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Could someone please clarify what roadmap ID 124791 ("Planner: Plan sharing with file container") means?
"A new authorization model is implemented for Planner plans,?which will be a ‘shared container-based’ authorization model, where OneDrive and SharePoint Online files can be linked to plans to provide users with access to the plan if they have access to the shared container. This means that file-based authorization for plans will provide streamlined access to roster-backed plans that are connected to one or more SharePoint Online/OneDrive files."
Hi Alex the first place you will likely see this is with the new Loop app with the Tasks component. It can have tasks that are in Planner, and rather than this creating a new Group for these plans it creates what is called a roster-backed plan. The roster itself can have members, but for people that get the Loop workspace shared with them (which can be thought of as a 'file' in this respect) we show in Planner that the Plan is shared with the 'file' as well as any direct members in the Plan. That way if the file is shared with additional people they don't get access by being added as a member of the plan's roster directly, but get access as someone who has access to the file. Does that help?
- Thanks Brian. I've seen the Loop-enabled Planner tasks which seems like it has some interesting potential. Are there any other plans to allow us to use Planner boards without Groups? This has been on the wish list since 2016 lol.
- I'd be interested to hear what you would want to use Planner boards without Groups for, since Groups provide additional features such as attached documents and comments on tasks. Is there a problem with Groups you're looking to address?
