Do Everything Inside Your Email Inbox Using Glances with Microsoft Outlook
Stay working in Outlook using Glances
The first concept for email – a simple test message between users on different machines – was sent in 1971 by computer programmer Ray Tomlinson. Today, about 50 years later, the average employee spends more than an entire working day per week drafting emails according to research by OnePoll and Slack. Since so many workers practically “live” in their email inbox, Glances delivers a simple-yet-powerful way to help teams stay in their preferred email platform while also viewing data and handling tasks for other apps.
While Glances can connect with many email platforms, today we are focusing on Microsoft Outlook – the late-90s workhorse that still reigns boss in the business world for managing emails, calendars, tasks, and contacts in one place. If your team uses Outlook as part of your tech stack, achieving a 360-degree view of your customer insights, personal tasks, and other essential work data is all possible without navigating away from Outlook or commissioning pricey integration work.
Once you connect Outlook with Glances, you can simplify your workday with the ability to instantly look up your email contacts’ related data across your connected apps and perform multi-tasking Actions without ever leaving your inbox! Alternatively with Glances, you can work in any other app or webpage and review your Outlook emails. As always, the more business apps you connect with Glances, the more data you can see and tasks you can perform, all without navigating away from your work.
Why connect Microsoft Outlook with Glances?
As the apps in your tech stack quite literally stack up, the time-wasting burdens of app overload, tab-toggling, and context-switching take a major hit on your team’s productivity, every minute of every day. Glances was created to make all of your apps work together securely, helping your team build consistent processes that save time and reduce errors. Built with patented, no-code technology and backed by 5-star support, Glances has reimagined software integrations with all of the convenience and none of the data-syncing, downtime, and maintenance costs.
Connect Outlook with Glances and you will be able to:
✔️ Quickly search Outlook and all of your apps at once
✔️ Get fresh, real-time results in Outlook (or anywhere online)
✔️ Perform actions for other apps while working in Outlook
✔️ Give teammates data insights without access to core accounts
✔️ Eliminate clicks and tab-switching between apps
✔️ Avoid expensive and problematic 2-way data integrations
Available Microsoft Outlook views (we call these Glances)
When Microsoft Outlook is connected with Glances, you can 1) work in Outlook and view any email contact’s details, orders, invoices, and much more (based on the types of apps you have connected), and 2) work in any other app or webpage and view customers’ Outlook email conversation threads. See how it looks in the product shot example below.
You can also search and view live data across your other connected apps. Start by entering any contact’s name or email address in the Glances Search tab, or use the Glances Highlight and Search feature to auto-search. From there, any available data related to your contact will appear, filtered and organized per connected app. Scroll through the list and click to view the details. Check out how easy it is to use Glances in the animation below.
Get step-by-step help on how to connect Microsoft Outlook with Glances in our support article. Do you need to see an additional view or data set for Outlook or your other apps? Contact our team to discuss custom options for your business.
Automate tasks and improve workflows with Actions
Glances Actions are a time-saving feature that help you complete tasks in other apps without navigating away from the current web app, platform, or webpage you are working in. Customers save up to 20 minutes per routine task and also benefit from decreasing data entry mistakes. For example, you can stay focused working in Microsoft Outlook while simultaneously checking these to-dos off your list:
✔️ Create and send estimates and invoices
✔️ Add new products or services as line items
✔️ Start web calls and meetings
✔️ Initiate online payments and refunds
✔️ Create new customers and sub-customers
✔️ Complete online forms and more multitasking options!
If you have an action in mind for Microsoft Outlook or any of your apps connected with Glances that will streamline your current workflow, use our Request an Action calendar to select a time to briefly discuss your current apps and needs with our team.
Glances makes Microsoft Outlook and all your apps work together
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More helpful steps
Schedule a demo to see the time-saving benefits of Glances in action or ask our team questions.
If you need to connect a specific app or platform with Glances that is not currently available on glances.com, please send your requests to hello@glances.com.
Find more step-by-step articles with the latest information on our support site.