Auto "Teams" message forwarding

[ZenDem]

Does anyone know if there is a way to auto forward all Teams messages to Outlook? Not individual messages...all of them.

The company I work for thinks it's awesome to have 5 different ways to communicate with (interrupt) me. I keep missing Teams messages because I refuse to keep it open on one of the three freaking monitors I use.

I've searched as far as I can and haven't found a solution. If I can't find one, I can only hope I'll get fired.

[drray23]

1. The whole point of team chat is to have it open in the background

so that team members can reach you quickly during working hours. If you refuse to keep it open, it is not going to work.

[ZenDem]

4. It doesn't work for me.

I have a phone, email and an office door. My priority is communicating with clients, not managers who really need to feel important by sending an urgent "chat" about possibly, maybe considering setting up a meeting to discuss a project that happened 4 months ago or one that is likely not to materialize for another 6 months, if at all.

I'm interrupted constantly and this is just adding another level of noise to my day.

I'm guessing in other industries/companies, it might be helpful, but not in this case.

Thanks for your input.

[CentralMass]

2. Here is a link that might help.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/office/share-to-outlook-from-teams-f9dabbe9-9e9b-4e35-99dd-2eeeb67c4f6d

I've found Teams to be a great tool. It take time to get used to. You are better off learning how to use it then fighting it.

[ZenDem]

3. Thanks...I tried that.

That only shares specific messages or channels. I'm looking for a way to forward all messages automatically, but thank you for trying!

Teams isn't useful to me, at all. I don't need to communicate directly with coworkers about lunch or "do you think we should have a meeting? I think we should have a meeting." For the love of all that is freaking holy...set up a damned meeting and stop "chatting" about it.

My priority is communication with clients...via email. That is what I NEED to keep open and Teams notifications are just noise.

I have email, phone and an office door.

[CentralMass]

5. Anther one that might help

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/outlook-notifications-when-someone-posts-in-teams/1763842a-f87e-4415-a5d1-6c17a437cec2

[ZenDem]

6. Thanks!

I did find something else I was looking for at that link!

I don't think Teams allows auto-forwarding, so I set my status to "offline" and added a message to freaking email, call or walk-into my office like a normal peon. I was a little less snarky, though.

[CentralMass]

7. +1