Smartsheet Unveils Integration for Microsoft Outlook

Bellevue, Wash. – Apr. 29, 2015 - Smartsheet, the spreadsheet-inspired collaborative work management tool used by millions worldwide, today announced the availability of Smartsheet for Outlook (beta). Smartsheet showcased the new integration during the keynote today at the Microsoft Build 2015 in San Francisco and will be providing live demonstrations throughout the event. The app is available from the Microsoft Office Store.

“The Smartsheet for Outlook integration highlights the value of working closely with Microsoft to innovate on the customer experience,” said Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet. “By using Microsoft’s newly announced unified API as the single interface to all of the Office products, Smartsheet for Outlook streamlines the process of creating or editing tasks in Smartsheet, directly from within Outlook. This is one of many initiatives we’re excited to bring to market with Microsoft.”

Smartsheet for Outlook allows users to create or edit items in Smartsheet and collaborate on them in real-time, all without leaving the Outlook inbox. “No more jumping from app to app to track the details of your work,” added Mader. “The results of working with Microsoft to deliver a truly customer-centric, versus an app-centric, experience is game changing because of the value it provides in mirroring how people work.”

To make the integration as easy as possible to use and access, Smartsheet took advantage of the new Microsoft App Commands (also announced at the Build Conference). As a result, Smartsheet is available directly in the Outlook ribbon. Additional features in Smartsheet for Outlook include the ability to:

• Convert any email into a shared item that instantly appears as a row in a Smartsheet project or sheet for all collaborators to see and act on.

• Create or edit a Smartsheet item or task, then assign it to someone, schedule it, or add comments and other relevant details from the email.

• Attach the entire email as a comment associated with a Smartsheet item.

• Search Smartsheet for the right sheet or project.

• Add all or selected email attachments to a Smartsheet item.

At Build 2015, Smartsheet is also showcasing a fully functional prototype of how its work management platform can be integrated with multiple Microsoft Office apps such as Outlook, One Drive and Contacts using the unified API. This merging of data helps organizations visualize how people are working together, on what initiatives and the status of the work. “Being able to see a picture of who’s working with whom on what work has been invaluable to our customers. Now layering in the Microsoft Office 365 data into that visualization takes it to a whole new level,” Mader added.

As a trusted provider to many of the world’s industry-leading organizations including Cisco, Google, Bayer, HomeAway, Facebook, Groupon, DHL, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), and more than 60,000 other companies in 170 countries, Smartsheet is making significant strides towards becoming the global standard for work management.