TL;DR
New Planner for the web will integrate features from Microsoft To Do, Planner, Project, and Copilot. Due mid-October to late November 2024.
Details
The new Planner for the web experience will match Planner in Teams. The update reads like a simplified version, which will launch with reduced features initially and new functionality added in 2025.
New Planner and Project for the web notifications will be merged, with settings applied to both apps.
Features not available initially but will be coming in early 2025:
- Open plans associated with a Loop task list
- Board view in the Assigned to me view
- Add Assigned to me tasks or a plan to an external calendar with an iCalendar link
- Undoing the deletion of a task
Here’s what you will be losing:
- Charts for pinned plans in Planner Hub
- While you were away notifications
- Activity log of a task’s creation, assignments, and completion date in the task comments.
- Links to group members, Microsoft Outlook conversations, and Microsoft OneNote notebook (you can still access these links in Outlook)
- Menu option to Leave plan
- Suggested attachments
- Charts view and Schedule view on the Assigned to me page
- Customised backgrounds for plans
It will be interesting to see what benefits users without Copilot and Loop will see.
Availability
Due mid-October to late November 2024.
Source, related links, and references
MC887371.
365 Roadmap ID 411777.
Image(s): Microsoft.
Final pricing for Copilot in Planner (preview) has not been announced.
Does this all sound familiar? See last year’s update: Microsoft has big plans for Planner. Meet… new Planner – Super Simple 365.
New Microsoft Planner – Microsoft Adoption.
Get ready for the new Microsoft Planner for the web (microsoft.com).
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19th September 2024 and kept up to date.
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