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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If you have enabled the ‘Flagged email’ option from settings in To Do, then any email you flag in Outlook will show up under the ‘Flagged email’ smartlist.
From the Outlook web app, you can create a task out of an email by right-clicking —> Advanced actions —> Create task. You can also select a message in the body of an email and create a task out of it.
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MS To Do Task is Overdue
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Wow - 1129 comments at present date Feb 21 and 12.4k people voting to have this accomplished. What is taking so long for a corporation like this to fully intergrade their software packages? Especially an organisational tool that's meant to make it easier to organise your time but it makes it harder... the irony - one would think microsoft is looking out for your money not your personal interests...
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Dino
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Not sure if this was already suggested here, but it would be super useful if "Open in Outlook" option would actually open that email in Outlook desktop app (and *not* in Outlook web app in the browser -- or at least to have the option to choose one or the other)
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Kris
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One of the main workflows people like to track is:
1/ reminder emails after XYZ time/ date after sending an email. I should be able to see my list of emails in a list in ToDo, sort by To, From, Subject, Sent/ Received date (automatic metadata associated with these task items)
2/ Ability to click a link to load the specific email that was flagged (via OWA or Outlook client)
3/ Ability to drop in a specific list at the time of flagging the email
4/ Better aligned and integrated services - don’t want the Remind_me feature in Outlook iOS to be wholly separate from integration with ToDo. These functions should work together and not act standalone when they offer such similar functionality. -
Andrzej
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Remind time seems to not be synchronize.
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Mohamed Emam
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Create task in outlook desktop needs to be created as task in todo with link to the email. Basic but very important feature missing
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Anonymous
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Please allow more than 30 days history. I often flag emails with tasks coming in the next month, so I cannot forget them. It is ok to show only the urgent 100 emails, but not to skip mails which were flagged earlier.
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Anonymous
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Cannot get this email system to work right.
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Laura
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When flagged mail is added to To Do, I’d like to put a task-like action-oriented title on it, rather than relying on the sender’s likely-inadequate email subject line. I need to be able to quickly scan a list to determine what actions I need to take, rather than having to open and re-read the emails. Huge time saver would be an action title feature. Thank you.
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Anonymous
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Unflagging an email should remove it from the To Do list - it's infuriating that I have to go through the to do list manually to remove these if I accidentally flag an email incorrectly & then unflag it.
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Anonymous
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Flagged emails should be available for all email accounts set up in Outlook for IOS, not just Outlook mail.
Adding emails to task should also be available from within the IOS apps and not just on the web. -
Scott Clift
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The right-click "create task" button is a huge step forward. Thank you for creating this feature. Please enable the ability to add "create task" as a button in the toolbar so more people will see it and be able to use it.
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Anonymous
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I would like that when the reminder is fulfilled it sends an email to any configurable email.
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Anonymous
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The flag emails comes with unneccesary info and it's too much time for a busy person
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Clemens Döll
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I do not like the interface
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Clemens Döll
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I miss this app as a part of OutLook. why separate??????
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Clemens Döll
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I would like to work in Outlook desktop version and not the online version when I open a message
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Anonymous
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This is totally inadequate compared to pre 365 versions of Outlook where you could put any date and time as a flag on an email and use it as a reminder
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Anonymous
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there's no flagged email option in the To Do setting, i m confused why others have but i don't
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Tim
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Opening outlook email in the web app rather than the desktop app is a deal killer. Seamless integration with Outlook was the one opportunity for Microsoft to differentiate and rise above all the competing apps and they blew it.
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Anonymous
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Users would benefit from greater integration between MSFT To Do (MTD) and Outlook. Flagging emails is insufficient. Having a MTD app for Outlook should empower users to eliminate the additional step of creating a formal to-do action after setting up a flag in Outlook. The flag only captures an emailed artefact. It doesn't fully indicate the action items of a task in the MTD app. For that, an additional step is required. Users should only be required to touch the email and corresponding to-do one (ideally at the time the user reads the email and attachments (if any). Flagged items are useful reminders, but not very useful to assign tasks to oneself, others, or both. A similar approach should be applied to Teams. If I'm accessing Outlook from Teams, or in a Teams meeting, or accessing a post, or reviewing a chat from a meeting, I should be able to seamlessly set up/assign a MSFT To-Do from wherever I am at that time. Then, the first thing I do is open Teams and MSFT To-Do to assess my daily activities.