![]() During its development, Microsoft actively sought to make the app feel like Wunderlist to entice its users to make the switch: If you’re still using the app, your to-do lists won’t sync anymore.įortunately, there’s no shortage of to-do apps to choose from if you’re in the market for a replacement, including Microsoft To Do. Simultaneously, it began development on its own to-do platform around 2017.Ībout five years after its initial sale, Wunderlist finally shut down for good on May 6, 2020. ![]() ![]() In 2015, Microsoft bought out the developers behind Wunderlist for an undisclosed amount between $100–200 million.īy then, Wunderlist had been around for about four years and was one of the most polished and popular to-do apps on the market:įor a couple of years, Microsoft kept Wunderlist around, pushing out updates and maintaining service. Let’s get to it! The History of Microsoft To DoĪs many Microsoft projects do, To Do began with an acquisition. Then we’ll show you how the “new” productivity app works in action. In this article, we’ll talk about how Wunderlist became Microsoft To Do. These days, its best features live on in Microsoft To Do, which adds a lot of new functionality of its own. Since Microsoft bought the app, it’s unfortunately been discontinued. This one is huge! It essentially allows you to access both your personal (i.e., buy milk) and work-related (approve a document) tasks all in one place.For a long time, Wunderlist was the de facto to-do app for many productivity enthusiasts. Microsoft To Do integrates natively with Planner and automatically pulls in the tasks from all the plans you are part of. Just like with many other Office 365 Apps, To Do has its a mobile app so you can access and complete the tasks on the go. My Day is a built-in list that allows you to concentrate on Tasks you deem important on a given date. It is just another way for you to organize tasks, that’s all! You can take it one step further and group lists into Groups! For example, if you have a shopping list + a list of activities to do around the house this weekend, you can group the two separate lists into one group called Home Tasks. A list is essentially a group of related tasks (i.e., shopping list, things to pack for vacation list). NOTE: Since Microsoft To Do is a web-based application, the desktop Outlook task experience is still the same and did not change.Įxample of a Task List in Outlook Desktop App What are Microsoft To Do’s core features? List functionality Well, guess what, Microsoft To Do is a replacement for Outlook Tasks now! Remember how ancient Task experience was with Outlook Tasks? Using an analogy of OneDrive and SharePoint, where OneDrive is personal storage space in the cloud, while SharePoint is a team collaboration tool, To Do is a personal task management tool, unlike Planner. Unlike Planner, which is a TEAM task management tool, To Do is strictly an app that is accessible just by the user (unless you share your tasks/lists with others). It is part of an Office 365 suite, so that means that it is accessible, just like the rest of Office 365 apps in the cloud ( read: from any device with an internet connection). Microsoft To Do is a cloud-based personal task management tool. That changed though with the introduction of Microsoft To Do. ![]() Up until recently, there was no good option to manage individual tasks in SharePoint and Office 365. Whether you need to buy a bottle of milk on the way home or complete the project proposal at work, our life consists of tasks. ![]()
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