
Even then, though, you’ll quickly run into the limits of what Microsoft To Do can offer: it’s just a checklist, after all. That niche would be for people who already regularly use Outlook Mail and just want a quick and easy way to keep track of important tasks. As our project management experts explain in this full Microsoft To Do review, it’s not the most impressive tool, but it could have a place in a very specific niche. Microsoft To Do is a to-do list built to integrate directly with other Microsoft products, most notably Outlook Mail and Microsoft Planner.

It’s much better than iOS reminders - it automatically pulls flagged emails from Outlook into my todo list, tasks assigned to me in Planner. I tried to overthink it with a Microsoft Flow script, but realized that Microsoft already has a ready made solution for it’s ecosystem - Microsoft To Do. I don’t want to have to manually enter tasks, so I started researching options.

I was trying Omnifocus and Things, but sending tasks from email to one of those services raised some concerns with the corporate IT due to security policies. I work in a Windows corporate environment, with a Dell 14in work laptop, usually docked via a single USB C cable, a 2018 Mac Mini at home, and all the Microsoft Apps running great on my iPad when I’m away from my work laptop but need to get some work done. I know - strange to have a thread in MAC Power Users that starts with ‘Microsoft’.
