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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.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would like the ability to have emails land in teams. It could be similar to the Calendar tab in the left part of the ribbon or tool bar. It would also be nice to add filters for Distribution Lists that could be routed to specific teams or individuals as needed. The ability to create what I would call Speed Dial email messages at the press of a button that would have information for specific people during specific events that they may need to relay to their teams.

  • Joseph L commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This makes natural sense. Calendar is there. Chat is there. Files are there. Calls are there. Just make it a hub for everything. It's such a pain toggling from Outlook to Teams.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Adding my vote for this feature! I'm getting a lot of feedback from my ~250 person team that they want this capability

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, if Outlook web access was available in teams that would be fantastic. All O365 products under a single App!

    I've managed to add web access using a URL tab in channels, works but a little clunky.

  • morgz commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is an awesome idea, I support this. We don't need a team and outlook to be merged into one tool. Just integrate a view from outlook online that is thoughtful to the compact form of tools and is responsive when resizing teams.

    Thanks.

  • Alexandra Petty commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is a question I get asked often by customers. It's a feature that they're really missing at the moment.

  • Héctor Alvarez commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'd like the idea. It's not for people who are familiar with MS Teams, but for all of those clients who we want to migrate and need something familiar as a start.

    I work in BI, and always people ask for Excel compatibility, even if i'm giving to them Power BI dashboards. This is kind the same, we have to help people to adopt new technologies giving them something that they already know how to use

  • Matt C commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'd love to downvote this. Teams is already bloated enough. Please don't add exchange mail to it too. Focus on messaging, multitenancy, and messaging notifications first! Thank you!

  • Scott commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The #1 complaint from my users that I've gotten regarding office 365: For this, I have to open this, for that I have to open that, for this other thing I have to open this other thing.. I don't even know what I should use...

    And then came teams, people are seeing phone, voicemail, calendar, chats, onedrive in files, team conversations (with activity badges), and then I added planner, onenote and a helper chatbot on the left navigation. My people are loving it with everything there- OH, except for email.
    Wouldn't it make sense to finally have a unified experience with a single tool. I understand that email is a different type of conversation, but as I have been explaining to my users- the left bar is "ME" stuff and the tabs/channels are the "WE" stuff. There is nothing more ME than email.

    Look, you can even require Outlook to be installed in order to use the email left tab- its not an installation and license thing for me... it really is that user nirvana is so close, a single program to see everything around collaboration- please make it happen with an email button on left- all my uses will thank you!

  • George McRobbie commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Or, could emails just be part of the chat function? - i.e. all communications with one user, is shown in a chat style, whether sent as an email or IM?

  • Alex tech commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    just embed the web version of Outlook into it I would say to begin with. Outlook is very powerful, but sometimes indeed you just need a quick look and do not need to use a full blown outlook

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