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S01E11 Introduction to Microsoft Planner

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: August 21, 2023 0

Welcome to Season 01, Episode 11 of Mark & Kirsty banging on about Microsoft 365! In our eleventh episode Kirsty give us an introduction and tour of Planner: 00:01 Introductions01:39 Mark and Kirsty...

Tasks in Microsoft Loop Components to start syncing with Planner and To Do

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: August 13, 2023 0

TL;DR:Tasks created using Microsoft Loop components will soon start syncing with Microsoft tasks apps To Do, Planner, and the Tasks app in Teams. Now due mid-June mid-August 2023. Details:The Task List Loop...

Collaborative meeting notes for Microsoft Teams

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: July 21, 2023 0

TL;DR:Microsoft are improving the Agenda, Notes and Follow-up tasks experience in Teams meetings. This new capability is powered by Loop and utilises Planner, To Do, Office.com and OneDrive for Business. Now...

Planner due date digest email design update

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: October 29, 2022 0

TL;DR:Microsoft Planner sends out a daily Due Date Digest email to users who have tasks that are assigned to them and are either: OverdueDue today, orDue in the next 7 days. Microsoft are...

Rich text and images in Planner task notes

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: July 30, 2023 0

I first shared this update in late 2021, after going quiet for a while this great update is finally rolling out. TL;DR:Microsoft are adding support for rich text (bold, italics, underline) and...

Planner cards to show on your SharePoint team site activity feed

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: June 5, 2022 0

Planner is a great, basic task management tool. But your tasks can be a bit ‘out of sight, out of mind’. This update will help surface your tasks… TL;DR:This new feature will...

Planner File Recommendations

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: May 25, 2021 0

You might recognise this one, earlier this year it was announced, but then put on hold in March while Microsoft made some changes. Short version:This new Planner feature allows you to quickly...

Lightweight Plans in Planner

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: August 26, 2021 0

Short version:Lightweight Plans in Planner are back after being on hold for a while. This will be enabled by Roster containers, which is a simple list of members stored in Planner that...

Add up to 25 task labels and colours in Planner and Tasks in Teams

Planner Mark Thompson - Modified date: February 26, 2021 0

Short version: This update will please a lot of users; add up to 25 task labels and colours in Planner and Tasks in Teams, up from the current 5. The new colours...