Personal Plan in Planner? In new Planner?

[Mike Boehm]

Hi,

I use O365 at work and at home (Family plan).  I know there's some changes coming that are combining ToDo, Planner, Project, etc.  I'm looking for details on how this will affect using Planner for Personal vs Team use.

At work, I'd love to have a personal plan I can use to track my daily tasks.  I currently have to use ToDo which is too simplistic.  If I go to Planner, and Create a new plan, my only option is "Add to existing group" which means I have to make a plan that connects to a Team.  I'm looking for the ability to create a plan for myself.  Will this be possible in the New Planner?  Is it possible now with some sort of config change?

At home, I'd love to use Planner for family tasks and projects.  I currently use Trello.  Planner is not available with Personal plans.  Will it be available with the new Planner?

Thanks.

[#2]

Hi @Mike Boehm,

The upcoming Planner will introduce "Personal plans" designed for exclusive use by the creator, ensuring privacy and control.
These Personal plans can later be shared with Microsoft 365 groups if needed. It's important to note that certain features, such as uploaded attachments, links to SharePoint sites/OneNote, and comments on tasks, won't be supported in Personal plans.

The anticipated release for the new Planner is set for Spring 2024.

The enhanced Planner is also expected for personal use, making it a suitable tool for managing family tasks and projects.

This makes it a promising alternative to Trello.

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[#3]

@LeonPavesic Is there a specific date for this? I see it says Spring 2024.

[#4]

Hi @BHickner,

there is no specific date for Personal Plan in Planner, but the official Microsoft Roadmap says that the rollout beginns in March 2024.

Microsoft 365-Roadmap – Microsoft 365-Update | Microsoft 365

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[#5]

@LeonPavesic

The Planner feature you show above seems to be "in the new Planner app for Teams". There is a roadmap item earlier in the list called "Planner: Planner Personal Plans" with a rollout date of October 2023 and the status shows as "Launched". I would like to have a personal plan, but not within Teams. Within my company's account, I still need to specify an existing group.

Can you shed some light on this?

Thanks,
Errol

[#6]

@ERobichaux what a small world 🙂

The Message Center notification says that the API for supporting personal plans was rolled out-- but there's no UI for them yet. So if you want to use Graph directly, you can create a personal plan and manage tasks in it, but as yet you can't see the plan or tasks in either the legacy web client, the New Planner app, or the Planner for Teams app.

[#7]

@probich0LOL! That it is!

Got it. Thanks for the info.