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edmm94
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Nov 06, 2019
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MS Teams Private Channels - Planner App

Hi All,    I created my first private channel today and then tried to add a MS Planner tab to the channel but it does not appear as an option.    Is anyone else having this issue?    
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  • svenseidenberg's avatar
    svenseidenberg
    Nov 06, 2019

    Hi edmm94,

     

    this is not an "issue" it is not possible to add apps to a private channel.

    This is one of the restrictions we have to deal with up until now. I can not tell you if there is a plan to integrate apps later.

     

    Sven

     

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Benjamin980
Copper Contributor
Jan 08, 2020

Hello svenseidenberg 

 

I am considering to switch from basecamp to MS Teams. Yet, without the feature of assigning tasks to members in private channel, I cannot use MS Teams.

 

BF

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__hmoe__
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Apr 03, 2020

 I agree with Benjamin980, this is going to be an essential feature for me when using MS Teams.

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    Rushton Mayo
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 17, 2020

    __hmoe__ 

     

    :lol:I found a workaround!!!

     

    This is a little much but here we go:

    1. Go the the Planner web app (<!!!that's important!!!)https://tasks.office.com/YOURNUMBERS .onmicrosoft.com/en-US/Home/Planner/)
    2. Create a new Plan. Name it whatever your structure is. Make sure your Privacy setting is  "Private". Then hit create.
    3. You will now have the Plan you just created open. Next to the layout options (Board, Charts, Schedule) is the more link "...". Click that then in the dropdown click "Copy link to plan".
    4. Go to Teams. Go to the private channel you want to put the Planner in. Click the "+" and in the popup click "Website". Name the tab exactly what you named the Plan to avoid confusion. Paste your url and hit "Save". If you get an alert that the site is not loading correctly, you'll need to open the desktop app Teams and you will see a login. Log into your account and that specific plan will load. !!!The plan will only display on the desktop app Teams at the time of this post!!! [sidenote: if you have multiple departments that are private like Social Media & Graphics then you can put the plan you just created into those channels also with a new tab.]
    • EdwardShtrulis's avatar
      EdwardShtrulis
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 12, 2022
      wanted to drop a note and also say thank you for posting this solution - it worked out well for us and exactly what we needed!
    • Krishnan09's avatar
      Krishnan09
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 16, 2020

      Rushton Mayo Indeed a good workaround. The one downside is, for every such plan we create to maintain tasks privately one to one or within a small group of members, a new Group is created internally. Or is there a way to avoid that.

      • RushtonMayo's avatar
        RushtonMayo
        Copper Contributor
        Jul 24, 2020

        Krishnan09much like the weather, wait a bit and it'll change. I actually changed to management at a new company. We don't have to do private anymore. Maybe someone else will have an answer. Or MS will change the whole platform up soon. Check their product roadmap section. Not sure where it is but it's probably in their support area somewhere.

    • __hmoe__'s avatar
      __hmoe__
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 20, 2020

      hi Rushton Mayo 

      thanks for the workaround. we have been using this to add the planner to our teams channel, but i still think it is not as convenient as having the planner tab directly. however, we can currently work with it as the display is only slightly smaller and we have not had significant loading issues with the website tabs so far.

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