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title: "Delegating Made Easy: Outlook – Assign Tasks to Contacts"
url: https://lookeen.com/blog/delegating-made-easy-outlook-assign-tasks-to-contacts
lang: en
description: "Want to delegate tasks within your company to others? Here’s how to assign tasks to your contacts in Outlook."
author: "Fiona Allan"
published: 2014-07-22T09:08:46+00:00
modified: 2026-11-11T06:54:42+00:00
---

# Delegating Made Easy: Outlook – Assign Tasks to Contacts

Outlook has you covered: You can easily assign tasks to other people from your contacts. The delegated tasks will then appear on the respective person’s contact card.

-   Open Outlook.

-   Click on **People** in the menu at the bottom edge of the window.

-   You will be taken to the Contacts section.

-   Click on the contact in your contact list to whom you want to assign the task.

-   Click the **More** button on the ribbon. A drop-down menu will open.

-   Click on **Assign Task**.

-   The **Untitled – Task** window opens.

-   The selected contact is already entered in the **To** field.

-   Enter the task name in the subject line.

-   Set the start and end dates.

![Outlook screenshot](https://lookeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aufgabe-zuweisen-email.png)

-   If necessary, set additional information such as status, priority, task progress, etc.
-   Write the message text. You can also add attachments as usual.
-   Click **Send**. The delegated task will still be displayed in your task list:

![Task](https://lookeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Aufgabenliste.png) However, you can see who owns the task, meaning who is responsible for it. The responsible person receives an email request in Outlook similar to a meeting invitation: ![Christine](https://lookeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aufgabenanfrage.png) They must accept or decline it. If they accept, the task will also appear in their task list.