Microsoft has rolled out a series of updates to its Mail, People and Calendar applications, which will bring new features to its communications and scheduling platforms, allowing users to better manage content through multiple accounts.

The update will include cosmetic changes to the applications and add new features designed to improve organisation and productivity.

“These apps are designed to manage communication seamlessly on Windows PCs and tablets across multiple accounts — Outlook.com, Exchange, and others,” wrote Microsoft communications manager Brandon LeBlanc in a company blog post.

“We know our customers typically have two or more email accounts for personal use and work use, they use these accounts throughout the day, and they have a large volume of email they’re continuously managing.”

Among the features in the Mail update will be new menu and presentation options which can allow users to view messages from multiple accounts and toggle between multiple work and personal email accounts within the application.

The company is also adding new style options for hyperlinks and bulleted lists in the new message composition window.

For Calendar, the update will bring the ability to use the Exchange Scheduling Assistant tool for business users and will change the presentation of the calendar to show events as outlined boxes rather than solid blocks. Microsoft claimed the changes will improve the look and feel of Calendar.

The People application, meanwhile, will be enhanced with a number of new navigation options which can be triggered via a right mouse click or by a swiping gesture on touch-enabled PCs. The social networking tool will also add new filter options to the news feed screen.

Microsoft said that users can obtain the update through the Updates screen within the apps or by downloading the latest version of the applications from the Windows Store service.