2026.02.20 - Planner UI update is worse
The UI changes to Planner within the latest Teams desktop app update (version 26032.208.4399.5) has regressed in its functionality and is worse than before. Previously, all of the contents of an item in the Planner were visible at the same time. Now I have to tab between Task Details, Attachments and Checklist, and am unable to view these at once, which has become a critical workflow for me. It is extremely irritating, as I've developed a workflow around how Planner was presented (which was that everything within a task was visible at once), and now it has been compartmentalised. Please unwind this - it is a regressive update and provides less information and requires more interaction to work through the detail of a task.
Microsoft Project Service Core Jan 2026 Update locked Plans table
We recently noted the Microsoft Project Service Core was updated to 1.0.161.1772: This update has locked our Plans table, no changes are allowed to the forms and creating new columns is greyed out: We cannot make use of Planner in our model driven app (Planner Premium, non-default environment). After a new Plan is created, the user receives this message when opening the Plan: Two days ago we were in this version 1.0.160.2874): and everything was working as expected. Any guidance would be much appreciated as we are not sure if this is a permanent lock or once the update cycle is completed we will be able to go back to edit Plan forms and columns. Thank you in advance
Improving Navigation and Custom Views in Planner
Hey everyone, I wanted to throw out a couple of ideas that could make Microsoft Planner even better! Linking My Day Tasks to the Actual Plan: Right now, when you use My Tasks > My Day, it would be awesome if the tasks were linked directly to the actual plan instead of being grayed out. Having to switch views just to see the plan context is a bit tedious, and it would be much faster if we could easily access the plan right from My Day. Saving/Pinning Views (Grid vs. Board): With the July update, the default is now Board View, but it’d be great if we could pin or save our preferred view (like Grid) as the default. I know everyone has different preferences, and being able to set and save a default view would save a lot of time clicking around. Would love to hear if anyone else feels the same way or if you've found workarounds for these issues!Way to see all Planner tasks assigned to a team member?
Is there a way to see all project tasks assigned to a team member? Or is this functionality on the radar? I can see all my assigned tasks, and I can see tasks by person by project, but as a manager, I would like a way to see all tasks assigned to my team members across all of their projects/functional areas, so that we can quickly evaluate their current workload, reprioritize and assign new tasks accordingly. What I'm thinking is that there would be a filter option to see buckets by team member of their collective project tasks, like the view currently available right now by individual projects. Interested in the capability to overlay multiple projects. Thanks!Planner keeps loggin out?
Hi there, Planner is asking me to login every 5 minutes or so. I'm using it on Firefox (latest update) with my Enterprise subscription. After the message pops-up I cannot add attachments from Sharepoint (need to login again). My Office session is logged on all the time. Does anyone knows how to solve this? Thanks in advance.
Can GUESTS access t Premium Plan in Teams?
I created a Teams Team and want to manage a premium plan project therein. I have the Planner-Plan 1 license. One external supplier is a guest in my Team but he cannot see the Premium plan. Is this by design or is there any wrong setting in my system? I could not find any information on this in the Microsoft documentation. Facts The guest user is part of the teamRestore or recover deleted Plan (where O365 Group was NOT deleted)
I know that if there are Plans associated with an O365 Group and that Group is deleted, the Plans are also deleted. If the Group is restored/recovered, then the Plan(s) is(are) also restored. However, in the case of a Plan that is deleted without deleting the O365 Group, is there any way to recover that? The deletion dialog states that "You are about to permanently delete this plan and all of its tasks" but, invariably, users click right through without reading or understanding the warning.
