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Save/attach from emails in MS Outlook 2016 to SharePoint site
Hi there
Appreciate this has been discussed before, but are there any updates planned to the interaction between Outlook and SharePoint?
We're rolling out SharePoint as a file store for o...
- This is now possible using the Outlook Desktop and modern browsers - take a look: https://jonasbjerke.wordpress.com/2019/09/06/you-can-now-drag-e-mails-from-outlook-directly-to-sharepoint/
I do not see a way to drag and drop an email in the modern view, only the classic. Have you had a different experience? It does look like we would need a 3rd party add-in to make this work, but doubt that we will be authorized to bring on a vendor just to save email to a SharePoint list.
You drag the email from Outlook and drop it into a library (not a list). This results in an MSG file in SharePoint (works with modern too). But another downside is that the filename will the same as the subject so it will likely conflict if you add other emails especially from the same thread.
Yes, its not free to use a third party add-in, but it comes down to the value. Customers find it pays for itself in compliance with regulations (certain industries), knowledge management (keep all related files together including emails), and for business processes. We can make a business case to loosen the purse strings because we can show the ROI.
Roland