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Brass Contributor

Oct 15, 2019

Opening Teams OneNote from OneNote 2016 desktop app

Hi everyone. we just came across the issue that users want to be able to open OneNote created in Teams directly from OneNote 2016 desktop app but when click on File -> Open and Company Sites, the...

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Anna Procházková

Brass Contributor

Oct 16, 2019

Andrew Hodges Thank you for the answer!

However, even if a new OneNote is added into Teams (when creating a new tab) when opening a OneNote from OneNote app, it is not in the list of available notebooks unless the user has opened it recently. And that´s the problem - you cannot search for available notebooks from the desktop OneNote app. Or am I wrong?

Andrew Hodges

Bronze Contributor

Oct 17, 2019

Hi Anna Procházková ,

I have tested this and here is what I found:-

I created a new Team and added a OneNote Tab to the Team point to the OneNote notebook in that Team. In OneNote 2016 the notebook appeared immediately in recent notebooks.

The users will not see the notebook unless they visit the tab. I have also found a good user journey for them to get the notebook into their desktop client.

1. Open the Team.

2. Visit the OneNote Tab.

3. Click "Open in Browser".

4. The drop down appears and select "Open in App".

5. The Notebook opens.

Hope that helps.

Andy