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What is Microsoft Planner?

Enhance team collaboration with Microsoft Planner, turning chaotic teamwork into streamlined efficiency! This innovative tool facilitates the planning process for teams, enabling them to assign and organize tasks, share essential documents, discuss ongoing projects, and track updates on progress. Accessing Planner is a breeze via the Office 365 app launcher, requiring just a single click. From that point, you can quickly create a new plan, build a team, assign tasks, and change statuses in just a few simple steps. Each plan comes with its own customized board, allowing you to categorize tasks effectively. Tasks can be organized either by their status or by the team member responsible for them. Modifying task statuses or reassigning them is effortless, thanks to the drag-and-drop functionality between columns. The My Tasks feature provides a comprehensive view of all your responsibilities and their statuses across various plans you are part of. In collaborative efforts, every team member can easily see who is in charge of specific tasks, ensuring transparency and accountability. Designed specifically for Office 365, Planner makes it easy to attach important files to tasks, collaborate on those documents, and engage in discussions related to individual assignments, ultimately nurturing a connected and productive team atmosphere. Furthermore, its user-friendly interface motivates all users to remain actively involved and informed as projects advance, making teamwork even more effective.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$5 per month
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner

Company Facts

Company Name:
Microsoft
Date Founded:
1975
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
products.office.com/en-us/business/task-management-software

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Windows
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Microsoft Planner Categories and Features

Task Management Software

Collaboration
Create Subtasks
Gamification
Gantt Charts
Mobile Access
Percent-Complete Tracking
Progress Tracking
Recurring Tasks
Reporting/Analytics
Spreadsheet View
Task Board View
Task Planning
Task Scheduling
Task Tracking
Time Tracking
To-Do List View

Project Management Software

Agile Methodologies
Budget Management
Client Portal
Collaboration Tools
Cost-to-Completion Tracking
Customizable Templates
Gantt Charts
Idea Management
Kanban Board
Milestone Tracking
Portfolio Management
Resource Management
Time & Expense Tracking
Traditional Methodologies

IT Project Management Software

Bug Tracking
Issue Management
Milestone Tracking
Percent-Complete Tracking
Portfolio Management
Prioritization
Product Roadmapping
Requirements Management
Resource Management
Status Tracking
Supports Agile
Supports Scrum
Task Management
Testing / QA Management
Time & Expense Tracking

Collaboration Software

Brainstorming
Calendar Management
Chat / Messaging
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Project Management
Real Time Editing
Task Management
Version Control
Video Conferencing

Agile Project Management Tools

Backlog Management
Feedback Management
Gantt/Timeline View
Kanban Board
Prioritization
Request Management
Resource Management
Retrospectives Management
Status Tracking
Supports Scrum
Team Management
Template Management
Workflow Management

Microsoft Planner Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Kunal R.
    Position: Manager
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Best Team Projects Manager

    Date: Jul 01 2020
    Summary

    Microsoft Planner gives us an opportunity to organize teamwork. It's an all in one platform to plan, task, share files and chat with team. It helps to collaborate with our workflow and track progress.

    Positive

    Microsoft Planner is a team project manager. It makes the best place to check task progress and gives a platform to communicate and share files between teams.

    Negative

    Using Microsoft Planner requires an Office 365 subscription.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: IT Specialist
    Has used product for: 1-2 Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Outstanding features with assiging the daily task

    Date: Jul 28 2020
    Summary

    The dashboard is customizable with most important tasks and the urgent ones.
    Greatly effective with expense management.
    Reliable with content and documents management.

    Positive

    Helps alot to assign the daily task and give priority
    Reliable with documents management and easy to share them.
    Very effective with time tracking and expense management.

    Negative

    Greatly effective with project management and time tracking.

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