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When I open MS to Do app and open whether it is an email flagged or a task from my planner in teams when I try to open it, it opens in the web-based instead of the desktop. Am I missing a connector to my desktop or something?
Using classic Outlook for Windows in business environments
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Over 3 years since this was suggested, and the problem still persists. I don't Microsoft is going to solve this. They seem to want to force us over on web Outlook.
I am a big user of the To Do app myself, for keeping track of everything. We also use Planner for tasks within various departments, and these tasks show up in the To Do app, so it's not something I can simply stop using.
The "old" Outlook desktop client has the To Do app built in. So you can use this "version" of the To Do app which does open the items in Outlook.
A nice little trick is to right click the To Do app > Pop out app
Better than nothing, since, yes, it seems like MS wants to force us into the severely feature lacking "New" version of Outlook (read: OWA wrapped in a "desktop app").
Yes, the online versions totally suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks beyond belief. It's like they are in a race to the bottom with crapple and google.
Thanks and yes "OWA wrapped in a "desktop app" --- so true and shut absolute ****. It's not usable on a professional level which is their bread and butter. Microsoft should think about ignoring their prime user group.
I refuse to use anything OWA **** becuase it's essentially unusable and let's not get started with how absolutely horrible new Outlook is. Was forced to use it for a client for a few months so got to know it very well and the more I learned, the worst it was. The only nice feature is being able to reschedule a series from a certain point moving forward without disturbing the meetings that have already occurred.
Thank you! Tested and it works great.
I think the rollout of this version is fairly recent in our org or I didn't notice. So many of these apps come and go I stopped looking.
I am a big user of the To Do app myself, for keeping track of everything. We also use Planner for tasks within various departments, and these tasks show up in the To Do app, so it's not something I can simply stop using.
The "old" Outlook desktop client has the To Do app built in. So you can use this "version" of the To Do app which does open the items in Outlook.
A nice little trick is to right click the To Do app > Pop out app
Better than nothing, since, yes, it seems like MS wants to force us into the severely feature lacking "New" version of Outlook (read: OWA wrapped in a "desktop app").