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Elias Larsson's avatar
Elias Larsson
Copper Contributor
Sep 15, 2017

Email notifications sent to myself on every comment

I've read a lot about the notifications issues in Planner, which currently is the single obstacle preventing us to implement this tool in our organisation. But I'm not entirely sure I have the same i...
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JMLee2
Copper Contributor
Jan 18, 2022
I'm glad I read this post, I WILL NOT be recommending MS Planner to my organization at this time. It saddens to have to make this choice, the product is so close to meeting our needs.
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    paulhoepner
    Brass Contributor
    Feb 08, 2022

    I just started using MS Teams and Planner 2 Weeks ago, and Now found this thread. I am still experiencing the same issue. How can this be unfixed after 3 years? It's such a stupid setting, seriously. 

    Pleas fix this soon, it makes working with teams a PITA ...

    • HannAri's avatar
      HannAri
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 11, 2022

      Same here. I just starting using Planer a few weeks ago, actually all the 365 apps. but now i an starting to regret it if the service is this bad. I also hate the fact that you cannot delete or edit comments like you can in most other similar apps, f.x. Trello. 

      FIX THIS!!...

      • paulhoepner's avatar
        paulhoepner
        Brass Contributor
        Feb 12, 2022

        I am also experiencing other weird issues, that should influence anyones decision when thinking of chosing MS Teams... against teams!
        The most annoying issue:
        Members of a team, that are assignee of a task, do not get notifications when someone comments on that task. Microsofts answer to this: In order to get notifications, you have to comment on a task first. After you commented the task, you are subscribed to the tasks comments. Great, so our workflow seriously is:

        • I create a task, assign it to another member
        • This member get a notification about me assigning a task to him/her
        • This member then goes to that task, and writes a comment "activating my subscription"

        It works, but it's painfully stupid.

         

        It's really weird, how something as fundamental as "notifications" can be so full of counter intuitive features. Why is there no rich setting area about notifications, but only this superficial one? In a PM Tool like this, I would expect to be able to customize my notifications to my exact needs. It is kind of ridiculous.

         

        Please work on this ASAP ..

         

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