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If there is a need to save the attachment separately, you can drag and drop the attachment to a SharePoint location in the Outlook Navigation pane, or right click on the attachment(s) and select ‘Copy Attachment(s) to SharePoint’.
To save the attachment, use either: “Drag-and-drop” from Outlook, or, Within Outlook, right-click on the attachment icon, select Save As (or Save All Attachments if required), then browse to the Uploads folder and click Save.
How do I save a file straight to SharePoint?
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- Click the File tab.
- Click Save & Send, and then click Save to SharePoint.
- Find the SharePoint location to which you want to save, and click Save As.
- In the Save As dialog box, click Save. To learn more about the Save As dialog box, see Save a file.
Recently I discovered that you can drag and drop an attachment from an Outlook email directly into a SharePoint Online Modern Document Library. However, this only work in Chrome (Make sure Chrome is 7d57c72e-6787-4b05-87e0-53b18b7c4726 0a66d541-e606-4be4-89ca-8189bde5d97a MichaelMalloy- [O365] 2019-11-06T16:16:40 2021-06-28T12:07:56 en-us QnA false
Keep in mind that attachments should also transfer to SharePoint. To view those attachments from SharePoint, open the item in SharePoint by choosing View Item from the drop down menu next to the email. Scroll to the bottom of the form to view attachments.
When to use drag and drop in SharePoint?
Use case: For example, you received an email about a task and would like to drag and drop it to the task in SharePoint as an attachment so that your colleagues also have access to the current status and information? But gladly:
Delete the email from your Outlook folder, if desired. That should do it! Keep in mind that attachments should also transfer to SharePoint. To view those attachments from SharePoint, open the item in SharePoint by choosing View Item from the drop down menu next to the email.