Can't Assign a Team Owner to a Task in MS Teams

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So, I am a member of a team with 2 owners. I am a global admin...but not the owner of the the team.I created a planner and a taskI assigned 2 members of the team to the taskWhen I click on assign, I see all of the members and only 1 of the 2 owners availableWhy is 1 of the owners not available for me to select when assigning tasks?

santhoshb1 · Answer

pnthrzrule&nbsp;Is the&nbsp;1 of the 2 owners is as member of the plan?

petermortensen · Answer

pnthrzrule&nbsp;I am having the same issue now. Did you ever find a solution to this?

pnthrzrule · Answer

PeterMortensen&nbsp;I honestly don't remember. I feel like I had to remove the owner and add them back or something like that. Sorry for not remembering and good luck!

petermortensen · Answer

pnthrzrule&nbsp;Thanks for getting back to me in any case!

tony storbäck · Answer

Hi&nbsp;PeterMortensen&nbsp;and&nbsp;pnthrzrule, we just had a similar case at our end.&nbsp;&nbsp;So a task in Planner could not be assigned to one of the team owners.&nbsp;&nbsp;Solution. The owner has to also be member on the underlying Office365 group. This can be checked and set in O365 Admin Center -&gt; Groups. Search the group and check Members. The owner you could not assign a task is probably not listed as member. Once you add the owner as member you should be able to assign the task to the owner.&nbsp;I have noticed that this is also the reason for error message "Failed to create the plan" that owners might face in Teams when trying to add a Planner tab.&nbsp;For more detailed info please read this blog post&nbsp;Hope this helps!&nbsp;br, Tony

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