Outlook login and Autotask menu

BEFORE YOU BEGIN  If you have not installed the Outlook Extension refer to Downloading and installing the MS Outlook Extension.

Logging in

For added security, Autotask requires that users either use two-factor authentication (2FA), single sign-on (SSO), or KaseyaOne unified login. This is true even when Autotask is accessed from Outlook. Any action that requires Outlook to access Autotask will open the log in page associated with your authentication method.

The Autotask menu in Outlook

After you have installed the Autotask MS Outlook Extension, an Autotask menu will appear at the top of your Outlook window in Mail, Calendar, and Contacts view. Click Autotask to view the menu.

Classic Ribbon:

Simplified Ribbon:

If you open an email message in a separate window, you will see the following menu:

On the Outlook > Autotask menu, pipes | divide the menu options into three groups:

Menu Item Option Description

Autotask

Home

 

 

 

Click to open your Autotask homepage. The Outlook Extension will pass your credentials to Autotask and log you in automatically.

Options

Click to open the window where you can enable and configure the Outlook Calendar and Contact integrations. Refer to Configuring the Outlook extension.

About

Click to display the version that you are using along with the Autotask Copyright notice.

More

Get Calendar Items

Click to access a menu from which you can Get Calendar Items or Send Calendar Items from Outlook to Autotask. Refer to Transferring calendar items between Outlook and Autotask.

Send Calendar Items

Get Contacts

Click to access a menu from which you can Get Contacts from Autotask, or Send Contacts from Outlook to Autotask. Refer to Transferring contacts between Outlook and Autotask.

Send Contacts

Create from email, Email message menu

Ticket, Ticket From Email

 

 

 

Saving an email as a new ticket

Company Note, Company Note From Email

Saving an email as a CRM note, ticket note, project note, or task note

Contact Note, Contact Note From Email

Saving an email as a CRM note, ticket note, project note, or task note

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Ticket Note, Ticket Note From Email

Saving an email as a CRM note, ticket note, project note, or task note

Project Note, Project Note From Email

Task Note, Task Note From Email

Add to Autotask

Ticket

 

 

 

Click to create a ticket in Autotask from the currently selected message in Outlook. Refer to Saving an email as a new ticket.

Company Note

Click to create an organization Your Autotask instance may be configured to use one of the following terms instead: Account, Business Unit, Client Company, Customer, Site. note in Autotask from the currently selected message. Refer to Creating new Autotask notes in Outlook.

Contact Note

Click to create a contact note in Autotask from the currently selected message. Refer to Creating new Autotask notes in Outlook.

More

Appointment

Creating new Autotask calendar items from Outlook

To-Do

Creating new Autotask calendar items from Outlook

Contact

Creating a new Autotask contact from within Outlook

Ticket Time

Entering time from Outlook

Ticket Note

Creating new Autotask notes in Outlook

Service Call

Creating new Autotask calendar items from Outlook

NOTE  This option requires that the Dispatch Calendar is enabled in Autotask, and you have Ticket View permission = All.

Project Time

Entering time from Outlook

Project Note

Creating new Autotask notes in Outlook

Task Note

Creating new Autotask notes in Outlook