Will "Integrated Apps" for Office 365 also be pushed to Outlook 2016?

Question

Hello, this is my first time posting here. I was recently tasked with pushing an integrated app to our users in Outlook. Specifically, the "report phishing" button. See here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/step-by-step-guides/deploy-and-configure-the-report-message-add-in?view=o365-worldwide

My question is, will this only be pushed to those who are running the O365 versions of Outlook? Majority of our users are still running Outlook/Office 2016. I want to know if those users running 2016 will get the integrated app as well. If not, we will need to move everyone to O365. Thanks for reading.

Answer 1

Hi, so the “Report Phishing” button is an Office Add-in that can be deployed to your users through the Microsoft 365 admin center. The deployment options available depend on the Office application you’re targeting and the type of add-in you create.

For Outlook, you can deploy add-ins using the Exchange server for both on-premises or online environments. This means that it should be possible to deploy the “Report Phishing” button to users running Outlook/Office 2016 as well as those on Office 365.