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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/
IJonas Vestergaard Bjerke Hansen
Indeed Outlook + Chrome (since version 76 released around 30 July 2019) or Outlook + Edge allow users to drag and drop emails and/or attachments directly from Outlook to SharePoint. See also various posts on https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/16003996-please-let-me-drag-outlook-attachments-into-sharep.
It does not work with IE11 or FireFox. It also does not work on macOS. The emails are uploaded as msg files. Separate tools are necessary in case the email metadata needs to be extracted and captured into SharePoint columns.
Paul | SLIM Applications
That's for sure, but it can be implemented very simple by using a remote event receiver that parses the msg files and write data back to SharePoint. We have a few customers with a working solution already!