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Connect MS Project to multiple MS Planner plans
Hi Dale_HowardMVP, Thank you very much for the quick response. Very much appreciated. The corporate license I currently have is for MS Project Professional so that explains why the Planner connectivity is not enabled. I have requested the MS Project Online version so that we can utilize this powerful feature.
A follow-up question. I have created a number of MS Planner plans, once I have the Online version, when I create a task and assign it to a resource, and assocaite the task to a bucket in Planner, does the task automatically generate in the bucket?
Have a good safe day.
Best regards,
Ken Pitre
No, the feature in Microsoft Project only creates a hyperlink from the task in the project to the Planner plan. There is no interaction between Microsoft Project and Planner. I know the lack of functionality with this feature disappoints people, but it is what is is. Hope this helps.
Dale_HowardMVP - I am reviewing solutions for our EPMO and am interested in seeing this functionality. When you talk about project creating a hyperlink only and no interaction between them, would you be able to provide a visual of what you mean? I didn't quite follow.
Thank you,
Shanna
- Shanna --
When you link a Planner plan to a task in an enterprise project, Microsoft Project displays an indicator in the Indicators column to the left of the task name. When you click on the indicator, Microsoft Project opens the plan in Planner. That is the extent of the interaction between these two tools. Make sense? Let me know.
- Dale_HowardMVP, thank again for the very helpful information.
Cheers!