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why we can not create planner plans inside Microsoft Teams private and shared channels
Hi johnjohn-Peter,
Hi @johnjohn-Peter,
when you create a new plan in Planner, it automatically creates an Office 365 group. This group is a shared workspace for email, conversations, files, and events where group members can collectively get stuff done.
Now, when it comes to private channels in Teams, they are designed to be areas within a team where a subset of the team can have focused, private conversations and share files. However, these private channels are not tied to an Office 365 group. This is why you cannot add a Planner tab to a private channel in Teams.
The Planner tab relies on the Office 365 group created when a plan is made, and since a private channel doesn’t have an associated Office 365 group, it can’t support a Planner tab.
Apps not available in Private Channels - Microsoft Community Hub
Use of Planner in a private Channel in MS Teams - Microsoft Community
Planner used to be a standalone that didn't require a 365 Group. Our company allowed users to make groups and plans. We had so many groups that admin was a nightmare scrolling for days and non-standard naming from users.
We turned off users' ability to make groups to solve the issue and now they can't use planner for more than one person. MS no longer allows even to add 1 person.