Confluence Meeting Notes and Microsoft Outlook
Asked by Brian Hankey:

We are currently in the process of transitioning off OneNote and SharePoint over to Confluence. One of the things that I am currently agnonising over is the very easy way that I can take meeting notes from within Outlook into OneNote.

I know how to create the meeting notes and agendas in Confluence but I was wondering if there was a way that we can have a similar connection between Outlook and Confluence.

Note: I am not looking to migrate existing content from Confluence to Outlook... just new pages going forward.

Thanks \& Best Regards,

Brian


Answers:
author: Simon Hamermesh
body: I am also curious about this same question. We have meetings in Outlook with dozens of participants. I would like to be able to add them all to the Attendees, as well as using the body of the meeting into a field in the Meeting Notes template.


author: Lukas Gotter _ Meetical
body: Hi [@Brian Hankey](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1176818)

Just came across your question and I think we have the perfect fit for you!

The Meeting Notes App "Meetical Meetings for Confluence" supports Server (Data Center in Beta) and Cloud. It's a paid App, please contact us for Freemium options.

* [Meetical for Confluence Server / Data Center](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221073/meetical-meetings-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview&_ga=2.12530364.947092442.1589181247-393960753.1589011616)
* [Meetical for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222405?utm_source=atl-community&utm_content=177132)

Main Features:

* For **Outlook Calendar** , use the [Outlook Add-in](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA200002105) which comes with Meetical allows you to create Meeting Minutes and Meeting Notes fast and easy, directly from Outlook Web or Outlook Desktop.
* Also available for **Google Calendar** as [Confluence Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/meetical-for-confluence/afmodkjhmglpnomeindmmkfofgjandcl).
* Additionally a new internal Confluence Calendar is included to create pages from events and find meetings.
* Find the agenda and minutes fast from your Calendar. The page and calendar event get linked to each other in order to access and
* Meetical also automatically groups recurring meetings under a nice overview page and helps you stay organized with consistent page naming, complete content, and professional meeting minutes.
* The App includes **Meeting Templates** and Macros for Team Meetings, 1-on-1 meetings, tactical meetings and more... and you can also create your own custom Meeting Templates.

UPDATE on NEW features:

* ? **Automatically create pages** for recurring meetings just in time, or up to 30 days in advance.
* Recurring meetings show a macro with all **open action items** in that meeting series (helps to not forget about any open tasks)

Hope this helps. Greetings,

Lukas

comments: author: Michelle Burdett
body: Hi just tried to link the add-in - this is a paid app?


author: Lukas Gotter _ Meetical
body: Hi Michelle just found you question, thanks for your patience, yes the App is paid ([compare plans](https://www.meetical.io/pricing/pricing-cloud)).

Update: We've launched a basic**free version** of the Add-in! More details in this [blog post](https://www.meetical.io/blog/new-free-version-meetical-for-confluence?)!


author: Lukas Gotter _ Meetical
body: Now also available as [Firefox Extension for Confluence](https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/confluence-google-calendar/)!


author: Lukas Gotter _ Meetical
body: Short update, we've launched a free version of the Add-in! More details here <https://www.meetical.io/blog/new-free-version-meetical-for-confluence>


author: Chandrashekar Gaajula
body: I'm looking for a similar solution.


author: steven.burks
body: Agreed, and bumped.

We need this functionality yesterday.

There's a great Jira add-in for Outlook, but not for Confluence. Is this on the roadmap? If so, ETA? May I please alpha test?

comments: author: Pat Ryan
body: +1


author: Koen Gillard
body: During Atlassian Summit I went to the booth of Yasoon (<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/1211722/yasoon>) and they have given me a preview of a solution in which you will be able to create a Confluence page from Outlook, so keep tuned!

I will post an update when I see the solution in the Marketplace or when it will be possible to join a beta program of the solution.

comments: author: Tobias Viehweger
body: Hi Koen,

thanks for stopping by our booth at Summit :)

See my update below!


author: Marie Robinson
body: Outlook has an addin for OneNote to create meeting notes page. this is what I would like to see for confluence. currently I just copy the onenote page into confluence


author: Koen Gillard
body: Outlook Calendars can be integrated into Confluence using [Outlook Calendars for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217554/outlook-calendars-for-confluence)

The button to make a Confluence page from the meeting invite may be a suggestion to the creators ;-)

comments: author: Brian Hankey
body: I saw some products like OCC but what I am really looking for is for it to be natively built into Confluence so that we don't have to purchase an additional license for something.


author: Marc Moroz
body: Agreed. Would love a button in Outlook to make a Confluence page from the meeting invite.

comments: author: Lukas Gotter _ Meetical
body: Hi Marc, try our Meetical [Outlook Add-in for Confluence](https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/wa200002105?tab=overview "Outlook Add-in for Confluence") :)

- Please note that it requires the paid Meetical Meetings App ([link](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222405/meetical-meetings-for-confluence-calendar-app?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atl-community&utm_content=703103-U1613938))

(Contact me for Freemium options!).


author: Tobias Viehweger
body: Hi everyone,

Thanks to Koen for stopping by our booth @ Summit.

We now have the app in the Marketplace, right over here: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220972/outlook-meetings-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1220972/outlook-meetings-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Please note: This is a first version that only works with Confluence Cloud + Office 365. We plan on adding Confluence Server \& DataCenter in a month or so, make sure to watch the app for updates! We are very eager to hear actual feedback, please be blunt!

comments: author: Brian Hankey
body: [@Tobias Viehweger](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/376097) Thanks for the great news. Our Confluence version is a Server version, therefore we will have to wait.

Please do keep us posted on the status of the server version.

Gruss Gott!

Brian


author: Anthony Hernandez
body: I too would like to know if there is a way to accomplish this. I'm looking at ways to move away from OneNote and would love to implement this type of feature, as I rely heavily on the Outlook-\>OneNote integration for meeting notes.