Within Microsoft Teams, you can use
shortcodes when creating tasks for your
Teamwork projects.
In the Create a task modal in
Microsoft Teams, the shortcodes should be
added to the task title field.
Note: Multiple
shortcodes can be used at the
same
time.

Start and due dates
Tasks
created via
Microsoft Teams have no
start or due dates by
default.
You can set
start and due dates using
shortcodes in the task title,
in the
format:
[start date][due
date]
.[today][tomorrow]
-
sets start date to today and due date to
tomorrow.[2022/01/05][2022/01/15]
-
sets start date to 5th Jan 2022 and due
date to 15th Jan 2022.[2022/06/08]
- sets due
date to 8th June 2022.Note: The
date formats you use for the
start and end dates will need
to match the date format set
in your
Teamwork localization
settings.
Example:
Task name is Design Draft. Start and due
dates are set
using
[06/10/22][06/15/22]
.
Once
created, the task will appear
in Teamwork with a start date
of 10th June 2022 and a due
date of 15th June 2022.

Assignee
You can assign the
task to specific users using
shortcodes in the task title,
in the
format
@mention
.Example:
Task name is
Design Draft, and the assignee
is set
using
@kirsty
.
Once created, the task will appear
in Teamwork, assigned to Kirsty.

Tags
You can add
tags to the task using
shortcodes in the task title,
in the
format
#tagname
.For tag
names with multiple words, use
the
format
#[tag
name]
.Example:
Task name is
Feature Enhancement, and a tag
is added
using
#Development

Once
created, the task will appear
in Teamwork with
the Development
tag
applied.

You can also add multiple tags to a
task at once.

Once created, the
task will appear in Teamwork
with Design Plans and Development tags
applied.

Priority
You can set a priority for the task
by adding a number of exclamation marks to the
start of the task title.
!
- low priority!!
- medium
priority!!!
- high
priorityExample:
Task name is Feature not working, and a
high priority is set
using
!!!
at the
start of the task name.
Once
created, the task will
appear in Teamwork with a
high priority
set.

Estimated time
You can set estimated time for the
task using a shortcode in the task title, in
the format:
[1h]
[10m]
[1h 25m]
[1:30]
Example:
Task name is Meeting, and estimated time
is set
using
[1:30]

Once
created, the task will appear
in Teamwork with an estimated
time of 1 hour 30
minutes.

For more
information, see: Interacting
with Teamwork Using
Microsoft
Teams