Would like the ability to create a reminder or task from a message
In Slack there is an ability to click message options and set a reminder to take action on that message at some later date, e.g., remind me about this tomorrow or in 1 hour, etc. I think they use their "slackbot /" commands to create this reminder. In Teams, it would be nice to have this ability or to create a task to take action on a message at some later time. Thanks!
Tina Harkins
shared this idea
I really like the suggestion of creating an alarm on a message, so you come back to it. I’ve passed this on to our engineering team.
Meanwhile, here’s another feature you can utilize for the same purpose — use our “bookmark” button, which is in the upper right corner of every message. This will save that message or thread directly to your profile. To access your saved messages, just click your face in the upper left corner of the product. You’ll see a tab in the left rail that says “Saved.” This is like a list of little reminders.
Hope that helps! :-)
Suphatra
Microsoft Teams
94 comments
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Daniel
commented
Agreed with @Rinold. We need a reminder for individual messages
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Rinold
commented
Thanks @Suphatra, but we need a reminder for it and sometimes need a recurring reminder.
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Angus Wong commented
again, suggest this could integrate with Planner enhancement, and ask all Team users use Planner
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Ilia P
commented
Hi guys & gals, I found a great workaround to do it. You can use "Remind" bot.
Here is the installation link -> https://cutt.ly/remind-msteams-bot
P.s. I did not affiliated with the developers, just want to share great solution with you.
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JoshuaL
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@Suphatra, thank you for this alternative, but there appears to be a large number of user issues regarding removing bookmarked / saved chat messages.
Is there a link to a feature request for this or a support page that shares how to remove flagged messages?
Thanks.
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JoshuaL
commented
It looks like there are a number of similar UserVoice feature requests regarding “reminders” applied to chat messages, conversations, or certain notifications.
Comparatively, this is a feature that many of our former Slack users are missing and would greatly benefit our teams to see introduce to MS Teams.
Below is a list of URLs to some of the similar feature requests I was able to find. Please consider consolidating these requests to more accurately gauge your user voice.
Thank you.
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David Anderson
commented
What reminds you to look at your bookmarks? That honestly just seems like a terrible work around. Why not just say look at your calendar instead?
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John C
commented
The "try this instead" is not a suitable replacement for a notification / alert on a msg. Please make this suggestion an urgent priority.
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Cam
commented
The bookmark work around is not an acceptable alternative
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Sandra
commented
see also https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-ama/reminders-in-teams/m-p/300406 and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/how-to-set-up-reminders-with-dated-and-times/m-p/188260
If you want Microsoft to implement this feature, please vote for it at "User Voice" (multiple links):
* https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17062255-add-team-wide-reminders
* https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/19408345-add-a-remind-me-option
* https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/20590801-reminders-like-slackbot
* https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/31023556-ability-to-set-a-scheduled-notification-alarm-to
* https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16936801-would-like-the-ability-to-create-a-reminder-or-tas@Tom Morgan created an official Teams App called "RememberThis", which proved that this could be done (as of Dec 2019 the app is still v1.0.0, so it is rather limited, but it works):
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Jessica Singelais
commented
Saving a message does us no good if a reminder cannot also be received.
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Anonymous
commented
I was going to post this EXACT same question also... 80+ comments and 835 votes tell a product owner that end-users need this feature. I explored the bookmarking option, but this isn't a fix for my issue - I want Teams to nudge me, and this fix requires that I proactively remember that I've bookmarked something and then have to go find it. That's not a solution.
Do you really want to beat Slack? Listen to your community, provide visibility to your roadmap so they can see that you are, or are at least planning to, give them the capabilities they demand.
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Anonymous
commented
Hi Teams,
I was going to post this EXACT same question... I see that this was created three years ago though, and no changes have been made. I also see that there are 80+ comments, and most of them agree that we need this feature. Is there a reason this hasn't been addressed?I did explore the bookmarking option, but this isn't a fix for my issue - I want Teams to nudge me, and this fix requires that I proactively remember that I've bookmarked something and then have to go find it.
Please add in a reminder feature.
Thank you
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Brandon
commented
Please add this in as a feature... I have used this feature in #slack on a daily basis since it is: self-contained; quick to access; very convenient since I will often forget what my to-dos are Even when planned out nicely -- these quick reminders are Essential for me, and many others. Thanks!!
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Anonymous
commented
Yes please add the /remind feature and add to every message (click 3 dots to sub-menu with "remind me about this tomorrow/next week/this weekend/custom)
Also /remind as custom message with natural language ability!
"/remind me tomorrow to..."
"/remind me next wednesday to...."
"/remind me on mar 24 to remind Microsoft to add this feature!"
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Ramon
commented
Please integrate MS Teams saved messages into Microsoft To Do app - I can't imagine how someone can manage 100+ saved messages on teams when you can't organize nor prioritize them
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Anonymous
commented
Please add task and reminder features to chat messages in MS teams. It is much needed. If possible with the same compatibility MS OneNote has with Outlook tasks.
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Chit Chattr
commented
A lot of us clearly really want this feature but there’s not a lot of progress. In the meantime I’ve created a Teams app that addresses this need and it’s now launched to private beta. I want to invite everyone in this thread to get in touch directly to join the beta, or even just to jump on a call (on Teams of course!) to see a demo.
At this early stage I’d greatly appreciate feedback to make sure the solution best solves the problem. Please contact me directly - hg[αt]chitchattr.com
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Anonymous
commented
Being able to both create a task and add a reminder to individual messages in Teams would be quite helpful. Our organization is finding that too many things get lost/forgotten in Teams. The bookmark option is too "hidden." We need notifications.
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Hans Erik Jensen
commented
Ok...how about the capability for being reminded about a Saved Message? While helpful, simply adding it to Saved Messages isn't really meeting the feature bar - we need the reminder, and a notification. Our company is transitioning to Teams from Slack, where we found the /remind feature incredibly useful for a variety of scenarios. We've cobbled together an MVP solution using a Flow to send a reminder message to a channel after x minutes (along with a Flow Notification), but it's very stopgap while we figure out a better solution.
