Need full capabilities of Planner in Teams

Right now you can add a new tab for Planner in Teams. However, you are not afforded all the capabilities of Planner in this tab. Its really "Planner Lite." Here are some items you cannot do with Planner in Teams:

1) If you create a Planner in Teams, it will not be shown in Planner itself!
2) you can go to the group (in web outlook) wich is automatically created for the team and click there on planner and it will take you to the planner for the new group, which then cannot be displayed at teams, but the team was the purpose for the group in the first place?!
3) You cannot import a previous Planner into teams; you must recreate manually
4) Planner tasks do not sync from Planner to Teams
5) You can't get reminders for your Planner tasks in Teams
6) You can't choose different views (charts, etc.) of Planners when in Teams
7) You can't group by Progress of Planner items when in Teams
8) No view of Planner Hub

Please integrate Planner in Teams better and integrate Teams in Planner better!!

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Alexander shared this idea · Nov 2, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

partially done ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · Sep 7, 2018

The remaining item #5 is still actively being worked on. No status change there.

As for the bonus #9, it is completed!
We now support Guest Access for the Planner Tab, including support for guests to comment on Tasks!

-Warren

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partially done ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · Aug 6, 2018

The remaining item #5 is still actively being worked on. I’ll keep you posted as I hear more.

As a bonus #9, we also expect to roll out Guest Access Support very soon.

I hope to have new info to share soon.
-Warren

partially done ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · Apr 24, 2018

The Planner team has updated the Planner tab to include the Schedule and Charts views. Drag and drop tasks to schedule them and check status with the charts view, all within the Planner tab.

The completed items are now 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8.

The remaining item #5 is still actively being worked on, and we hope to have an update for you soon.

As a bonus #9, we also expect to roll out Guest Access Support very soon.

I’ll keep you posted as more things develop!
-Warren

partially done ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · Mar 13, 2018

We recently updated the Planner tab to now support grouping cards by Progress, Assignment, Due Date, and Labels like you find in the Planner web app. (#7 on the list) We also added the ability to quickly filter down cards to what’s most relevant for you and your team.

The completed items are now 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8.

The remaining items (5 & 6) are still actively being worked upon and we hope to have some more update for you soon!

-Warren

partially done ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · Feb 26, 2018

I wanted to make a correction to the last status update. This item is actually partially done.

Items which are completed are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 from the requested list. (Here is a link to the support article that describes using Planner within Teams – https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868381)

The remaining items are still actively being worked upon and we hope to have some more update for you soon!

Thanks!
-Warren

planned ·

AdminWarren (Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Teams) responded · Feb 12, 2018

No new updates a this time.
This has not been forgotten, but other items have taken priority for the moment. I’ll try to provide a more detailed status if possible, soon.

-Warren

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Anonymous commented · September 20, 2018 4:34 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Hurry up
Alexandre Turgeon commented · September 20, 2018 6:09 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Need to attach files directly along with Link and Sharepoint.
Katie commented · September 17, 2018 10:41 AM · Flag as inappropriate

1) need ability to pin the Planner app in the left nav.
2) need ability to change view of tasks to more list-oriented with sort feature
3) cannot see which channel a task is from unless the planner tab is named clearly - this is a major UI issue in my book. every channel owner is going to name those things differently and if I have a bunch of tasks from different channels, they get very mixed up without the visibility. at least the web view has the channel abbreviation icons for some clue...
Anonymous commented · September 12, 2018 1:41 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Another item that would fit perfectly to my team is to be able to change the task card background, as in the VSTS Kanban board
Phil commented · September 7, 2018 2:55 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Warren.
You say #8 (Planner Hub) has been completed but I cannot see how to view the overall status of all plans, and it is not mentioned in the support article.
I look forward to your assistance.
Phil.
Anonymous commented · September 4, 2018 12:51 AM · Flag as inappropriate

It will be also better if we can add files directly in planner via Teams. And not open planner just to add some files
Joe commented · August 10, 2018 8:12 PM · Flag as inappropriate

My vote is for #3 in the original post.
Elicia Ferrer commented · August 1, 2018 1:55 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Request:

- Allow user to set default Planner view when pinning to Team (e.g. calendar)

-Allow planner to remember my group by and filter settings
Anonymous commented · August 1, 2018 8:57 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Request:

- Allow user to set default Planner view when pinning to Team (e.g. calendar)
Anonymous commented · July 30, 2018 5:58 AM · Flag as inappropriate

I'd love to see Planner on the quick access bar (optionally of course), using the three dots is annoying for an app I use many times a day.
Michael commented · July 27, 2018 8:21 AM · Flag as inappropriate

so, when I'm in Teams but I go to the planner area (not in a specific team, but using the left hand bar to navigate to a planner window that just shows my tasks) I'd love to be able to see my tasks in the form of a calendar. Also, could Microsoft To Do be integrated as well? Right now I'm manually transferring my to do's into Planner tasks...

Thanks

~Michael
Volodymyr K. commented · July 23, 2018 10:37 PM · Flag as inappropriate

For now, synchronization between Teams and Planner can be better, much better. For example, let's imagine that we have a particular channel for support and/or feedback. I am a support engineer, and user asks me to fix something writing a message about it into this channel. As long as I don't want this message to be lost (as no one else does), I want to add this task instantly to Planner, maybe after filling a short form (add a task name and copy user's message as task description or edit it before). After I do this, on a message in Teams status of this task is displayed. It will also help to avoid task duplicating in Planner.
Paul Swaim commented · July 13, 2018 2:01 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Planner and Project need to merge. Microsoft has two project management platforms but only needs one. Planner needs gantt, Project needs ease of use and Teams integration.
Marc Wenning commented · July 9, 2018 1:03 PM · Flag as inappropriate

#3 is not completed, I created a plan in planner but cannot see it when I go to add a planner tab to a channel.
Jeff commented · July 7, 2018 11:33 AM · Flag as inappropriate

will guests be able to comment on planner tasks?
Nicklas commented · July 4, 2018 12:42 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Could you also include choosing to be notified in the team channel instead of via email on task changes/assignment a.s.f within planner?

That would make Teams even more of a "one stop shop".
Matilda commented · June 20, 2018 11:54 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Is it possible to get a banner or notification in teams when new buckets, tasks and updates are made in planner? Is there a setting we've missed maybe?
Anonymous commented · June 14, 2018 12:15 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Is the planner tab not viewable for guests?
Megan Cowling commented · June 7, 2018 7:31 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Item #3 doesn't appear to work. All of my plans are not displayed when I select Use an existing plan.
Anonymous commented · May 29, 2018 6:33 AM · Flag as inappropriate

It doesn't look like #3 is working. How do I connect the existing plan in Planner to a new team in Teams?