New Outlook and Teams timesheet app approved for the Microsoft Store
In a move that promises to reclaim thousands of lost productivity hours, the new Timewatch AI Timesheet app for Outlook and Teams has officially cleared Microsoft’s rigorous vetting process and is now available for customers to download from Microsoft Office 365 Store with Outlook and Teams.
Microsoft’s review team is known for its fine-tooth comb approach for products to be available through its platforms, often requiring multiple rounds of reviews and refinements before being admitted. However, that high bar for entry ensures quality, security and seamless integration with Microsoft Office.
Now, for existing subscribers of OutlookTime®, Time®, Time®&Money, and Time&Space®, the result is a unified experience that functions less like an add-on and more like a core feature of the Microsoft ecosystem.
The new timesheet app runs within Outlook & Teams, is accessed from the right hand menu, and supports all versions of Outlook and Teams on PC, Mac and even supports iPhone and Android.
This is where calendar data stops being just a calendar and starts creating your timesheet as you work.
How it Works: From Calendar to Timesheet
The app’s primary appeal lies in its Auto-Entry philosophy – as soon as you enter an appointment in Outlook or Teams, it is automatically included in your timesheet as a draft entry.
Just click on the Timewatch button is the menu to see your timesheet – the draft entries appear in a distinct orange hue, signaling that Outlook, Teams and Timewatch has already done the heavy lifting for you. There are no manual imports, no re-keying of data, and—perhaps most importantly—no separate login screens to navigate – everything is completely seamless.
No separate timesheet system to log into or learn
With their timesheet docked inside Outlook, users can see how their calendar converts into a timesheet throughout the day.
As soon as users open their Outlook Timesheet they see their calendar represented as a timesheet. Draft time entries and displayed in orange – time already in their timesheet is shown in blue. To turn a draft timesheet entry to the timesheet, just allocate a customer / project, and if needed, adjust the time. It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s fast.
For many professionals, the end of the work week is a familiar, frustrating, ritual: staring at a blank grid trying to remember what meetings happened, when and who they were with. Now there is no need to flip back and forth between calendar and timesheet as the timesheet is accessible directly from the sidebar in Outlook and Teams – which most employees keep open all day long.
Time saving time tracking tools
The Microsoft Store Timesheet App also includes two additional productivity features for businesses:
- AI-Powered Timesheet Assistant: A hands-off method where AI analyzes and groups together similar events to even faster time tracking, self training and future AI automation.
- Category-Based Tracking: A streamlined option that automatically allocates customers / projects to draft entries by Outlook Category.
AI Timesheet Assistant
Another way to covert appointments and meetings to timesheet entries is via the Timesheet AI assistant within the Timewatch dashboard. This software automatically analyzes draft appointments and tasks in groups which can be posted together. Posting multiple entries not only saves time but also trains the system to automate future entries of the same type.
Outlook Category based time tracking
Appointments and meetings with categories can be automatically processed as timesheet entries, enhancing productivity. Users simply map the customer / project to the category, and when they next add an appointment with that category, it is automatically added to their timesheet.
Time tracking no longer a chore
“Time tracking doesn’t have to be a chore anymore,” said Timewatch’s Anthony Vaccaro. “It can happen automatically, intelligently, and exactly when it should.” Vaccaro said that with the app’s release on the Microsoft Store, Timewatch Outlook & Teams Timesheet is now easier than ever to deploy across organizations.
“Whether you’re looking to eliminate manual timesheets, improve accuracy, or simply give your team back valuable hours each week, this new app offers a smarter way forward,” he said.
Installing Timewatch’s AI Timesheet for Microsoft Teams & Outlook
Installation is incredibly easy for existing Timewatch customers using our latest version X6.4. Just click on the APPs button in the Outlook or Teams menu, click “Add Apps” and search for “Timewatch AI Timesheet”. This innovative software enhances productivity by automatically prefilling employee timesheets from their calendars. Once located, add the app and pin it to the menu, ensuring your Timewatch AI Timesheet is active and available within Outlook and Teams whenever they need it.
The Timewatch / Outlook & Teams Advantage
By moving time capture to the moment work is planned – rather than days after it was completed – the Timewatch Outlook and Teams app addresses the memory gap that leads to missed billable hours and inaccurate reporting.
With its debut on the Microsoft Store, Timewatch is showing everyone that the future of time management isn’t a better spreadsheet, but a system that tracks itself.
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- Product & Functionality
- AI & Automation
- Reporting & Analytics
- Compatibility & Access
- Security & Compliance
- Industry-Specific Questions
- Pricing & Purchasing
- Comparison Questions
- Time Tracking & Billing
- Setup & Implementation
Product & Functionality Questions
How does Timewatch work with Outlook and Microsoft Teams?
Does the app track time automatically?
How does the AI Timesheet Assistant work?
Can Timewatch automatically convert calendar meetings into timesheet entries?
Can I edit time entries before submitting them?
Can Timewatch automatically convert calendar meetings into timesheet entries?
