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Alfresco Outlook Integration 2.6

Using Alfresco from Microsoft Outlook

The Alfresco Outlook Client is part of Alfresco Outlook Integration and allows you to use email and repository management without having to leave Microsoft Outlook.

Features of Alfresco Outlook Integration include the ability to archive emails into Alfresco, full metadata support, full search, tagging and workflow capabilities, and the ability to attach files and view archived emails in your inbox. In addition, you can create new versions of existing documents, review the version history of a versioned document, and revert back to previous versions.

For information about installing and configuring Alfresco Outlook Integration, see Installing and configuring Alfresco Outlook Integration.

For earlier releases of Alfresco Outlook Integration, see the Previous versions section of https://docs.alfresco.com.

  • Archiving emails in Outlook You can archive emails to a site or folder by dragging and dropping the email into a folder in your chosen site in the Alfresco sidebar.
  • Archiving folders in Outlook You can create folders in the Alfresco Outlook Client and assign metadata to these folders, similar to when archiving emails.
  • Managing files using the Alfresco sidebar In Outlook, use the sidebar to browse and work with your connected repository.
  • Managing file versions in Outlook You can create new versions of files that already exist in Alfresco Outlook Client. There are two ways to trigger versioning for one or more files: implicit and explicit versioning.
  • Managing archived files in Alfresco View your archived emails in Alfresco, just like any other files in Alfresco. Email filters allow you to search for the archived emails in a site or across Alfresco.
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