Teams crossed the 75 million DAU mark by the end of Q1, Microsoft Teams May 2020 update saw several new hardware partnerships, and Microsoft also launched a brand-new app for organizing day-to-day tasks. This last one called Microsoft Lists is yet to hit public preview — but here is a snapshot of what it would bring.
Key features of Microsoft Lists
- A web and mobile app – You can create new lists by importing Excel data or use one of Microsoft’s readymade templates available on the app.
- Customisable views – Let users view only what’s necessary, ensuring transparency without adding to all the digital clutter.
- Smart rules – Create simple if/then rules to programmatically update values on your lits. Rules can also help set up automated reminders.
- Integrations – Microsoft Lists connects with both Sharepoint and Microsoft Teams to simplify your workflows. There are also Lusts APIs to build custom integrations.
- List visualisation – You can view lists in one of three ways — Grid, Gallery, and Calendar. Apart from this, you can design custom views as well.
How Does Microsoft Lists work with Teams?
In its announcement, Microsoft highlighted the Teams + Lists coupling. This makes perfect senes, given that Microsoft Teams drives collaboration while Lists fetches important, sharable content. You could either bring an existing list to a channel on Microsoft Teams or create a new list right from the Teams app.
We particularly liked that you can chat on individual lists items via Teams.
Indeed, Microsoft Teams opens up most of Lists’ functionalities not only can you create a new list, without leaving the app, but you can also finetune it by adding columns, defining dropdown menus, generating sharable links, setting up rules, etc. Simply put, Microsoft Lists as a standalone app and Microsoft Lists with Microsoft Teams provides an equally enriching experience.
“Microsoft Lists is for people who get things done – together. Use Microsoft Teams to collaborate on lists, using flexible views like grids, cards, and calendar. This brings content and conversation side-by-side in one integrated experience,” writes Seth Patton, General Manager, Microsoft 365.
Who Is Microsoft Lists for?
Microsoft already has a to-do list app, called Microsoft To-Do.
With Microsoft Lists for Microsoft Teams, the company is aiming for something much bigger — a collaborative spreadsheet that lets you track, map, and share anything, somewhat like Airtable or even Trello. Lists would be useful for professionals in every sphere (particularly in project management roles), as a smarter way to organize and visualize key information.
In conjunction with Microsoft Teams, the app has tremendous potential. Teams has a massive user base, along with Microsoft’s market-leading suite of Office productivity apps. Lists would help to bring structure to these conversations, taking advantage of simple, rule-based automations to keep everyone on the same page.
When Does Microsoft Lists for Microsoft Teams Become Available?
The company announced the first disclosure of Microsoft Lists during Build 2020, releasing a first-look video in the same month.
It’s slated for public release sometime this summer — stay tuned for more updates.
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