Can I track non-meeting work tasks as well?
How accurate is the AI time tracking?
Simply by entering the correct Customer / Project assignments and then accepting AI suggestions the AI system becomes more and more accurate. Then, as the user accepts the AI suggestions a certain number of times AI can automate entries. The more people use the AI, the more they train it, the more consistent the information they use in the appointments and meetings the more accurate the AI becomes.
AI & Automation
Can AI automatically categorize my Outlook and Teams meetings?
How does the software improve over time?
Reporting & Analytics
Can I generate reports from my Outlook calendar data?
OutlookOptics is primarily a reporting and analytics system for Outlook calendars and can prepare automated time analysis and a AI generated timesheet showing what people are working on. If customers / projects are needed, OutlookTime is a better solution.
OutlookTime is precision timesheet tool that allows customers / projects to be defined which users can allocate to appointments, use Categories to help drive customer / project allocation as well as an AI assistant to help customers allocate customer / projects to appointments and train the AI for future automation.
Can managers track team productivity?
Can I analyze meeting patterns?
Does it integrate with reporting tools?
Compatibility & Access
Is Timewatch available on the Microsoft Store?
Does Timewatch work with Microsoft Outlook?
Does Timewatch work with Microsoft Teams?
Is Timewatch available for Mac?
Does Timewatch work on Windows PCs?
Can I use Timewatch on iPhone?
Is Timewatch available on Android devices?
Does it work with Microsoft 365?
Security & Compliance
Is Timewatch secure?
Is Calendar data secure?
Is my Outlook data private?
Does Timewatch comply with data protection regulations?
Industry-Specific Questions
Is Timewatch suitable for Consultants time tracking?
Can not for profit organizations use Timewatch?
Timewatch works very well with non-profit organizations as it can be configured to perfectly match the more streamlined time tracking process that non-profits require – mapping time to broader types of work while also having specific work item that people need to track time to.
Is this suitable for accountants tracking billable time?
Can consultants track client meetings automatically?
Does it help professional services firms reduce lost revenue?
Pricing & Purchasing
How much does Timewatch cost?
For full details, see the OutlookTime pricing page.
Is there a free trial?
Our software is highly configurable and needs to be setup for your particular industry, rules, terminology, way of working, feature set etc. To achieve this we provide both software and services to help you get up and running.
Book a free trial for your organization.
Is this a personal or a company solution?
Are there enterprise pricing options?
Comparison Questions
Is Timewatch better than manual timesheets?
Manual systems do have the benefit of flexibility, but to match this Timewatch has included many configurable features such as:
- Customizable terminology – customer / client etc, project / job / matter etc, stage / task / matter / item etc.
- Configurable time entry: Simple (no submission or approval of time), Intermediate (user submits time signifying they are finished with time / date), Advanced (user submits time which managers review / approve)
- Configurable minimum hours to warn / require users to meet
- Configurable timesheet range: work week, week, two weeks, bi-monthly, monthly
- Escalating missing timesheet alerts
How does Timewatch compare to other time tracking software?
- Superb seamless Outlook integration – not just importing of time – seamless and automated addition of calendar time in the timesheet prefilled as draft entries and highlighted in Orange to show users what is already in their timesheet and what is available to add.
- Runs within Outlook and Teams
- AI automation of Outlook and Teams appointments and meetings
- Optional teams calls integration
- Customizable terminology
- Multiple timesheet formats: classic spreadsheet, calendar form, weekly, work week, bi-monthly, two week and month formats
- Copilot reporting and analytics built in
Why use Timewatch instead of standalone timesheet tools?
Timewatch runs within Outlook and Teams and seamlessly works with Outlook and Teams data, meaning users don’t have to login and learn another product, they just use Outlook or Teams, their timesheet is always active, instantly accessible and available, which means users are tracking time as they manage their calendar – so by the time their timesheet is due most of it has been completed already.
Timewatch makes timesheets easier, faster, more accurate and available for reporting / billing sooner.
What makes Timewatch different from traditional time tracking apps?
Comparing this to traditional time tracking users have to leave Outlook or Teams, load another window, log into and learn another system, manually enter time, and if there is time in their calendar they need to flip back to their Outlook or Teams to look at what they were doing, then go back to their timesheet and manually enter it, or if the product imports from Outlook look at the imported items, remember which appointment is which, allocate a customer / project to the appointment and then save it and carry on. In Timewatch this was all done weeks ago when the appointment or meeting was first made.
Timewatch is easier, faster, more accurate, less intrusive and more timely – with data being available for analytics / billing weeks earlier – than traditional timesheet systems.
It has also been tested and certified by Microsoft.
Time Tracking & Billing
Does it help reduce missed billable time?
Time Tracking & Billing
How long does it take to set up Timewatch?
Do I need IT support to install the app?
Is there a separate login required?
No!
No additional login is required as Timewatch is managed by Microsoft.
How easy is it to roll out across a team?
Once approved for the organization it is available to all users to add themselves.
Can Timewatch integrate with our existing workflows?
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