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Try out the new Copilot in Planner (preview) today in the new Microsoft Planner in Teams

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MSFT-Jakob
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Jul 23, 2024

We are excited to share that Copilot in Planner (preview) is now rolled out to 100% of users with a Project Plan 3 or Project Plan 5 license* in Microsoft Planner in Teams. With the power of generative AI, Copilot in Planner streamlines the planning, management, and execution of your work, keeping you informed as you achieve your goals.


Over the last few weeks as we started rolling out Copilot in Planner we've received tremendous feedback from early users. Thank you! We value your feedback and have been incorporating it into product improvements. Recent updates include:


• The ability to return to previous chats and improved reliability in answering questions about progress, due dates, and assignments
• Enhancements in adding subtasks and linking tasks to buckets and goals
• New suggested prompts to highlight question and answer capabilities


In the coming weeks, users can expect the ability to build a plan - including goals, buckets, and a work breakdown - with a single prompt.


Explore Copilot in Planner (preview) for planning, managing, and tracking projects:

 

Planning: Copilot assists teams in setting goals, breaking down work, and generating tasks, goals, and buckets based on user prompts, facilitating the creation of a comprehensive project plan.
Effective Execution: Copilot helps streamline processes, identify next steps, and break down large tasks. It manages collaboration, tracks new goals, and identifies workload issues among team members.
Tracking Progress: Copilot aids in tracking complex plans by quickly surfacing necessary information about progress, priorities, and workload, ensuring teams stay informed and on track.

 

 

Get started

 

If you already have a Project Plan 3 or Project Plan 5 license, you can preview Copilot in Planner capabilities*.

 

If you do not have a Project license, you can request a free 30-day trial. Simply click on the diamond icon within the Planner app in Teams where you can begin your free 30-day trial of advanced capabilities of Planner including Copilot in Planner or proceed with requesting a premium license.

 

Share your feedback


You can share feedback through the new Planner app in Teams directly. You can also send us your feedback via the Planner Feedback Portal.

 

Here is how you can share your feedback directly from within the new Planner app.


Resources

 

• Explore the new Day in the Life guides to use Planner and Copilot for individual task management, collaborative work management and project management.
• Watch the new Planner demos for inspiration on how to get the most out of the new Planner app in Microsoft Teams.
• Bookmark the new Planner adoption website
• We’ve got a lot more ‘planned’ for the new Planner this year! Stay tuned to the Planner Blog - Microsoft Community Hub for news.
For Planner feature updates, visit the Microsoft 365 roadmap here
• Learn about Planner and Project plans and pricing here
• Read the FAQs here


Requirements

 

In general, Copilot supports the following languages for prompts: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish. We plan on to add more languages to Copilot and will update as additional languages are supported.

 

* While final pricing for Copilot in Planner has not been announced, users with a Project Plan 3 or Project Plan 5 license can preview Copilot in Planner capabilities.

Updated Jul 24, 2024
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  • CourtBoda's avatar
    CourtBoda
    Iron Contributor

    So this is Planner Premium, correct? 

    We will not have Copilot on our non-premium plans, correct? 

     

    This concerns me: 

    * While final pricing for Copilot in Planner has not been announced, users with a Project Plan 3 or Project Plan 5 license can preview Copilot in Planner capabilities. 

    I have had Copilot in Planner Premium since it was launched in March, and assumed that was a benefit for those with a P3 or P5 license. Will there be an additional fee coming for those who already have P3 or P5 licenses?  

     

    Something that would really help is the ability to use copilot to automate the assignment of tasks. For example, assign anything with the label "PM" to Jane Smith. Or limit resources (cap bandwidth for this person / this role at X hours on this project) ... Also would love a better way to expand and collapse ALL tasks and subtasks at once. If copilot could do that or the feature just existed 😉 

     

    Thanks!  

     
  • KrishnatC's avatar
    KrishnatC
    Copper Contributor

    Could you please check the below setting in M365 and lverify if Project for the web is on or off.

    1. Navigate to Microsft 365 Admin center
    2. Click on Admin tile
    3. On the left pane click on settings > Org settings.
    4. Search for Project and check if Project for web is turned off
    5. If it is turned off, then user would only see Basic tile when user click on new plan in team app.