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Michael Brossart
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Jan 09, 2018
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To-Do's To Do & Outlook's To-Do List

It's very confusing and annoying that Outlook's To-Do List does not sync with the new MS To-Do app.  I find it very handy to flag my emails in Outlook for later action.  Since these flagged emails do...
  • Brandon Kane's avatar
    Brandon Kane
    Jan 09, 2018

    While I agree with your request, if you modify your workflow a bit you can get this - I drag emails to the navigation pane and release over the "Tasks" link. That will create a new task with the email contents attached. This has served me better than simply flagging an email.

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Tanya McClaran
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Jul 13, 2018
Any progress on this? Thank you!!
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Timo Yates
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Sep 18, 2018

Sorry for the delay! We're actually working on this right now. It will be more seamless and avoid a lot of the issues you see with approaches like the Flow above. I don't have an ETA but it's in development and prioritized high on the roadmap. Thanks!

 

Timo

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    Malcolm Fraser
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    Oct 03, 2018

    Hey Timo, anywhere you can point to the MS To Do Roadmap?

     

    M.

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    Malcolm Fraser
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    Oct 02, 2018

    Great to hear, looking forward to this feature as getting tasks and flagged emails into the same Microsoft To Do 'Bucket' will propel a lot of Getting-Things-Done (GTD) practitioners towards the app.

     

    Ergo, fantastic to have all you need to deal with....in one app!

     

    M.

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