I have an Office 365 E5 without Audio Conferencing that includes Microsoft MyAnalytics (Full), and I've activated Delay Delivery : I also have a rule, in Outlook, to Defer Delivery on every e-mail: The objective for both is different: Delay Delivery is for Work-Life Balance, so I don't send e-mails after hours; Defer Delivery is for Quality, so I can fix any mistake I notice right away after clicking send. However, when I set the Delay Delivery, it doesn't work, and Outlook will send the e-mail after 3 minutes: I don't know if this is a bug, by design, or just a bad configuration.

Hi @Nuno Bajanca , Based on my test, when I write an email, then click on the Edit to change the default time. After I press send, the email will be kept in my sent items like the screenshoot:

How to use Delay delivery plan (Microsoft Viva) and Delay email messages (Outlook) combined?

Nuno Bajanca 11

I have an Office 365 E5 without Audio Conferencing that includes Microsoft MyAnalytics (Full), and I've activated Delay Delivery:

I also have a rule, in Outlook, to Defer Delivery on every e-mail:

The objective for both is different:

Delay Delivery is for Work-Life Balance, so I don't send e-mails after hours;
Defer Delivery is for Quality, so I can fix any mistake I notice right away after clicking send.

However, when I set the Delay Delivery, it doesn't work, and Outlook will send the e-mail after 3 minutes:

I don't know if this is a bug, by design, or just a bad configuration.

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Faery Fu-MSFT 18,811 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-07-28T10:14:27.5+00:00

Hi @Nuno Bajanca ,

Based on my test, when I write an email, then click on the Edit to change the default time.

After I press send, the email will be kept in my sent items like the screenshoot:
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Nuno Bajanca 11 Reputation points

2022-07-28T16:48:52.017+00:00

But do you have a rule, in Outlook, to Defer Delivery on every e-mail?

Faery Fu-MSFT 18,811 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-08-08T07:49:58.623+00:00

Hi @Nuno Bajanca ,
Yes, I did.
When did you send the email? According to the official document, when you're composing an email in Outlook, Delay delivery will work for the following scenarios:

When all recipients in the To field are outside of their working hours.

When you're sending an email to just one recipient in the To field, and that recipient has an automatic out-of-office reply set up in Outlook.

When you are outside of your working hours.

Nuno Bajanca 11 Reputation points

2023-03-09T22:43:10.7566667+00:00

Hi @Faery Fu-MSFT ,

I have the delay delivery. I get suggestions, and I'm able to edit.

I will show you step by step:

Write a message:

Accept the suggestion:

Send (picture after opening the e-mail in the "sending" folder)

I hope this helps explain the behavior. I believe it is applying my Defer Delivery rule on top of the Delay Delivery.
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