Outlook Mail Integration

Having a quick way to convert emails in Outlook to tasks that show up in Microsoft To-Do.

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Anonymous shared this idea · Apr 19, 2017 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminMarcel (Product Manager, Microsoft To-Do) responded · May 9, 2019

With the last update of To-Do across platforms we have enabled the option to see flagged emails from Outlook as Tasks in Microsoft To-Do. Simply flag an email in Outlook to create a task from it in To-Do.

You can enable this feature in Microsoft To-Do from within the App Settings.

To get the latest version of To-Do please go to https://products.office.com/en-us/microsoft-to-do-list-app

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AdminMarcel (Product Manager, Microsoft To-Do) responded · Dec 13, 2018

We are rolling out the new Tasks Pane for Outlook.com’s Mail & Calendar and also the new Tasks for Outlook.com right now. We are still working on flagged email integration and hope to have it ready soon.

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AdminPolly (Community Manager, Microsoft To-Do) responded · Dec 11, 2018

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AdminMarcel (Product Manager, Microsoft To-Do) responded · Nov 7, 2018

Thank you everybody for voting for a better Outlook integration for To-Do. Our team is currently working on an option to turn flagged emails into tasks, and on quicker ways to create tasks from emails and calendar events directly from Outlook.com.

Want to help shape the future of Microsoft To-Do? We’re looking for a diverse range of users from all around the globe to test new feature ideas. We build our apps for everyone and are especially interested in underrepresented perspectives and needs.

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AdminMarcel (Product Manager, Microsoft To-Do) responded · Nov 28, 2017

planned ·

AdminMarcel (Product Manager, Microsoft To-Do) responded · May 3, 2017

Supporting Flagged Items from Outlook in order to show them as to-dos in our app is something we have definitely planned.
In addition we plan to support other Microsoft products, like Calendar and Cortana as well.

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Jeffrey commented · July 21, 2019 7:46 PM · Flag as inappropriate

It would be great that when you clicked on the "Open In Outlook" button it would open the email in Outlook on my desktop not the web browser version.
tpro commented · July 19, 2019 7:29 PM · Flag as inappropriate

I enjoy the wunderlist add-in that lets me quickly place the email (with it's subject and body) into a certain list I can choose via a drop down menu and set a reminder... would be great if to-do added something similar. The flag is nice, but then I have to go back into to do and organize and set the reminder. Feed won't let me post a screenclip of what the wunderlist add in looks like.
Gestor 247 commented · July 18, 2019 6:40 PM · Flag as inappropriate

poder hacer cronogramas de mantenimiento, calendario de pagos a proveedores,
Anonymous commented · July 17, 2019 9:00 AM · Flag as inappropriate

This is a good feature but why does the link only open OWA mail instead of my Outlook desktop client on Windows 10?
emma commented · July 17, 2019 5:03 AM · Flag as inappropriate

test
Leo commented · July 16, 2019 4:28 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Should also be possible for emails converted into tasks in Shared Mailboxes. right now you have to copy the mail from shared mailbox into personal inbox and convert into tasks there which is not quite user friendly!
Anonymous commented · July 15, 2019 5:24 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Replace the existing Outlook task interface. This one is great
C. Yusuf Mumtaz commented · July 15, 2019 12:45 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Can this also work for IMAP accounts in Outlook desktop and mobile app?
Dean Crofts commented · July 14, 2019 5:37 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Include categories from Outlook Office 365 to the microsoft to do fields please
Grzegorz Grondziel commented · July 13, 2019 7:33 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Very good idea!
Pradeep Dasarathan commented · July 12, 2019 4:20 PM · Flag as inappropriate

I'm having the same issue like the previous post. When I flag an email on Outlook on Mac or Samsung Email on S10+, the to-do do not show up. If I toggle the settings in to-do app on Android, they show up. But once again if I flag an email it doesn't pop up in to-do app
Dennis commented · July 11, 2019 11:07 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Mails flagged within the iOS native app are not visible in the iOS To-Do app, but the mails are flagged on outlook web.

Please fix!
Jarrett Kaufman commented · July 9, 2019 12:40 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Desperately needs to be synced with the categories in Outlook. I already have categories in both, but now I have to manually move the items from Flagged to the appropriate tag in To-Do as well, doubling my work.
Chris K commented · July 8, 2019 11:48 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Flagged email is ok. However I'm using one of my lists as a "catch-all" for any tasks that come to mind. I would love to create a rule in ToDo to automatically move any tasks in Flagged Email to my catch-all list to prevent me from having to do so manually.
Oleg K commented · June 29, 2019 1:31 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Flagged emails support is nice, but i don't want to keep an email around. So creating a task from email still is needed.
I think you already know commented · June 28, 2019 1:23 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Nina Kälin, Du kannst nicht ernst sein!
Anonymous commented · June 27, 2019 1:29 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Would like to see To do list appear and sync with Calendar
OLLI-S commented · June 25, 2019 11:07 PM · Flag as inappropriate

In Outlook.com I see the To-Do sidebar but here the most important view is missing: My Day.
I am using my phone to plan My Day and it would be very helpful to see this list besides my mails.
Anonymous commented · June 25, 2019 7:58 AM · Flag as inappropriate

it is time for people to embrace online app and not be so dependent on the desktop app. It is good that it opens in outlook.com, this is the way of the future, then no apps are needed
Russ commented · June 25, 2019 7:25 AM · Flag as inappropriate

In To-Do when you click on Open In Outlook it opens Outlook.com in a browser rather than in Outlook. This is ridiculous.