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tkeela
Copper Contributor
Jul 09, 2025

Planner premium- repeat tasks

We recently added planner premium to have access to the timeline and task dependency.  However, I did not realize that planner premium lacked the ability to have recurring tasks that we have set up i...
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Surya_Narayana
MCT
Jul 13, 2025

hi tkeela​ 

You're absolutely right - Microsoft Planner Premium (powered by Project for the web) does not currently support recurring tasks, which is surprisingly absent given it's a basic feature in standard Planner. Many users transitioning to Premium for features like timeline view and task dependencies hit this roadblock.

 

Options

  1. Use Dataverse and Power Automate (Advanced)

If your Planner Premium plan is connected to Dataverse (as part of Project for the Web), then you can:

  • Use Power Automate to trigger on task status change in Dataverse.
  • Create a flow to:
    1. Detect when task is completed
    2. Prompt user via Power Apps (or Outlook adaptive card) for new due date
    3. Clone the task using Dataverse APIs
  • This requires premium Power Platform licensing.

Microsoft calls this the "Project for the web" data model. You'll find task tables like:

  • msdyn_projecttask
  • msdyn_project (Plan)
  • msdyn_resourceassignment

 

2.Hybrid Approach

  1. Keep repeat tasks in Basic Planner (for now)
  2. Use Power Automate to clone them and send the new one to Outlook or To Do
    • Not ideal, but keeps your repeat logic alive
  3. Use Premium Planner only for non-cyclical tasks until Microsoft adds repeat support.

 

Feedback to Microsoft

You're not alone — many have voiced this. You can upvote and comment on:
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback