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Outlook Tasks
I've been researching (and running some experiments on) the integration between Sharepoint task lists and Outlook. I have some questions. 1. I assigned a task to my colleague, David. I had him g...
- 2. There is a setting on a task list in advanced under list / Task settings that does just this "Send e-mail on assignment".
As for using the sync, I wouldn't trust it with a 10 foot pole. I consider it legacy and basically broken, as is calendar sync with event lists. You don't Mac or web support either. Your best bet for Task Sharing and management is to check into Planner plans, or Microsoft To-Do options.
The task lists work too, but again they haven't received modern UI overhauls yet but SharePoint lists themselves are fine. Long as you stay away from sync it should be ok.
2. There is a setting on a task list in advanced under list / Task settings that does just this "Send e-mail on assignment".
As for using the sync, I wouldn't trust it with a 10 foot pole. I consider it legacy and basically broken, as is calendar sync with event lists. You don't Mac or web support either. Your best bet for Task Sharing and management is to check into Planner plans, or Microsoft To-Do options.
The task lists work too, but again they haven't received modern UI overhauls yet but SharePoint lists themselves are fine. Long as you stay away from sync it should be ok.
As for using the sync, I wouldn't trust it with a 10 foot pole. I consider it legacy and basically broken, as is calendar sync with event lists. You don't Mac or web support either. Your best bet for Task Sharing and management is to check into Planner plans, or Microsoft To-Do options.
The task lists work too, but again they haven't received modern UI overhauls yet but SharePoint lists themselves are fine. Long as you stay away from sync it should be ok.