Access to email from left tab panel
If there was an Outlook tab integrated on the left, similar to the Meetings tab (which is effectively the Outlook calendar), one could stay in Teams all day and not have to switch out.
Eric Richards
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Adding email as a left tab panel remains under review. We are working on adding several Teams and email integrations:
- Share to Teams: Share a copy of an email and any attachments into a chat or channel directly from Outlook
- Share to Outlook: Share a copy of a channel or chat conversation via email directly from Teams
- Actionable Teams Activity Emails: Teams missed activity emails display the latest replies and allow you to reply directly from Outlook
See this post for more information:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-microsoft-ignite-2019/ba-p/937025.
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501 comments
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Chris
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This would be an amazing improvement.
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Sheshan Abeysekara
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Would love to have access to compose/send/receive/check emails via an outlook icon on the left panel!
It would be a great feature to have within Teams.
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Jennifer Purvis
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yes!! This is the reason I came to this page was to suggest this very thing. It would be GREAT to have outlook accessible from the left sidebar. Outlook is the only thing missing from Teams.
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Hamish Ahern commented
outlook is too complex, multiple folders, multiple options to reply, move, attach, forward, add rules. teams just would not be able to replicate no where near that.
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David Threadgold
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Teams Calendar - practically useless unless you add the functionality to colour code different calendar entries. It needs to sync with outlook categorization colours. Surely that's within Microsoft capability to develop?
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Marcel Ponton
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Eventually Teams will replace Outlook as a totally integrated product.
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David Lavenda
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it already exists in the Microsoft Appsource - try it here: https://appsource.microsoft.com/product/office/WA200002338?src=website&mktcmpid=UVoice1
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kalvink
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It is going to be truly and ultimate productivity tools if there is outlook tab within teams. Its been contra-productive having to go back and forward between Outlook and Teams. Microsoft should consider this.
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Jeff
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This is just a stickng plaster over the real issue - which is that all team chats really are is conversations organized into a common structure. If Chats fuctionality were redesigned around conversations, then email and chats could be unified.
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Anonymous
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Outlook should definitely be added as a tab option in teams. It will be a one stop shop for companies
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Matt Koz
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This would be great. Currently, we have to have Teams and Outlook opened at the same time. Why not be able to check your email in Teams? It would be way more efficient. The Collaboratorium says Outlook is integrated in Teams, but it is not.
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Peter Baumert
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Come on guys this isnt rocket science, just add the Outlook Web App as a Tab to the left for the moment. this should work out of the box already.
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Kevin
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No email in teams? Absolutely ridiculous!
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Man
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It should be incorporated. People mentions problems regarding bloated and memory usage however, Outlook as a stand Alone application uses memory as well. By not using Outlook you could save some memory as well. Also, flagged email including attachments should be appeared in teams tasks tab.
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Tobias Kinzner
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It would be very helpful, if an e-mail-client will be a installable app to use in Teams. If you don't want to use it, it's alright. But for other users it will be a great help for their daily work.
You don't have to put all Outlook features in this app - this is probably too heavy. But the features of the simple Mail-App from Windows10 will be sufficient for a start of the development. -
Bouke Haarsma
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I second Robert Barbrow's comment: please don't do this. E-mail lives in Outlook. Chat and Meetings in Teams. It's way too slow and bloated already.
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Manouk
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Watch the following explanation on how to add the web version to teams:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6659178095280480258/ -
Robert Barbrow commented
Please don't do this. its already way to bloated.
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Rhi
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Yes please - came here to request this. Being able to work from Teams alone rather than back and forth to Outlook would be very helpful, especially when working across multiple shared mailboxes.
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Anonymous
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Having Outlook Email and Contacts functionality in Teams would be a time-saver - staying in one application for the majority of my work is desirable.