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Teams that need a collaboration, project management, and task planning solution

About Microsoft Planner

Organize teamwork with Microsoft Planner. Take the chaos out of teamwork and get more done! Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress. Launch Planner from the Office 365 app launcher with a single click. You can then create a new plan, build a team, assign tasks, and update status—in a few easy steps. Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets. You can categorize tasks based on their status or on whom they’re assigned to. To update the status or change assignments, just drag and drop tasks between columns. The My Tasks view provides a comprehensive list of all your tasks and their status across all your plans. When working together on a plan, team members always know who is working on what. Built for Office 365, Planner lets you attach files to tasks, work together on those files, and even have conversations around tasks.

Pricing

Starting Price:
$5 per month
Free Trial:
Free Trial available.

Integrations

Ratings/Reviews - 23 User Reviews

Overall 4.9 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.9 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
products.office.com/en-us/business/task-management-software

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Product Details

System Requirements

SaaS
Windows
Mac
iPhone
iPad
Android

Training

Documentation

Support

Online

Microsoft Planner Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Microsoft Planner work with?
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Microsoft Planner Product Features

Agile Project Management Tools

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

Collaboration

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

IT Project Management

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

Project Management

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

Task Management

Task Planning
Recurring Tasks
Progress Tracking
Collaboration
Task Tracking
Time Tracking
Percent-Complete Tracking
Gantt Charts
Task Scheduling
To-Do List View
Create Subtasks
Reporting/Analytics
Gamification
Mobile Access
Task Board View
Spreadsheet View
  • Bryan B.
    Database Administrator
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Fully indebted to it with file sharing collaboration"

    Posted 2021-08-01

    Pros: Very excellent and solid for file sharing collaboration.
    Extremely effective with project management.
    Cloud based access of project documents.
    Reliable with expense management.

    Cons: It's an excellent app with task management and no challenges.

    Overall: Extremely effective with task assignment.
    Intuitive user interface.
    Reliable with expense management.
    Convenient with workflow automation.

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  • Austin L.
    Operations Lead
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Company Size: 26 - 99
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "MS Planner is another great integrated tool for the MS/Office 365 Suite"

    Posted 2021-07-17

    Pros: Really easy to use and collaborate with others on the project or office team. It's included (for "free") in MS/Office 365 and well integrated into MS Teams to maximize collaboration.

    Cons: Standalone competitor tools like Monday, Asana, and Airtable have a lot more functionality, features, and direct support.

    Overall: Planner is a great solution if you are an existing MS/Office 365 user and need basic task management or simple card format type for project management (Agile Scrum/Kanban board). Perfect for small business!

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    Review Source: SourceForge
  • Steven K.
    Serve Pastor
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User, Administrator
    Company Size: 26 - 99
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Planner is SUPER Helpful!"

    Posted 2021-03-29

    Pros: Microsoft Planner is really helpful to our team! We use it for to-do lists, meeting agendas, delegating administrative tasks, and planning events. It is simple and easy to use!

    Cons: I wish it synced better with Microsoft Teams and had its own desktop app. I hope these features will be available in the future!

    Overall: Overall, Microsoft Planner has been a very helpful tool to our team. It helps us plan projects, have efficient meetings, and keep track of all our individual tasks. It is user-friendly and has a mobile version as well, in addition to the online version. Very helpful!

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Project Officer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Versatile and efficient with project management"

    Posted 2021-02-18

    Pros: Great product from Microsoft with project management.
    Faster to set time taken on tasks.
    Great and customizable dashboard.

    Cons: Faster to track time on task and most affordable to use.

    Overall: Great tool and more collaborative for teams to communicate.
    Supportive customer support.
    Helps a lot with to do list and organising daily tasks

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Financial Controller
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Super convenient with task prioritization and affordable."

    Posted 2021-02-17

    Pros: Cost effective.
    Easy to share documents with team members.
    Excellent with assignment of tasks.
    Reliable with project scheduling.

    Cons: Great and most convenient with task management and cost effective.

    Overall: Affordable and most robust with task prioritization.
    Reliable to track time.
    Convenient with project scheduling.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Human resources Officer
    Used the software for: 6-12 Months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Lightweight, straight forward features with documents management."

    Posted 2021-02-17

    Pros: Faster to share documents with teams.
    Reliable to track and organise work and tasks.
    Their customer support is very responsive.

    Cons: Most effective with task management and user friendly customer support.

    Overall: Mobile friendly app and reliable to track the tasks.
    Chats make team collaboration simple.
    Efficiency with budgeting for project.

