February 23, 2026
New Integration Center: Your central hub for Microsoft 365
With InLoox 26.1, we are introducing the new Integration Center, your central hub for all Microsoft 365 integrations. It brings together everything related to emails, calendars, tasks, and documents in one clear, structured location. All integrations and their associated permissions are logically organized, giving you full transparency at a glance: see which features are active and how InLoox is connected to your Microsoft 365 environment.
The Integration Center provides the foundation for many of the new features in version 26.1. The individual functions will be presented in detail throughout this What’s New.
Read the details in our Help article: Integrations and Connections
Note for self-hosted/on-premise installations: Some Microsoft 365 integrations require additional configuration steps by an administrator (e.g. enabling access to Microsoft Graph). Please read our support article: Configuration of InLoox Self-Hosted for Automations with MS365 and Exchange Online Integration.
Redesigned inbox: More overview, more possibilities
M365 Feature With version 26.1, the inbox in the "Track" section has been fundamentally redesigned and is now called "Emails". The core idea remains the same: emails and attachments can be assigned to projects, and tasks can be created using the AI Assistant.
The redesign introduces numerous improvements and new capabilities:
- Unified tracking process: Emails and attachments can now be saved just as easily as in the Outlook add-in: select the item, choose the project and project folder, save, and you’re done.
- Automatic project suggestions: If the email subject contains an InLoox project number (starting with #), matching projects are automatically suggested when saving the email.
- Duplicate check: Instantly see whether an email or attachment has already been captured, including its project assignment.
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Automatic email tracking: When emails are saved to a project folder, all subsequent replies within the same conversation can be automatically stored in the same project folder. This requires the option “Automatically transfer emails from same conversation to project” to be enabled in the Integration Center.
- Improved previews: Reliable display of email content and attachments, regardless of format.
- Outlook folder structure, search & filters: Work within your familiar Outlook folder structure, search for emails, or filter by All, Unread, Track, or Untracked.
For more details about the new email inbox and its features, please refer to the Help article: Email Tracking
Enhancements to task management with InLoox & Outlook
M365 Feature
With InLoox 26.1, we’ve further expanded the integration between tasks and Outlook. New synchronization options make it even easier to create, schedule, and keep tasks up to date across both systems.
Sync project tasks with the Outlook calendar
Project tasks can now be directly linked to your Outlook calendar. After enabling the required permission in the Integration Center, simply toggle a switch within the task to add it toyour calendar.
In addition, two new options are available in the Integration Center:
- "Changes to InLoox tasks update calendar entries"
- "Changes to calendar entries update the InLoox task"
When both permissions are enabled, bidirectional synchronization is possible. Changes to date, time, or duration can be made either in InLoox or directly in the Outlook calendar, ensuring the task always remains up to date and consistent.
For more details, please refer to the Help article: Integrations and Connections and the Help article: Synchronize Project Tasks with Outlook Calendar
Create tasks from emails using Outlook flags
M365 Feature InLoox users are already familiar with creating tasks directly from emails, for example via the InLoox for Outlook side panel, where tasks can be generated from an email with just one click.
New in InLoox 26.1 is an additional, convenient option: after activating the feature "Create tasks from flagged emails" in the Integration Center, emails flagged in Outlook (e.g., Today, Tomorrow, Next Week) automatically generate corresponding InLoox tasks.
Optionally, synchronization can also be enabled here: if "Update flags in emails" is activated, completing the task in InLoox will automatically update Outlook and mark the email flag as completed as well. This new flag-based logic complements the existing side panel and provides another flexible way to quickly turn emails into structured tasks.
For more details, please refer to the Help article: Integrations and Connections and Help article: Create Tasks
New time tracking area: Log Outlook appointments quickly and directly
With version 26.1, we’ve made time tracking from calendar appointments even more straightforward. The former calendar section under "Track" has now been fully integrated into the main menu item "Time".
In the new time tracking calendar, you can work in a daily, weekly, or workweek view and display your Outlook appointments directly using a simple toggle (connection to M365 account required). An additional "Tracked" column instantly shows which appointments have already been logged.
Tracking time is simple: click the appointment, track it, select the project, done. Time entries can be flexibly adjusted, moved, or duplicated using drag and drop.
New features also include:
- Automatic project suggestions when logging time, based on an InLoox project number (starting with #) included in the appointment title
- Capacity display showing booked time and target working hours per day
- Conditional formatting for color-coded highlighting of appointments
Of course, you can still create time entries independently of Outlook and switch between calendar and list views whenever needed.
For full details, please refer to the Help article: Track time of Outlook calendar entries as well as the accompanying video tutorial on YouTube.
