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Push tasks from corporate to frontline workers with task publishing in Teams

PlannerTeam on 01-13-2021 10:30 AM
Task publishing in now generally available
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Personalize your plans with smart backgrounds

PlannerTeam on 01-12-2021 07:00 AM
Choose from a variety of image recommendations to liven up the background of your Planner boards
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The “Planner” app name in Teams has changed to “Tasks by Planner and To Do”

PlannerTeam on 12-08-2020 06:00 AM
The new, temporary name is meant to help everyone find the app easier
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Tasks in Teams mobile is rolling out to everyone

PlannerTeam on 12-04-2020 02:01 PM
The Tasks mobile app will soon be generally available to everyone 
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Announcing a Microsoft Planner AMA on November 17, 2020

PlannerTeam on 11-09-2020 03:19 PM
  Announcing a Microsoft Planner AMA on November 17, 2020
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Answering your questions from Microsoft Ignite 2020

PlannerTeam on 10-13-2020 07:00 AM
We've sifted through all your questions from Ignite about Tasks in Microsoft 365, Planner, and other products and answer...
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Tasks in Microsoft Teams is now generally available!

PlannerTeam on 10-09-2020 12:43 PM
We have exciting news that’s more than a year in the making: Tasks in Microsoft Teams desktop is now 100% rolled out to ...
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Announcing Planner integration with the Microsoft 365 Message center

Brian Smith on 09-22-2020 08:04 AM
Automatically sync Message center releases to Planner and easily copy links from Planner mobile. A message center post f...
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Enhancing the Planner web and mobile experience with a pair of updates

PlannerTeam on 09-17-2020 11:37 AM
And don't forget: Ignite is next week! More about the conference and Planner enhancements in the post.
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Guide to Microsoft Ignite 2020 – Task Management Edition

Shin-Yi on 09-15-2020 06:00 AM
Here’s a quick rundown of sessions to get you started if you’re looking to learn more about Planner, Tasks in Teams, and...
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Announcing Tasks in Microsoft Teams public rollout

PlannerTeam on 07-28-2020 09:00 AM
Bringing together team plans from Planner and individual tasks from To Do into Teams
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Announcing Microsoft Planner AMA on July 28, 2020

Sarah.Gilbert on 07-17-2020 09:00 AM
On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 9:00 to 10:00 AM PT, Microsoft Planner will be hosting an AMA. Get your questions ready!
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Bring the power of Tasks into your personal life to stay organized

PlannerTeam on 06-25-2020 08:52 AM
Announcing Tasks, a new feature in Teams mobile for personal and group task management
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Expanding the copy plan and filtering features based on your suggestions

PlannerTeam on 06-23-2020 07:00 AM
Copy plan to an existing group or team and task filtering for iOS are here
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Planner roundup: upload files in Teams, a reason to celebrate, and a quick look at Fluid

PlannerTeam on 05-27-2020 07:15 AM
We've addressed an issue in Microsoft Teams and added a new animation to help you celebrate completed tasks
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Boosting the Planner mobile experience with recent enhancements

PlannerTeam on 04-22-2020 07:00 AM
Learn more about five recent improvements to Planner mobile for Android and iOS
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How the Planner team uses Planner to stay productive while working remote

PlannerTeam on 03-31-2020 12:32 PM
Read about how the Planner team is using Planner to stay on track while working remotely
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How Microsoft Planner Works

Brian Smith on 03-06-2020 02:22 PM
Planner is pretty straightforward to use, so I guess you all know how it works – but the aim of this blog is to explain ...
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My tasks gets upgraded with Charts and Schedule view

Monika Dragulski on 02-19-2020 02:41 PM
We’re bringing the power of the Charts and Schedule views to My Tasks! Few of us collaborate on just one plan at a time:...
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Priority Chart: New insights into your Planner boards

Monika Dragulski on 01-27-2020 05:55 PM
Get additional insights into your work with the new Priority chart in Charts view. Quickly see how many Urgent, Importan...
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Announcing Tasks in Teams, a coherent task management experience in Teams.

