Microsoft Teams: Moving files from Outlook into Teams just got a lot easier

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Prior to this update, some Outlook and Teams users were complaining that they needed to drag and drop PDF, Word and Excel attachments from the email window to the desktop and then drag them from there to the files tab in Teams. SEE: Top 100+ tips for telecommuters and managers (free PDF) (TechRepublic) It seems like an oversight that Microsoft didnt build this functionality into Teams from the outset, given that Outlook and Teams are from the same stable of Microsoft productivity software. Microsoft is also working on adding the capability to let Teams users on the free version of the collaboration app use the calendar to schedule meetings. Microsoft initially didnt offer a free version of Teams chat, but Slacks free offering forced it to offer one and then during the first round of pandemic lockdowns in 2020, Zoom forced Microsoft to beef up its free video call features like live captions. Microsoft also let free Teams users create video meetings.

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