When will Planner be available for Government O365 subscriptions?

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Glenn Hasteadt wrote:

Tasks.office.com doesn't work here yet, still same message.

 

Not worried about the 1-3 date, I just hope this one is more rooted in reality.  It is just difficult when your users are looking forward to something and the date keeps moving....

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Agreed.  Mine is working now (with the functionality previously described - the hub is not integrated).  So it looks like they are continuing the rollout.  But I'm still concerned about features and fixes going to GCC and the impact that they (or the lack of them for long periods of time) will have on our user experience.

Tasks.office.com doesn't work here yet, still same message.

Not worried about the 1-3 date, I just hope this one is more rooted in reality.  It is just difficult when your users are looking forward to something and the date keeps moving....

Hi all,

I am not sure about other organizations, but it's worth noting that my organization can at least sign into tasks.office.com and associated Planner with existing Groups. I believe the updated timeline has to do with the fact that the App Launcher isn't present in the application yet. If you log into Planner, it's almost as if you are on an island, unable to jump back to any other Office 365 services. The suite bar actually looks like the "Guest" suite bar that shows up if you log into an O365 tenant as a guest. 

The 1/3 date is honestly a few days later than the 12/30 date they had previously listed, so I am personally not too worried about that shift, I just hope that on 1/3 the service is accessible, has the app launcher and more O365 integration. The service doesn't have the SPO and Teams integration yet as well (although I hear the latter is actively being worked on and should be "soon"). 

Now it looks like it is delayed again until January 3, 2019.

Planner for GCC organizations started rolling out on November 30, 2018. Users will have the ability to begin using Planner via the App Launcher starting January 3, 2019.

It's pretty sneaky that they simply edited the original message in the message center instead of sending out a new one.  

First they said it would be here in November.  Then they changed it to early December.  Then they updated the road map to indicate December 2018.  Now, its January 2019.  

So the settings are in our Admin Center but still no access to the pages 😒

Hopefully before Christmas, that would be a nice present!

same here. 

We're not ready for you yet.
We're still setting things up. Please try again later.
c1bd1cc7-2d62-4e57-bea2-b28f82ed5433
Date and Time: 12/10/2018 8:52:26 PM
Planner Version: 16.0.11120.35001

well done. i have done the same. Lets see. Thanks. 

I cheated and tried to log in to Planner directly at tasks.office.com ; I didn't see it either but was curious if I could get in anyway ;-)

How did you even get that far? I dont see any references to PLanner

I get:

Microsoft Planner is being set up

Still no Planner, and it is now 12/10/2018.

Maybe the date going live is similar to the estimate of copying a large number of files - always changing?

12/10/2018 @ 11AM ET and still the same message.  No sign of Planner on the app launcher or in the admin console.  

I just checked using the 'Planner' link from one of my G3 O365 Groups and got the following. :(

Not sure about the rest of you, but I would sure appreciate a little transparency into the approval/accreditation process.  Knowing which body is done and which are still in process would at least give me some satisfaction.  Plus, you never know; maybe someone in the group works for or is otherwise connected to the group that is slowing things down and could  positively impact the process.  Optimism to be sure, but it could be worth a shot.

Same here. I'll plan on checking back on December 9th when it is supposed to be completed.

I can see forms in settings and add ins, and it's enabled.  I can see planner in settings and add ins too, but when I select it, the blade just shows an error: "unable to retrieve settings".  Forms and Planner show up in the licensing, and they were both enabled for me.  But forms.microsoft.com goes to an error that says "your account is not enabled for microsoft forms" and tasks.microsoft.com just gives the same old error about still setting things up.

SAME!

Close to close of business on Friday, 11/30 and still no sign of Planner for us. Any other GCC tenant admins see it?

What was interesting was that the Forms licensing appeared to pop up, but still not allowing users to sign in. 

Good thing I didn't hold my breath. 

-Steve

Supposedly available via the Admin Center starting tomorrow and available (ON by default) for end-users by 12/30.

There was supposedly an Admin Center notification on 10/20 although we never got it. 

I won't hold my breath, but will update this post tomorrow.

Nov 29th....Planner still AWOL

November 13th and still no Planner in sight.