In the updated experience, apps will remain until manually unpinned. In the previous experience, apps were removed after they were unused for a certain period of time.Any app added automatically can be unpinned at any time. There’s no need to manually pin apps to the app launcher because the system now automatically pins apps for you based on usage.

and the app launcher are now one experience and will show the same set of apps. Any app added by an admin can be unpinned by the user at any time.

We’ve provided admin controls in the Azure Active Directory portal that enable admins with the Cloud application administrator, Application administrator or Global administrator role to pin up to three apps to and the app launcher.

We’re rolling out some changes to the way pinned applications work on and in the app launcher: The app launcher, which in addition to is also available across the suite, is a menu of your Office 365 apps and services that makes opening and switching between apps easy. includes the Office 365 app launcher, which opens when you click the app launcher icon. We’ve also brought intelligence into the experience that customizes the experience based on your activities. We designed it to be your work hub experience and help you quickly get to the apps, tools, documents, and content you use on a daily basis.

is the URL for an experience that we’ve been buildingfor a couple of years.

Office 365 application launcher