u/joetron2030

Hopefully, this is an easily answered question and the search terms I'm using w/ Google aren't sufficient to surface the information I'm looking for...

A partner in our business is retiring. They've been given permission to take their current work laptop with them after I remove all of the apps we provided. Specifically, in this case, it's MS 365 Apps for Business since we still run on-prem Exchange.

One thing they have asked about doing is setting up personal email and calendar through Classic Outlook under a new Windows profile. I'm fine with assisting them with this.

My question is this:

The Classic Outlook profile (OST file) will be created with MS Apps for Business. When they replace that installation of Office with MS 365 Personal, will the Classic Outlook in that install just read the OST file with no problems? Or will it not see that OST file and prompt to create a new profile?

I'm assuming the former because Classic Outlook is Classic Outlook regardless of whether it's installed from Apps for Business or Personal but wanted to make sure.

Thanks in advance.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Season Release: > > - This downtime is for a quarterly Season Release build that includes brand new cars, tracks, & features, hosts of updates, improvements, & bug fixes, and so much more to ensure iRacing is the best experience on the market. > - Get a sneak peek at some of what's coming from the Season 4 Development Blog post here: iRacing Development Update: August 2026 - iRacing.com > - Since this update is packed full of good stuff, expect this deployment to take some extra time beyond our usual Patch deployments to complete. > > #Downtime: > > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 4 Initial Release, Wednesday September 9th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Since this downtime is significant for a full Season release, Demo Drive will remain up for an extended period of time after deployment is complete. > - Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Wed 2026-09-09 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Wed 2026-09-09 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##UTC > > Wed 2026-09-09 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Wed 2026-09-09 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##AEST > > Wed 2026-09-09 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Wed 2026-09-09 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums with details on the planned retirement of Road America, Mid-Ohion, and Milwaukee...

> #Track Retirement & Replacement: > > - We are retiring the existing versions of THREE popular iRacing tracks with the 2026 Season 4 Release: > - Road America > - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course > - The Milwaukee Mile > - Each of these three tracks is being replaced with a brand new laser scan and fully rebuilt version. > - Retired tracks no longer function within iRacing. > > #» Save out any Replays as video or image files before retirement occurs! « > > Be sure to check out our recent Season 4 Dev Blog Post to learn more about what’s coming for 2026 Season 4! > > iRacing Development Update: August 2026 - iRacing.com > ##More Specifics: > > With the upcoming 2026 Season 4 Release, Road America, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and The Milwaukee Mile are each receiving a complete modern rebuild from the ground up. These updates are so significant that the old version will be retired and not maintained into the future. > > - All Members who currently have access to each of these tracks will automatically be granted the new version for free. > - The old version of the track will be retired, and will become inaccessible for use on iRacing in any way - this track will no longer be selectable or load in any form by the Simulator. > - Retirement impacts all configs for a track. > - As part of retirement, any pending Hosted Sessions using any of the old versions of these tracks will be cancelled and no charges will be made to hosting accounts. > - As part of retirement, old Replays at retired tracks will no longer be viewable. Please collect any screenshots and videos you desire from the existing versions of these tracks before retirement occurs with the 2026 Season 4 Release deployment! > - Deployment is scheduled to begin at 0800EDT/1200UTC on the 9th of September, 2026! > - All results, stats, and records of events at retired tracks remain unchanged and will always be available for viewing.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Maintenance Period: > > - This downtime is for a maintenance period needed to perform the membership subscription price change. > - Detailed information about the iRacing subscription price change can be found HERE > > #Downtime: > > - iRacing.com will be coming down for maintenance in order to complete the membership subscription price changes on Tuesday, August 18th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Tue 2026-08-18 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-08-18 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##UTC > > Tue 2026-08-18 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-08-18 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##AEST > > Tue 2026-08-18 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-08-18 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> Hi, iRacing, > > We've entered an unplanned emergency maintenance mode while we investigate a potential critical security issue. > > We'll have more information for you after our initial investigation. > > Demo Drive is up for your enjoyment!

Thank you for your patience.

ETA: From https://bsky.app/profile/iracingsupport.iracing.com/post/3mrasa5y4722g, they will be recommending (forcing?) password resets when service resumes.

ETA2: Apparently they've removed the phrase "critical security" from the forum post regarding this.

