Viewing and editing work items in Outlook task list

Question

I'd like to see my work items, assigned to me, in my outlook task list. I can do this with sharepoint tasks and it is really conventient to see all my tasks (regardless of source) in one list.   Any suggestions on how I acheive this?

Answer 1

Jayne,

 

You might take a look at a 3rd party product called TeamLook.  It may provide what you're looking for.

 

Answer 2

Thanks for the Tip but this product lets me edit the items as part of a mail folder and I cannot compare the Task list to this.  But if I stop using Task lists and use work items for everything, it is a work around.

Answer 3

I have actually written something for my use that does exactly this. I just have it set to where I manually get the workitems. It even removes workitems no longer assigned to me. It does not allow any thing more than just listing them. I did all this by creating an Outlook Add-in and accessing the TFS objects (workitem store). So the bottom line is it is possible. I wrote it in my spare time in about 3 days.

 

-paul