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Conversations in new planner - did anyone get it to work?
Can anyone at Microsoft please confirm if there are plans to add Conversations to Planner tasks? It's a major feature gap, with virtually no workaround that I'm able to find. It makes no sense to have to revert back to Outlook when using Teams, a communications platform. Fingers crossed this is being looked into....Thanks!
If you integrate your Plan with a Microsoft Teams channel, you get Task Comments when using Basic Plans. These are visible as a threaded discussion within the Task itself and are also emailed to the Microsoft 365 Group behind the scenes; you can access the Group mailbox using Outlook. When you have a Premium Plan integrated with Teams, you get Task Conversations. These are visible as a threaded discussion when viewing the Task details and also as a Team Channel Post.
The key to integration is that both your Microsoft Team and Planner Plan be associated with the same Microsoft 365 Group. My recommendations:
- If you do not have a Team established for your group (1) create a Microsoft Team (2) Add Planner as a Channel Tab (3) Create the new Plan.
- If you already have a Team established (1) navigate to the appropriate Channel (2) Add Planner as a Channel Tab (3) Create the new Plan.
- If you already have a shared Plan (1) Create a Team but select from Existing Group and select the Group associated with your Plan (2) Add Planner as a Channel Tab (3) Select Add Existing Plan and connect your plan.