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ColinFBMH
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Mar 06, 2020
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Desktop App for Planner?

There only appears to be a web version?  Is there an app for a desktop on PC and/or Mac?

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  • giovanniperusi's avatar
    giovanniperusi
    Copper Contributor

    ColinFBMH you can import your planner tasks into Teams (Team > + > Add Planner Tasks), and use it from it's desktop app.

     

    Take care

     

    Giovanni

    • kupdegraff96's avatar
      kupdegraff96
      Copper Contributor

      This doesn't allow you to search through planner though, unfortunately. 

      • RyanFitz's avatar
        RyanFitz
        Copper Contributor

        Correct, although either does the web version. Even in the app version (or more specifically the iOS version), the search function only searches for Plans and does not go any deeper such as searching for tasks or anything other than plan names.

         

        (A true search function could be useful)

  • Tuan_Anh_Truong's avatar
    Tuan_Anh_Truong
    Copper Contributor

    ColinFBMH you should try this help before Microsoft has an official app: 

    https://regroove.ca/brainlitter/2020/04/08/microsoft-planner-as-a-windows-10-app-its-kind-of-a-thing/

     

    Best,

  • LeandervG's avatar
    LeandervG
    Copper Contributor

    ColinFBMH If you open the webapp in Edge (or Chrome) and create an app of the website (in Chrome also choose open in Window), it looks like a desktop application (but in fact still is a webapp). for more info: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftedge/forum/all/creating-web-apps-in-microsoft-edge/bcc02ba3-9fbc-4f3f-b854-741b792f6e9b

      • Chris_Pollard's avatar
        Chris_Pollard
        Copper Contributor

        Neale_C I had been using this PWA setup for a long time, but something changed in a recent update. I no longer have the app option, and when I click the existing Windows quick launch button it just opens a blank browser window now. I'm guessing Microsoft grew tired of folks using this handy workaround! Very disappointing.

  • Not currently,

    There is a uservoice for it here

    https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/34471954-desktop-application

    Would recommend you vote on it to push it up the agenda. Voting for the uservoice will also notify you if it has been picked up by Microsoft. I would also keep an eye out on this tech community for Planner AMA's where you can also raise this with the product team. There is a big appretite to push Planner forward so hopefully, we'll see something in the future

    Hope that answers your question

    Best, Chris
    • kupdegraff96's avatar
      kupdegraff96
      Copper Contributor

      I'm getting a "This UserVoice instance is no longer available" message. Was the desktop app made or did the uservoice just get deleted?

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