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Microsoft Planner "major" overhaul begins rolling out to users, cuts iCalendar feeds

Paul Hill — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:50:01 +0000

Microsoft is overhauling Planner with a major shakeup arriving right now. The update modernizes the app but guts power user features like iCalendar feeds. Read more...

Microsoft confirms "major 2026 update" to remove several Planner features, add new ones

Sayan Sen — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that a "major update" is headed for Planner in early 2026 as several features will be removed, while new ones will be added. Read more...

Microsoft Planner to get a new feature to save hours of your time

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:12:01 +0000

Microsoft Planner is set to receive a new feature that will save hours of your time. Read on to find out more about it and how to use it. Read more...

Microsoft Planner transition set for August, here is what will be retired

Paul Hill — Sat, 03 May 2025 14:16:02 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will transition more people to Planner in August while retiring several other apps. Read more...

Microsoft Planner gets customizable backgrounds to make plans look better

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:02:01 +0000

Microsoft Planner now lets you choose AI-generated backgrounds for your tasks, based on the tasks' titles. This makes them look better and helps with organization. Read more...

Microsoft Planner for the web is now available for Targeted release organization users

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:40:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched the revamped version of its Planner app for Teams on the web as an early preview for its Targeted release organization users. Read more...

The Microsoft Planner app in Teams adds new accessiblity features and more

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced some new features that it is rolling out to the recently revamped version of the Planner app in Teams. Read more...

Microsoft will launch the web version of the new Planner app in the coming weeks

John Callaham — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:26:01 +0000

After releasing the new Planner app for Microsoft Teams earlier this year, the web version is now planned for release in the near future. Read more...

The new Microsoft Planner's Goals feature will allow you to set and track goals for plans

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 04:00:01 +0000

Microsoft Planner has introduced a new feature called Goals, allowing users to set, track, and link goals to tasks within their plans. Read more...

The Microsoft Planner app has added Recommended Plans and resizing columns In Grid view

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed some new features that are rolling out in the Planner app for Teams, including the Recommended Plans function. Read more...

Microsoft 365 Roadmap Weekly: The new Planner app is coming to the web soon and more

John Callaham — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:00:01 +0000

This week, Microsoft revealed that its new Planner app will be coming to the web very soon, and Outlook will support the reading of emails in Narrator. Read more...

Microsoft reveals new features for the Planner app in Teams including quick links to plans

John Callaham — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:28:02 +0000

Microsoft has revealed some new features it recently added to the revamped Planner app in Microsoft Teams. They include a new way to quickly share links to plans for others to view and more. Read more...

Microsoft adds more features to Copilot in Planner preview release for Teams

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:12:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed that the preview version of Copilot for its Planner app in Teams is now available for all Project Plan users. It's also added some new features based on early user feedback. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out Copilot preview in the new Planner app for Teams

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:50:01 +0000

Microsoft is starting to roll out its Copilot generative AI assistant in its recently launched new Planner app in Teams, offering ways for the AI to create tasks, goals, and more in the app. Read more...

Microsoft adds Planner Premium Plan tasks to the new Planner app under the My Tasks view

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new feature for the recently upgraded Panner app in Teams. Its My Tasks page can now show any tasks assigned from the Planner Premium Plan in the "Assigned to me" view. Read more...

The new Microsoft Planner adds more task features designed for frontline workers

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has added extra features to its recently launched new Planner app. They are designed to help businesses and organizations set up tasks to be completed by their frontline workers. Read more...

The new Microsoft Planner for Teams has reached general availability, complete with new icon

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its new version of the Planner app has hit general availability. It is being rolled out as part of Teams and should be available for all Teams users in the coming weeks Read more...

Microsoft has launched a public preview of its new Planner app in Teams

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:10:01 +0000

Microsoft launched a public preview version of its previously announced new Planner app in Teams this week. It combines the elements of Planner, To Do, and Project apps into one new program. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: New File Explorer, the death of Windows 8.1, and a Teams paywall

Usama Jawad — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:16:01 +0000

Join us in a jampacked week in a new edition of Microsoft Weekly as we recap all the important stuff from the world of the Redmond tech giant, including the death of Windows 8.1 and a Teams paywall. Read more...

Microsoft finally adds Recurring Tasks and Grid view to Planner

Usama Jawad — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has added two highly requested features to its Planner software. These include the ability to quickly set recurring tasks and get a more streamlined view of tasks through the Grid view. Read more...

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Microsoft details the various new features added to Microsoft 365 apps in April

Abhay V — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has listed the updates to its Microsoft 365 offerings as part of its monthly roundup. Teams gets polling improvements, Outlook on the web has an updated apps pane, and much more. Read more...

Planner on the web now lets users add image backgrounds to each plan

Abhay V — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:10:01 +0000

Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out the ability for Planner users on the web to add backgrounds to individual plans from a selection of backgrounds suggested based on the plan name. Read more...

Tasks is now generally available in Microsoft Teams

Usama Jawad — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has now announced that Tasks in Teams are now generally available. Moving forward, the company will be doing a rebranding and offer users the ability to create tasks from chats and channels. Read more...

May updates to Microsoft 365 include Microsoft Search, Windows Terminal, and more

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 29 May 2019 21:14:01 +0000

It's the end of another month, and Microsoft has rounded up this month's updates to Microsoft 365. Many of them include news revealed at Build, such as Microsoft Search and Windows Terminal. Read more...

Microsoft To-Do and Planner integration now available for users on all platforms

Abhay V — Thu, 09 May 2019 21:14:01 +0000

Microsoft To-Do and Planner integration is now available for users on all major platforms. The integration helps add Planner tasks assigned to a user directly to the 'Assigned to Me' list on To-Do. Read more...

Microsoft To-Do beta for Android gets Planner integration, squashes bugs

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:24:01 +0000

Beta testers of Microsoft's To-Do app for Android can now link their account to Microsoft Planner, the company's task management tool for teams. Assigned tasks will be found in a dedicated list. Read more...

Microsoft announces new features coming to Planner

Rich Woods — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:02:01 +0000

Microsoft today announced a number of new features for its Office 365 app, Planner. Included are a schedule view, group and filter options, due date notifications, and iCalendar format feed. Read more...