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Preview Feature in new Library experience
Hello SharePointer, we have a problem with the new Library experience and the newly integrated viewer. In the old experience when you click on a .pdf or a .msg file it opens the pdf with the ...
Hi Heiko,
There is an alternative but it is not standard SharePoint since it uses a 3rd party tool. The browser-based tool mimics SharePoint as Windows Explorer and automatically extracts email metadata from msg files upon uploading. It allows users to preview msg files in the browser (without opening Outlook) and also allows users to download the msg file. Documents stored in SharePoint can be directly attached to new emails or included as links in a new email. There is a recording online (https://youtu.be/KbGPLIzQ-lY).
This functionality may provide you with a different view on managing emails in SharePoint.
Note: I am affiliated with the vendor.
Paul