Tech Tip : Add Another User To An Existing Outlook Conversation

Do you use Outlook conversations and you would like to add someone else to an existing conversation without having to start a new one, for example if you have a new colleague that has joined the business and you want to include them in an existing Outlook conversation.

Here is a quick and effective way to bring a new person into an existing conversation thread.

Here is how to do it:

• If you haven't done so already, open Microsoft Outlook
• Find the conversation email that you wish to add someone to
• Reply to the recipient of the email as you would normally, but if you want to add someone else, use the @ symbol and then type their name, for example, if I were to type @Emma it would bring up a list of everyone it could find in my global address book and personal address book in Outlook.  Once I select the correct person from the list Outlook automatically adds them to the To: field in the email, including that person in the conversation
• The new recipient will then also get the email conversation and can join in

NOTE: there are other ways of doing this, such as manually adding the person to the To or CC field or by forwarding the email conversation to them, however by including them in the conversation by using the  @ symbol, it allows you to reference the person and Outlook does the rest for you, so it makes it more of a natural way to introduce them in the coversation thread.