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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?
- 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
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- Jenn_Marescalco
Microsoft
ColinFBMH I realize this thread is almost 2 years old, but want to share a hack for this that was recently shared with me. While there isn't a desktop app, there is a way to get you to nearly the same experience:
1. Open the MS Planner app in the latest version of the Microsoft Edge browser (this is important)
2. Click the three horizontal dots to the far right of the URL bar
3. Hover over Apps
4. Click "install this site as an app"
This will give you the ability to pin it to your taskbar, creating an experience very close to a desktop app.
Hope this is useful!
This is a phenomenal hack, thank you so much!!!
- I am very late to the party but this is INCREDIBLY useful. I'm working out of AWS Workspace Server 2019 and so apps like "Microsoft Todo" are not installable.
I've been looking everywhere for something similar - since I am kind of odd and dislike website apps as they are.
This is excellent and I could see this being incredibly useful in some form through our org. Thank you! - This is a useful hack. Thanks
ColinFBMH you can import your planner tasks into Teams (Team > + > Add Planner Tasks), and use it from it's desktop app.
Take care
Giovanni
This doesn't allow you to search through planner though, unfortunately.
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)
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,
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
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.
- Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
- Great tip. Thank you!!
ColinFBMH Use Fluid.app and add it to your apps folder
- 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, ChrisThis UserVoice instance is no longer available.
I'm getting a "This UserVoice instance is no longer available" message. Was the desktop app made or did the uservoice just get deleted?
- Uservoice is now closed 😞
