How to integrate Microsoft To Do into Microsoft Teams

Sometimes, on Microsoft Teams, you’ll receive essential messages that you then turn into tasks using Microsoft To-Do. However, because there’s not an integration in place, you need to copy the message and switch applications to create a task.

Although the process isn’t complicated, it adds extra steps that can break your workflow when using Microsoft Teams to work from home or the office. If you usually create a reasonable amount of tasks based on messages, then you should use the Tasks add-on to Microsoft Teams. It seamlessly integrates into the platform, and it allows you to quickly create Microsoft To-Do tasks from messages you receive in one-to-one chats or channels.

In this Windows 10 guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to integrate Microsoft To-Do into Microsoft Teams.

How to connect Microsoft To Do to Microsoft Teams

To integrate Microsoft To-Do into Teams, use these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Teams.
2. Click on Apps from the bottom-left corner.
3. Search for Tasks and click the top result.

   

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4. Click the Add button.

   

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5. Click the Tasks button below near the reply box.
6. Click the Sing in Now button.

   

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7. Click the Sign in button.
8. Confirm your Microsoft credentials.
9. Click the Yes button to allow the app access to the account information.

   

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10. Click the Close button.

Once you complete the steps, you can start creating tasks without the need to switch to a different app.

How to create To Do tasks from messages of Microsoft Teams

To create a Microsoft To-Do task from a Teams message, use these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Teams.
2. Hover over any message.
3. Click the menu (three-dotted) button on the message on a chat or team (channel).
4. Select the “More actions” and click the Create Task option.

   

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5. Specify a title for the task as you want to appear in Microsoft To Do.

   

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6. (Optional) Select a due date.
7. (Optional) In the “Body” section, you can add much detail as possible about the task. This information will append to the note section of the Microsoft To Do task along with the Microsoft Teams message.
8. (Optional) Check the Important option.
9. Click the Submit button.
10. Click the Close button.

After you complete the steps, the task will be created, and it’ll be available in the “Tasks” list of Microsoft To-Do, where you can view, edit, remove, or mark as completed.

If you want to stop granting permissions to the add-on to your account, you can click the Tasks button and then click the Sign out button.

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