In November 2023, as a segment of its Ignite event, Microsoft formally disclosed its intention to enhance its Planner application within Teams. In recent weeks, subsequent to initiating a public preview of the revamped app, Microsoft proclaimed that the application has arrived at the stage of general availability.
This indicates the Planner application is currently being distributed for Teams users. Via a blog entry, Microsoft communicated that the deployment will transpire over several weeks, hence if the updated Planner application isn’t instantly accessible in Teams for you, patience is necessary until the update manifests.
To briefly revisit, the enhanced Planner application consolidates functionalities found in the legacy To Do, Planner, and Project for the web applications. It introduces the new My Tasks view, permitting you to view all tasks you’ve scheduled in one location, amalgamating from both essential and premium plans, and also from various Microsoft applications like Loop, Teams, and emails.
With the introduction of the new application, the Microsoft Planner also receives an updated emblem. The corporation articulates:
The redesigned icon illustrates the ideas of teamwork, empowerment, processes, objectives, achievement, and straightforwardness. It exudes fluidity, dynamism, and engagement, underscoring the concept of collective task completion. The hues are drawn from the Microsoft 365 color scheme, creating a bond with the larger software suite, and exemplifying the pivotal role that tasks and plans have throughout our offerings.
Team users will discern if they have access to the new Planner application when they notice the updated icon emerge in Teams.
Subscribers of a Project license will gain entry to additional features in Planner, which include “Timeline (Gantt) view, linkages, sprints, tailored fields, team capacity management, ambitions handling, and more.”
Microsoft has indicated that these features will be incorporated into Planner in the imminent weeks:
- Copilot in Planner. The Copilot in the updated Planner is available for assessment only within Microsoft Teams public preview at present.
- Possibility to elevate a fundamental plan to an upgraded premium one
- An enhanced and swifter My Day and My Tasks experience
- Insight into Project for the web tasks within My Tasks (progressively being introduced to GA)
- Functions to organize the list of tasks
- Corrections for general software glitches
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