Microsoft Is Making It Easier to Transfer Files From Outlook to Teams With Drag and Drop

Microsoft has added drag and drops support for transferring attachments from Outlook to Teams. This feature will facilitate the transfer of attachments between the two Microsoft productivity applications. It was first requested on the Microsoft forum in 2016. The ability to drag and drop between the two applications is now available, allowing users to move files from Outlook to Teams with ease. Microsoft is also working to allow users of the free version of Teams to use Calendar to schedule calls.

A Microsoft Teams admin replied in the 2016 thread, confirming that users can now drag and drop attachments directly from Outlook to Teams. Until now, users had to first drag files to a location like the desktop and from there to the files tab in Teams.

The feature had started working on the web client version of Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome in February of last year when it was also marked as “partially done.” In October, the Microsoft Teams administrator had said that the feature was available in the Teams web client and was being tested directly from Outlook to Teams.

The forum post or “idea” has received 11,571 upvotes since it was raised in 2016.

Besides that, the admin also shared that the ability of Microsoft Teams users in the free version to use Calendar was being tested internally. This feature would allow users to schedule conference calls using the calendar. This request was raised in the forum in August 2018.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is increasing the upload file size limit for Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint to 250GB. While support for it will begin rolling out later this month, general availability can be expected by the end of Q1 2021. Users will be able to share large files that can contain 8Kor 4K videos, 3D models, large sets. of scientific data, research projects, and more.