TMGR: Team Members Can't Assign Themselves to Existing Tasks (160220)

SUMMARY

Team Members cannot use Microsoft Team Manager for Team Members to assign themselves to tasks that already exist in the team plan. Only the team manager can assign people to work on existing tasks.

MORE INFORMATION

Team members can view the list of tasks in a plan by clicking the View Team Status button while in Microsoft Team Manager for team members. If a team member needs to be assigned to one or more existing tasks, the team member can send the team manager ordinary e-mail stating which task(s) he/she needs to work on. The team manager can then make the assignment(s) and send the team member an update so that the task(s) appear in the team member's personal task list.

If a task does not exist in the team plan, a team member can insert the task in his/her personal task list, and then send an update to the manager. If the manager accepts the update, the new task will be added to the team plan. Note that a new task is always created using this approach, even if there is already a task in the plan with the same name.