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Unleashing the power of agents in Microsoft Planner

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AnavSilverman
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Nov 20, 2024

Learn more about the latest updates to Planner, leveraging the power of Copilot and agents to streamline project management.

In today's fast-paced world, AI has become an essential tool for enhancing productivity and efficiency. We are committed to empowering our users with innovative solutions that simplify their work pro...
A screenshot of the Planner app in Microsoft Teams displaying a list of team tasks as part of a plan shows the new “Assign all to Project Manager” button.
Updated Dec 05, 2025
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NMACT
Copper Contributor
Aug 20, 2025

MS Project (desktop) is very capable. Planner is nowhere near feature parity, but I agree with Tim: the lack of ability to import from older formats is unforgivable. And Web applications often raise an unmovable dialog in the middle of the screen and you can't see anything underneath. It's like Windows 1 from the late 80s. 

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TimWatson-Topcon
Brass Contributor
Feb 10, 2026

Agreed. Unfortunately, it is another example of how Microsoft (and many other companies, including Apple) have sacrificed and reassigned may resources to win the AI Race, onboard inexperienced users, and ... maintain share price.