What you need to know:

Microsoft are updating the Share to Teams capability in Outlook for Windows, Mac (preview) and Outlook on the web. The Share to Teams from Outlook button enables users to share an email conversation from Outlook, including attachments, to any chat or channel in any Teams client. 

The feature creates a copy of the email and any attachments:

  • Copies are stored in the “Email Messages” sub-folder within SharePoint for channels.
  • Copies are stored in the sender’s OneDrive for chats.

Share to Teams does not support Individual Rights Managed (IRM) and Do Not Forward (DNF) emails.

What you need to do:

When you are sharing an email from Outlook:

Share to Teams button in Outlook desktop

Share to Teams in Outlook will either launch a window in the Teams desktop client if it is installed or open a window within Outlook. Within Teams, recipients will see a preview of the email message which they can open to view the full contents by clicking on the preview:

Share to Teams dialogue box on Outlook desktop.

Share to Teams leverages an Outlook add-in to drive; it will be installed the first time a user uses the Teams web or desktop client after this capability has rolled out.

Availability

This feature rollout will begin mid-March and should be complete by late March 2021 is available now. This feature is not yet available for Outlook mobile.