Joanna Parkhurst on 11-04-2019 06:00 AM
Bringing your personal and team tasks from To Do and Planner into Teams.
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Task priorities in Planner: Getting clear visibility into what needs to happen next

Joanna Parkhurst on 10-23-2019 07:00 AM
Learn how the new Priority field can help you stay focused on what's most important
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Planner is coming to all F1 commercial plans and government offerings starting in October

Eray Chou on 09-05-2019 07:00 AM
Planner will start rolling out for all F1 and available DoD plans in early October.
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Planner: What does 'All plans' show?

Brian Smith on 08-19-2019 10:25 AM
MC182488 announced a couple of month's ago that All plans was changing - so what changed? Read on...
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Planner: Export your entire plan to Excel for powerful analysis, sharing, and more

Monika Dragulski on 06-24-2019 10:56 AM
Export to Excel gives you a broad range of additional capabilities for keeping your plan on schedule and your plan’s sta...
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Planner six-month recap: a quick summary of what’s been released during the first half of the year

Eray Chou on 06-11-2019 04:33 PM
We released a variety of features since December 2018 that have made it easier to manage your plans and keep track of yo...
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Get notifications about your Planner task assignments in Microsoft Teams

Joanna Parkhurst on 05-15-2019 09:37 AM
Starting today, if you’re an Office 365 Enterprise or Office 365 Education customer, you’ll receive Teams notifications ...
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Planner and To-Do integration: bringing you a more cohesive task management experience in Office 365

Joanna Parkhurst on 05-09-2019 09:04 AM
Our integration with To-Do is here! We faced a lot of interesting challenges bringing this to life, and are ecstatic tha...
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Planner's new copy plan feature helps streamline work management

Eray Chou on 03-11-2019 07:00 AM
Planner users can now easily duplicate plans get organized quickly by reusing project plans and business processes.
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A Flow Custom Connector to read O365 Communications API

Brian Smith (CSS) on 03-06-2019 03:37 PM
First published on MSDN on Oct 30, 2018 A while back I wrote a blog post walking through how one could use Azure Functio...

Latest Comments

Oleg K
in The “Planner” app name in Teams has changed to “Tasks by Planner and To Do” on 01-12-2021
I specifically said "i had to pin it again". So, yes, i have pinned it and it was removed when name changed. Do it better next time.
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PlannerTeam
in The “Planner” app name in Teams has changed to “Tasks by Planner and To Do” on 01-12-2021
@Oleg K: After you add the Tasks by Planner and To Do app to your Teams sidebar, right-click it and select “Pin.” That will keep it there permanently and you won’t need to re-add it every time you open Teams. @_A7med: There’s no way to permanently remove the banner at this time. We want to ensure th...
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PetrKrenzelok
in Announcing Planner integration with the Microsoft 365 Message center on 01-11-2021
Hello @Brian Smith . We are a heavy Planner users. My strategy as an IT manager is to first involve and train management, and their teams will start to use the tools later too, just naturally.As for the task management, it is imo one of the biggest topics in the entire MS ecosystem universe :) In th...
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PetrKrenzelok
in Announcing Tasks in Microsoft Teams public rollout on 01-11-2021
To-do is visually much worse experience than Planner or Tasks. I still can find those tools pretty much desintegrated. To-do app contains flagged emails, while the To-do section in Tasks / Teams does not! Why a To-do section in Teams tasks dos not contain a Container column? Why can't we filter usin...
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PetrKrenzelok
in Tasks in Teams mobile is rolling out to everyone on 01-11-2021
Why several separate apps? First - UI wise, To-Do is a real nightmare, I just hope it is not going to replace Planner app. Planner's Board view (Kanban) is liked by many. It should be offered in Teams too imo. On the contrary - Planner's calendar view is completly useless. Please bring in list view ...
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