ETA3: Final update from iRacing staff on this outage:

> You may have noticed our service was unavailable for about four hours today, July 22. We're sorry for the disruption. > > We took the service offline to investigate and address a potential security issue. After a thorough investigation, we've confirmed that your account data was not compromised. Your passwords and data are secure, and remained secure throughout. > > Over the coming weeks we'll be rolling out additional measures to harden our systems even further. As part of that, we'll invite you to reset your password at your convenience, and we'll ask everyone to do so at a later date. There's nothing you need to do right now. > > Thanks for your patience, and for being an iRacing member.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Hotfix Release: > > - This downtime is for an unexpected Hotfix release that includes needed fixes for critical issues for 2026 Season 3. > > #Downtime: > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix 2 Release, Tuesday, July 21st, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Tue 2026-07-21 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-21 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##UTC > > Tue 2026-07-21 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-21 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > > #AEST > > Tue 2026-07-21 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-21 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Patch Release: > - This downtime is for a hotfix to fix an issue with the Acura NSX GT3 EVO 22. > > #Downtime: > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 3 Patch 3 Hotfix Release, Wednesday, July 15th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Tue 2026-07-15 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-15 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##UTC > > Tue 2026-07-15 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-15 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##AEST > > Tue 2026-07-15 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-15 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Patch Release: > - This downtime is for a planned Patch release that includes great updates and important fixes for 2026 Season 3. > > #Downtime: > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 3 Patch 3 Release, Tuesday, July 14th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Tue 2026-07-14 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-14 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > ##UTC > > Tue 2026-07-14 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-14 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > ##AEST > > Tue 2026-07-14 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-07-14 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Patch Release: > > - This downtime is for a planned Patch release that includes great updates and important fixes for 2026 Season 3. > > #Downtime: > > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 3 Patch 2 Release, Thursday, June 25th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released content that must be licensed will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Thu 2026-06-25 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Thu 2026-06-25 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > ##UTC > > Thu 2026-06-25 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Thu 2026-06-25 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > ##AEST > > Thu 2026-06-25 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Thu 2026-06-25 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Season Release: > > - This downtime is for a quarterly Season Release build that includes brand new cars, tracks, & features, hosts of updates, improvements, & bug fixes, and so much more to ensure iRacing is the best experience on the market. > - This is one of four Season updates we release each year. This update is packed full of good stuff, so expect this deployment to take some extra time beyond our usual Patch deployments to complete. > > #Downtime: > > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 3 Initial Release, Tuesday, June 9th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released paid content will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Tue 2026-06-09 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-06-09 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##UTC > > Tue 2026-06-09 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-06-09 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##AEST > > Tue 2026-06-09 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Tue 2026-06-09 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.

From the staff post on the member forums:

> #Patch Release: > > - This downtime is for a Patch release that includes great updates and important fixes for 2026 Season 2. > > #Database Maintenance: > > - We are taking advantage of this planned Patch Release to also complete some required database maintenance work. Coupling this work with a Patch deployment prevents an additional downtime in the future. > - Database maintenance is expected to extend this downtime by up to two additional hours. > > #Downtime: > > - iRacing.com will be coming down for deployment of 2026 Season 2 Patch 4 Release, Wednesday, May 6th, beginning at 08:00 am EDT. > - This downtime will affect all iRacing.com regions and members will be unable to host or join sessions during the downtime. > - You can check on the status of all iRacing services directly in the iRacing Companion App, or from our System Status page here: iRacing Uptime Status > > #Demo Drive: > > Demo Drive becomes available as downtime for this maintenance begins and remains available after this deployment has been completed. > > - Demo Drive Sessions are launched using beautiful iRacing default weather and start at noon local track time. > - The content selected must be up to date, and Demo Drive contains a link to the Downloader where you can update and download any content. > - When connecting to Demo Drive, log in using the same credentials you already use on iRacing and the iRacing Forums. > - Demo Drive also contains links to the iRacing Forums, the iRacing Status Page, and a link back to iRacing, for when we exit maintenance mode. > - When we leave maintenance mode, Demo Drive will remain available for a period of several hours and a countdown will appear to let you know how much longer it will remain up. Navigation links to and from Demo Drive are present in iRacing whenever Demo Drive is available. > - Newly released paid content will not be available in Demo Drive until the following Season. > > #iRacing.com Downtime Schedule: > ##EDT > > Wed 2026-05-06 0200 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Wed 2026-05-06 0800 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##UTC > > Wed 2026-05-06 0600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Wed 2026-05-06 1200 Race Servers Unavailable > > ##AEST > > Wed 2026-05-06 1600 Overlap Hosted Sessions Prevented*
> Wed 2026-05-06 2200 Race Servers Unavailable > > - All times are subject to change. > - Sessions in progress at the start of maintenance will be terminated. There will be no record of such events whether official or not. > - *Hosted sessions are allowed to be created and run that do not overlap the "Race Servers Unavailable" time. For example, 6 hours before the maintenance period begins, you can create a hosted session that lasts up to 5 hours, but not one that lasts for 6 or more hours.