Notification center: All key information at a glance
With version 26.1, we’re introducing a centralized Notification Center, now located in the top-right corner. This is where all important updates related to your projects and tasks come together - clearly organized, up to date, and always within reach. You’ll see project news, task changes, and notifications when you’re mentioned in comments, among other updates.
For a detailed overview of notifications, please refer to the Help article: Notifications
By the way: as part of this update, your profile picture has also moved. You’ll now find it in the top-right corner as well. From there, you can access your profile and account settings as usual - so if you were wondering why it disappeared from the bottom-left corner, now you know ;)
User groups for projects
Managing project participants is now easier. In the account settings, you can create user groups within user management and assign individual users to them. The key benefit: project roles can now be assigned at group level.
In practice, many projects regularly involve the same teams such as Marketing, HR, Development, or Procurement. Instead of adding each team member individually to every new project, simply assign the appropriate group to the desired project role. This significantly reduces the manual effort required when setting up new large-scale projects.
Note This feature is available in the InLoox Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, and Self-Hosted editions only.
For full details, please refer to the Help article: Permissions
Improved workload view
With InLoox 26.1, the workload view has been further enhanced. In addition to Team / Resource / Task, the following columns are now displayed by default:
- Capacity (available working hours, e.g., 40 hours per week)
- Allocation (working hours already scheduled)
- Availability (working hours still available)
The navigation bar has also been expanded: you can now flexibly switch between absolute values (hours) and a relative percentage view, depending on whether you want to evaluate utilization in concrete hours or in relation to total capacity. Another new feature is the centralized level selector, which allows you to switch the view with a single click between Teams & Departments, People, Projects, or Tasks & Appointments. This makes it easy to move all resources to the desired level of detail at once what is especially helpful for larger-scale resource planning.
Overall, the utilization view now provides a fast and reliable forecast of how much capacity will still be available over the coming months, and how current workload is distributed across teams or departments.
For more details, please refer to the Help article: Resource overview/Workload
Search comments
You can now search comments with ease. In areas that include comments (such as projects, tasks, or documents) a search field is now available, allowing you to filter existing comments by keywords. This helps you find relevant information and agreements much faster, fulfilling a frequently requested customer feature with this release.
For more details, please refer to the Help article: Comments
New project performance indicators: Status at a glance
The project list now includes four new columns with visual indicators. These provide an instant overview of your projects’ timeline, costs, and revenue, without the need for additional reports or dashboards:
- Progress Performance: Visualizes the project timeline between start and end dates. A traffic light system (red, orange, green) shows whether the project is on schedule, while a marker indicates the actual work progress. This makes delays immediately visible.
- Revenue Performance: Compares planned and actual revenue. Once the revenue target is reached or exceeded, the bar turns green.
- Cost Performance: Compares planned and actual total expenses, making budget deviations instantly visible.
- Resource Cost Performance: Based on time tracking data, this shows whether planned resource costs are being met or exceeded.
For more details, please refer to the Help article: Project List - Performance Indicator Columns
Improved Workplace
The workplace has also been further optimized with this release. New enhancements include:
- New "Start" column: Displays the start date of a task directly in the overview.
- Inline editing of start and due dates: Dates can now be adjusted directly without having to open the task in full.
- Direct tracking of stopwatch time: When using the stopwatch, an additional button is now available to track the recorded time immediately.
- Simplified filter selection: In the top-right corner, you can now switch only between "Today" (including overdue tasks) and "Upcoming", providing a clearer structure for day-to-day work.
For more information about the workplace, please refer to the Help article: Workplace
Enhancements to documents: Clearly structured emails
With version 26.1, the Project > Documents area has been expanded, particularly in the way emails are handled.
A new "Emails" folder is now available on the left-hand side. It provides a consolidated view of all emails posted to the project, regardless of which subfolder they were originally saved in. Similar to "All Documents" but dedicated exclusively to emails.
Within this folder, you can choose between two views:
- The familiar, classic list view
- The new conversation view, where related emails are grouped together and displayed in a layout reminiscent of a CRM interface
For more details about documents, please refer to the Help article: Emails in Documents
Extended permissions: People, Tasks & Comments
With InLoox 26.1, permissions have been expanded and further refined. The following new rights have been introduced:
- Edit people: Editing contacts is now a separate permission. Administrators receive this right by default, but it can be specifically revoked or assigned to other users as needed.
- Add task comments: Controls who is allowed to create comments on tasks.
- Delete task comments: Defines who is permitted to remove task comments.
- Delete own task comments: Allows users to delete only the comments they have created themselves.
- Delete tasks: Determines who is generally allowed to delete tasks.
- Delete own tasks: Allows users to delete tasks for which they are assigned as the responsible resource.
These additions enable even more precise control over access rights and responsibilities.
For full details, please refer to the Help article: Permissions