May 01 2017 08:13 AM - edited May 01 2017 04:14 PM
I have started to give a look to Microsoft To-Do.
I am a (veeery) long time user of Outlook Tasks and I was pleased to see that Outlook Tasks got automatically synchronized in Microsoft To-Do. But I would have expected that Outlook Tasks reminders appeared automatically as To-Do reminders on my iPhone. Unfortunately this seems not to be the case: reminders are indeed set in To-Do but they don't trigger any kind of notification on the iPhone. Moreover, overdue Outlook Tasks don't appear automatically in My Day list in To-Do and it looks like I have to manually add them.
What am I missing?
May 01 2017 10:35 AM
Hi Salvatore,
In opposite to you I'm not a big fun of Outlook Tasks, but also started to play with To-Do. I use two accounts
1) Private on O365 Home connected to iPhone app
2) Work one with O365 E3 conected to Desktop and Win10 Mobile apps
Can't say right now about first option, but for the second one it looks like mobile app doesn't sync tasks in the background. You have to open (or re-open) phone app to sync after any change in tasks. After that reminders appear on the phone and it shows correctly all tasks, includes overdue one. Doesn't matter where they were created, in Desktop app or directly in Outlook.
May 02 2017 04:28 AM - edited May 02 2017 05:23 AM
Thanks Sergei.
This morning the notifications appeared on my iPhone.
Unfortunately, though, Microsoft To-Do TOTALLY screwed my Outlook Tasks, changing all the start dates of the recurring tasks (and also of some other non-recurring tasks): really a mess!
Luckily, before activating To-Do (being it a preview...), I made a backup of all my Outlook Tasks (that in my case are about 200) and therefore I have been able to restore them without further problems.
Well, I think To-Do has still a long journey to-do (pun intended) before being ready with Outlook Tasks integration, so I give up for the moment.
We will see...
cc @Candy Ho
May 02 2017 06:15 AM
Hi Salvatore,
Two hundred active tasks - that's impressive!
I played few minutes with with tasks - created one task each on To-Do Desktop, mobile, OL2016 and in cloud. Set reminders on couple of minutes ahead.
All reminders appears in time. Tasks were created in both To-Do:s everywhere are shown correctly - time of creation, due time.
Tasks created in Office (both OL and cloud) are shown with Due Yesterday. Moreover, reminder in OL interface shows strange time under the task, perhaps that's end of my business day, and strange due time (few hours from now), i have no interpretation for it.
Same OL interface for ToDo:s tasks shows the time of task creation and due time is relative to reminder time (or actual overdue).
It looks like different logic in classic OL tasks and To-Dos tasks.
Okay, that's just the task into my ToDo list to clarify all that stuff.
May 02 2017 09:25 AM - edited May 02 2017 09:26 AM
Hi Sergei.
Well, I ve been creating and mantaining recurring Outlook Tasks, wich are 90% of the total of mine, during the last 20 years (yes, I know, I am an old man...). Hence, most days of my life are marked by the popping out of some recurring task. :-)))
Also, since I own a couple of iPhones (and a couple of iPads), I am very disappointed by the native synchronization of Outlook Tasks with IOS Reminders. Therefore I hoped that To-Do could offer a better experience.
Unfortunately, To-Do makes a VERY poor job in importing recurring Outlook Tasks, as you are confirming, and so I am still more disappointed!
@Candy Ho: are you aware that recurring Outlook Tasks (and also not recurring ones) get broken in To-Do? Do you plan to address such issues?
May 02 2017 09:44 AM
May 02 2017 10:00 AM
Thank you Candy.
Happy to know that you are aware of it.
Looking forward to getting updates on this issue.
Aug 10 2017 08:45 AM
We use Hosted Exchange via AppRiver. I looked at MS's To-Do, but since it does not seem to work with Tasks (Outlook or OWA) we ruled it out. Apparently the importer only works with Wunderlist and Todolist, which we do not use.
Aug 13 2017 05:10 AM
Aug 13 2017 07:57 AM
Though a deal-breaker for me, and for my team, I appreciate the info!
Aug 14 2017 07:00 PM
Sep 26 2017 04:13 AM
Nov 16 2017 05:55 AM
i am a user of outlook, and am trying to get along with todo.
i also use exchange from where i create tasks. Those tasks do appear in Outlook (client & online) but not in Todo. Will this be solved anytime soon?
Nov 16 2017 06:09 AM
Are you using Exchange Online or on premises?
To-Do sync works only with EOL.
Nov 16 2017 06:54 AM
I cannot get my to do list android app to sync with my Microsoft outlook. I am using an office 365 Business Premium License
Nov 16 2017 07:08 AM
we use exchange online
In attachement you find my outlook online with tasks. in this list you find tasks with enveloope. These come from outlook. these tasks don't appear in todo.
is there a special action we need to take?
Nov 16 2017 07:08 AM
we use exchange online
In attachement you find my outlook online with tasks. in this list you find tasks with enveloope. These come from outlook. these tasks don't appear in todo.
is there a special action we need to take?
Nov 16 2017 07:13 AM
No special action needed: it should work.
Please double-check that you have signed into To-Do with your O365 work account and not with your MSA: this is a common mistake.
Nov 16 2017 08:59 AM
Nov 16 2017 09:02 AM