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Magnus Ramfelt
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Apr 21, 2017
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Planner vs To-Do

Microsoft just released To-Do, a task app that will eventually replace Wunderlist. When should we use Planner and when should we use To-Do? Thanks for the help.
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    Robert Drouhard
    Oct 08, 2018

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Stuart Bruce
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Apr 22, 2017

What isn't clear from the announcement is if you'll eventually be able to view Planner tasks in To-Do and Outlook. We'd love to use Planner for team tasks, but its impossible when the tasks just sit in their own little silo and you can't see them alongside all the other stuff you've got to do.

 

If the roadmap means its possible to view all your tasks in one place (regardless of it they are 'personal', 'work', 'team' etc) then To-Do will be brilliant.

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    Rich Hearn
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    Apr 21, 2018
    Stuart Bruce wrote:

    What isn't clear from the announcement is if you'll eventually be able to view Planner tasks in To-Do and Outlook. We'd love to use Planner for team tasks, but its impossible when the tasks just sit in their own little silo and you can't see them alongside all the other stuff you've got to do.

     

    If the roadmap means its possible to view all your tasks in one place (regardless of it they are 'personal', 'work', 'team' etc) then To-Do will be brilliant.

    I agree, having a consolidated platform where personal tasks can be managed is key to maximising personal productivity alongside team related tasks.

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      Patrick Turner
      Copper Contributor
      Apr 21, 2018

      I agree the separation makes it too difficult to use. People are not willing to look in multiple locations. Planner and Teams work well, and Outlook and To-Do work well, but the integration between these pairs is lacking.

      • Erica Moore's avatar
        Erica Moore
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 21, 2018
        From the look of this video it is coming soon

        https://youtu.be/DKsyIj4vYwM

        view from location 33:33

        shows Planner tasks as a choice for my day in To-Do

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    Joana Villas-Boas
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 08, 2018

    You ar absolutely right. It would be awesome the planned tasks assigned to us could appear on our to do lists automatically. 

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    JAVIER CUESTA MARISCAL
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 30, 2017

    Agreed. I think that most of the users that have already Wunderlist and Office365 only will move to To-do if we find that actually has a good integration, which is the feature making MS Office365 an outstanding set of tools. Workspaces where you can have Teams and Power BI... reading across... we busy insiders pushing towards the implementation of these tools across our company need the help of a really top-performance 'ultimate' to-do list! :) as simple as this one seems to be but with full connectivity to the rest of the suit. Thanks

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