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A combined my day for multiple accounts
There might have been other posts suggesting this feature but couldn't find them. Which makes me think, may be there is a way to see the tasks from multiple accounts (my personal and my company) ...
Hi Uyener,
I found a workaround to fulfil this requirement. You can try following steps to set up a chain of actions in you outlook client:
1. In your work email account, set up a 'quick step' called 'forward follow up' with actions 'forward' your email to your personal account and request 'flag for recipients';
2. In your personal email account, set up an email rule with criteria as below screentshot
3. make sure your personal account does not put your work account email to junk box.
This chain of actions can work.
- Hi there,
I'm in a crazy situation, our organisation has just migrated across, god knows what that means as i now have 2 email accounts but i can only use Outlook desk top with 1
But i can access both on Outlook web app.
So i now have had to redo a load of tasks in the new account Microsoft To Do because i can't go by tasks or flags that are on my original company email in To Do. Frustrating as hell.
But because i can't access the new account on outlook desktop (no idea why noy) i'm resigned to the fact that i can't manage my Tasks and follow ups in To Do from my work email - I’m not sure that you will not breach security code of the company you’re working in. There in mails could be a lot of sensitive information that is considered by company only for internal use.
- Hi Angus13892,
This is a nice way of combining the flagged emails in both accounts. Yet my situation was a little more complicated. Other than flagged emails from both accounts, I create my business tasks in my business account as well as many other business related tasks that come from others, (calendar tasks, Planner, Jira etc.) It would be hard to forward them all to my personal account.
As I stated, my workaround practically works for me. I combine everything in my business account. I created a shared list in my personal account on which I move all related personal tasks and flagged email and hence can see them in my business account. There, I even created shared lists with my wife for shopping etc. 🙂 but they are all visible in different lists in my business Todo.
Other than all being visible to my company admins, for the time being it works fine. Still the best would be to be able to create a single list without having to switch between accounts.
