New harmon.ie brings SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive into your Outlook sidebar so you can save emails to SharePoint, manage documents, and find content across Microsoft 365 without switching apps. Versions 1.8.1 and 1.9 bring metadata control at the point of saving, file name editing before content lands in SharePoint, local file downloads, and more.
Classify Content Right After You Save It
One of the most persistent problems with SharePoint metadata is that it gets skipped. harmon.ie already captures email headers (sender, recipients, subject, and date) as SharePoint column data automatically when you save an email. But required library columns, custom content types, and document classification fields still need to be filled in manually, and that step often doesn’t happen.
A new Edit metadata details setting lets users control when harmon.ie opens its inline property editor after saving: always, only when required fields are missing, or never. Admins can also enforce this preference centrally for all users, so classification becomes part of the save flow for everyone in the organization, not just the users who remember to do it.
If your SharePoint libraries have required columns, this setting can close the gap between saving and classifying. When the inline property editor opens automatically, content is more likely to land with the right metadata attached at the moment it is filed.
Name Files the Way You Will Find Them Later
When you save an email to SharePoint, the file name defaults to the email subject line. For some emails that works well. For others, the subject is vague, truncated, or shared across a long thread — and the resulting file name is not useful for retrieval.
The file name is now visible and editable directly in the Edit details panel, and in the upload flow when the property editor is set to open automatically after saving. You can adjust the name before the file lands in SharePoint, so what gets saved is immediately recognizable without needing to rename it after the fact.
This is particularly useful when filing emails from ongoing threads, or when saving into libraries where naming conventions are used for sorting, compliance, or audit readiness.
Save a Local Copy of Any Microsoft 365 File
Sometimes you need a file outside Microsoft 365. You might need to work offline before a meeting, print a document, or open a file in a desktop application that isn’t connected to your tenant.
In the harmon.ie add-in, right-click any file and select Download to save it to your downloads folder. In the harmon.ie desktop app, use Save As to choose exactly where the file goes on your computer. Both options work on any Microsoft 365 file.
This rounds out the file management experience in harmon.ie, giving you the same flexibility you would have working directly in SharePoint or OneDrive, from inside the tool you are already using.
Open the Desktop App Right Where You Are
The harmon.ie desktop app gives you a wider workspace for browsing and managing Microsoft 365 content, in a window that stays open independently of Outlook. A new Open harmon.ie desktop button in the add-in launches it at the same location you are currently browsing. If you are inside a SharePoint library in the add-in, the desktop app opens directly to that library. No re-navigation required.
This makes the add-in and the desktop app complementary rather than separate: use the sidebar for quick saves and navigation, and switch to the desktop for heavier file management without losing your place.
Every update to New harmon.ie is aimed at the same goal: making it easier to keep Microsoft 365 organized from inside Outlook, without adding friction to how people already work. These four updates focus on the details that matter when saving and filing content is a daily habit.
Get Started with New harmon.ie 1.9
These updates are available now to all New harmon.ie users. If you are already on New harmon.ie, the update is automatic.
