This is one of the best Microsoft To Do videos out there, thank you for sharing! The categories for estimated time management and enhanced emoji options is a great idea.
I think that's really dependent on what the project is and how the team operates. I think it's ideal for personal project/task management, entrepreneurs, personal life, and small businesses -- beyond that I think there can be better option but the ideal option will depend on several factors.
Totally agree --- AND that in order to customize the categories, you have to do it through Outlook?! So bizarre. I had a Microsoft employee in one of the sessions of my group course and was *not very subtle* about wanting to see that update 😂✌🏻
I am finally moving over from Evernote and trying to embrace M365. Inbox Zero is a new learn for me and would be more successful if categories existed on mobile. For now, Actionable email goto Todo, waiting emails goto a folder in outlook for now. All emails get archived. We will see how it goes. Thank you for sharing this video!
Fantastic! My favorite part was the divide and conquer shopping list. My wife: Did you forget the bread again? Me: I thought that was your aisle? This video is marriage Gold! Thank you!
oh thank you! I am loving MS todo but everybody says it is not a PM tool, but I guess you can make it so. Question, is there a way to easily identify tasks that dont have a date? Unplaned?
I think this very much depends on the type of projects you are working with. As an entrepreneur, To Do is perfect for me. I manage some pretty complex projects, a 3-person team, and various client/consulting projects using To-Do. It can be as simple or complex as I need it to be. There are, of course, tons of more complex systems out there for managing various types of projects! (Asana, Trello, Monday, etc). To answer your other question! Along the left side of To Do you should see all your lists. At the top are your "Smart Lists" (lists auto-generated by Microsoft), such as "MyDay", "Planned" etc., you should also see a Smart List called "All". If you don't, you'll need to enable it by going to Settings > Smart Lists > Toggle "All" to the on position. Once you're on the "All" Smart List, you can adjust the Sort function to the due date and see all your unassigned tasks. Hope that helps!
Probably one of the best videos on MS To Do. Thank you. I do many of the things you suggest but hadn't taken advantage of the Planned status as much! 👍
Thanks! Categories is only available in the desktop version, unfortunately. Something I've been hopeful Microsoft would change but so far...no luck! Works for me, though, since desktop is my primary use.
Great video! I started using it this week, and I loved your idea of emojis. I didn't know I could divide them into folders and add more lists. Thanks again!
I think it would be great if you could go through the logistics of how and why you setup To Do the way you have. You quickly mentioned a few things, but for a guy like me who is trying out several to do systems, it would be a big help. But again what you presented was more than most others have touched on. Thank you.
Great video! To-do and OneNote are some of the best free productivity tools from Microsoft. My favorite combo for personal stuff. For business tho I use Planner from Office 365. I find it even better to visualize and organize tasks with kanban, still very easy to use and it automatically adds the assigned/scheduled tasks to your Microsoft to do.
