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Adding existing groups to plan
I have advanced planner and have made a plan from another plan and am the owner. I am trying to attach an existing group (team) that is in our teams that I did not create, but am an owner. I do not see that team when I try to find in existing groups list
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In Planner, the list of “existing groups” only shows Microsoft 365 Groups that you personally created in Planner or that are fully “group-enabled” in Microsoft 365. Even if you’re an owner of a Team in Microsoft Teams, that team will only appear in the Planner list if it was originally created as a Microsoft 365 Group and not restricted by your organization’s settings. Many Teams are created in a way that doesn’t expose them in Planner’s “Attach to existing group” menu. Unfortunately, there’s no way to force it to appear. The only workaround is to create the plan from inside the Team (using the Planner/Tasks tab), or to recreate a new team/group directly from Planner so everything links properly.
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Thanks for your explanation. It only partly solves my issue. What settings in Teams affect a MS 365 Group from being made? Also what is the Microsoft Entra portal which seems to affect the MS 365 Group settings. I need more info before I can go to my IT team to help me with this.
In Microsoft Teams, every standard team normally creates a Microsoft 365 Group automatically, but your organization’s settings can limit this. For example, IT admins can restrict who is allowed to create Microsoft 365 Groups, or they can force all groups to follow certain naming or classification rules. When these restrictions are in place, some teams may not create a fully visible Microsoft 365 Group, which is why they don’t always show up in Planner’s “attach to an existing group” list. The Microsoft Entra portal (formerly Azure AD) is where your IT team manages these settings — things like group creation permissions, team/group lifecycle policies, naming policies, and security controls. If you speak with IT, you can ask them to confirm whether group creation is restricted, and whether the specific Team you're trying to use actually has a corresponding Microsoft 365 Group that Planner can attach to.
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