Forum Discussion
Desktop App for Planner?
There only appears to be a web version? Is there an app for a desktop on PC and/or Mac?
- Not currently,
There is a uservoice for it here
https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/34471954-desktop-application
Would recommend you vote on it to push it up the agenda. Voting for the uservoice will also notify you if it has been picked up by Microsoft. I would also keep an eye out on this tech community for Planner AMA's where you can also raise this with the product team. There is a big appretite to push Planner forward so hopefully, we'll see something in the future
Hope that answers your question
Best, Chris
- Jenn_Marescalco
Microsoft
ColinFBMH I realize this thread is almost 2 years old, but want to share a hack for this that was recently shared with me. While there isn't a desktop app, there is a way to get you to nearly the same experience:
1. Open the MS Planner app in the latest version of the Microsoft Edge browser (this is important)
2. Click the three horizontal dots to the far right of the URL bar
3. Hover over Apps
4. Click "install this site as an app"
This will give you the ability to pin it to your taskbar, creating an experience very close to a desktop app.
Hope this is useful!
Jenn_Marescalco Thank you for taking the time and trouble. ooks quite a hack! 🙂
@Jenn_Marescalco Just the job! Thank you for sharing this hidden gem!
I can see it is a similar idea to the Lists "desktop app", which I only discovered by accident a few days ago. It makes me question whether there are any other "desktop apps" that I don't know about yet......- Thanks Jenn, exactly what I was looking for;-)
ColinFBMH If you open the webapp in Edge (or Chrome) and create an app of the website (in Chrome also choose open in Window), it looks like a desktop application (but in fact still is a webapp). for more info: Creating Web Apps in Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Community
- Great tip. Thank you!!
- Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Neale_C I had been using this PWA setup for a long time, but something changed in a recent update. I no longer have the app option, and when I click the existing Windows quick launch button it just opens a blank browser window now. I'm guessing Microsoft grew tired of folks using this handy workaround! Very disappointing.
- Not currently,
There is a uservoice for it here
https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/34471954-desktop-application
Would recommend you vote on it to push it up the agenda. Voting for the uservoice will also notify you if it has been picked up by Microsoft. I would also keep an eye out on this tech community for Planner AMA's where you can also raise this with the product team. There is a big appretite to push Planner forward so hopefully, we'll see something in the future
Hope that answers your question
Best, ChrisChrisHoardMVP: I don't think uservoice is useful. Some necessary features requested from users are still not be implemented 4 years later. This application is far below from competitor like Trello.
- I'm with you. Uservoice isn't useful. It seems that no one im Microsoft really look their.
Like many others, I am far more interested in support for cross-project filtering by "assigned" that would allow managers to view all tasks assigned to a team member. That's critical functionality - I don't mind using web apps.
- Any updates on the desktop app for Planner? I see that the Uservoice link is no longer active.
ColinFBMH you should try this help before Microsoft has an official app:
Microsoft Planner as a Windows 10 App - It's kind of a thing - Brainlitter (regroove.ca)
Best,
ColinFBMH Use Fluid.app and add it to your apps folder
ColinFBMH you can import your planner tasks into Teams (Team > + > Add Planner Tasks), and use it from it's desktop app.
Take care
Giovanni
This doesn't allow you to search through planner though, unfortunately.
Correct, although either does the web version. Even in the app version (or more specifically the iOS version), the search function only searches for Plans and does not go any deeper such as searching for tasks or anything other than plan names.
(A true search function could be useful)
Summary of the current situation (August 2023)
No Planner Desktop App is Available
Some wonder why Microsoft never developed a Planner desktop app. It’s probably due to a lack of engineering and support resources. But a good workaround exists because you can create a desktop app from the tasks.microsoft.com web site. For guest access to Planner in another tenant, a desktop shortcut might work. And there’s always the Tasks by Planner app in Teams. So maybe a Planner desktop app isn’t needed.
TonyRedmond One can go to the web version from tasks.microsoft.com but I can't see how one can get a desktop app? Workaround for me has been trhc and ... hove over apps then install and put on the taskbar.
- Click the [...] menu in Edge, Select Apps, Select Install this site as an app...
- Thanks for sharing Jenn_Marescalco! Just found Planner and am LOVING it and the fact I can now pin it to my taskbar!
- Has there ever been any updates on this? It would be nice to have a desktop application available.
I would absolutely like to see a desktop app for this. The app for To Do is good, but a full on Planner App would be great! ColinFBMH
