so that Admin can dictate what the start page and/or the App Launcher looks like for users or Groups of users. For companies that want their users to have control, they don't need to use this, for companies that want to deliver a particular experience, they can use this.
5- For the above, when creating new Tiles, allow the Tile to be available for either the App Launcher or start page or both.
6-When creating a Tile, provide the ability to upload an image with the other options there instead of needing to providing the URL to the image.
7-allow Tile image formats to be png, jpg, gif, bmp.
8-provide the recommend 50px by 50px dimensions of the image for a Tile in helper text. If a user does not conform to that, resize the image automatically to that.

"Account settings" in outlook takes to microsoft account which doesn't have an entry for office subscription

"View account in OneDrive takes to microsoft account which doesn't have an entry for office subscription

Having a link to microsoft account in Office is good, however having link to office account would be more helpful. I find it very hard to find an easy way to enter subscription key for office 365 home subscription. Users have to go through these steps to find a place where to enter activation code for office 365 subscription:
1) Click on office tile or type office.com in the browser
2) Click sign in and the page will refresh with your name. Why not show up right away with name?
3) Click "My account" and the rest is simpler.