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    Review Source: SourceForge
  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Financial Analyst
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Flexibility and reliability with workflow management"

    Posted 2021-02-15

    Pros: Very flexible with time tracking.
    Easy to report on projects.
    Most convenient with task prioritization.

    Cons: Most convenient with time tracking and workflow management.

    Overall: Efficiency to report on projects.
    Faster to share documents with teams.
    Instant messaging is guaranteed with team communication.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Service Engineer
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 20,000 or More
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Lightweight task organization tool"

    Posted 2020-08-27

    Pros: If you are looking for a lightweight application to organize and plan tasks for team then Microsoft Planner is a good choice. It provides a great interface with a timeline view which helps in task organization. The flawless integration with other Office products is also a great feature.

    Cons: It is not as feature rich as Trello or Asana which are both better alternatives if you have a larger project.

    Overall: Microsoft Planner is a decent task planner tool with a great board view and is good enough for basic projects.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Senior Software Engineer
    Used the software for: 6-12 Months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 5,000 - 9,999
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "A good project management app from Microsoft"

    Posted 2020-08-14

    Pros: Good interface
    Lightweight application
    Integrates well with the Office 365 apps
    Timeline view for better task management
    Has a good application for smartphones

    Cons: Needs default templates
    Needs advanced features like search, filter or tagging in cards

    Overall: Microsoft Planner is a simple, lightweight and efficient task management tool which is useful in project planning and management. It comes as a part of certain plans of Office 365 which makes it cost effective as well.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Marketer
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    " A very good project management tool"

    Posted 2020-08-01

    Pros: - MS Planner integrates perfectly into the entire Office 365 ecosystem and the users do not have to look elsewhere for this one thing.
    - The UI is very good and the color-coding of cards is a super useful feature according to me.

    Cons: - I think an option to clone previous plans and structures in order to modify it and build over it can really save my time.

    Overall: MS Planner is a great alternative for those who use the entire office suite but have been using some other tool just for project management. This helps you integrate everything together.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    IT Specialist
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Outstanding features with assiging the daily task "

    Posted 2020-07-28

    Pros: 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.

    Cons: Greatly effective with project management and time tracking.

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

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Software Developer
    Used the software for: 6-12 Months
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Good for Team collaboration"

    Posted 2020-07-28

    Pros: Easy to use
    Great visual interface for clear visibility and organization
    Good for collaboration
    Syncs and works across devices
    Part of Office 365 suite
    Great mobile app

    Cons: It should be better integrated with Microsoft Teams for more efficient use.
    No desktop version - no offline usage.

    Overall: Microsoft Planner is a good task organization tool and provides a simple yet effective way to organize teamwork. It makes it easy to create plans, organize & assign tasks, share files and chat with teammates.

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    Review Source: SourceForge
  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Graphic Designer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Smart and more convenient with task management"

    Posted 2020-07-22

    Pros: It's have smart features with task planning.
    More effective with scheduling the meeting.
    Easy with time tracking and user friendly customer service.

    Cons: More convenient with task planning and easy to use because it's awesome.

    Overall: Smart and more effective with task planning and project budgeting.
    Easy to schedule the meeting.
    More suitable with daily tasks.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Graphic Designer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Competitive and awesome with task management"

    Posted 2020-07-21

    Pros: Secure and more affordable with project planning.
    Reliable with content editing and sharing.
    Great with file sharing and very cost effective to use.

    Cons: Reliable and more convenient with project management.

    Overall: Secure and reliable with project tracking.
    More effective with time tracking.
    Great and more convenient with task management.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Accountant
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Terrific experience with task management"

    Posted 2020-07-21

    Pros: Terrific experience with task planning.
    It's very easy to use and intuitive user interface.
    Reliable with time tracking and great customer service.

    Cons: Great customer service and reliable with task planning.

    Overall: Nice customer support.

    Effective with task planning and so user friendly.

    Great with time tracking and project support

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  • Ramesh S.
    Senior Technical Support
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
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    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Useful tool comes with Microsoft 365 bundle"

    Edited 2020-07-18

    Pros: #1- It comes in a bundle of Microsoft 365 services. So no need to buy plans separately.
    #2- Effortless team communication and remote file sharing.
    #3- Enables planning and collaboration for projects.

    Cons: #1- We don't have any negative experience with it.

    Overall: Microsoft Planner is a great project planner and team collaboration platform. We had an overall positive experience with it. Microsoft planner comes in a bundle of Microsoft 365. It enables us to collaborate, communicate and plan for our projects effortlessly.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Financial Analyst
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Probably the best with time tracking. "

    Posted 2020-07-16

    Pros: Time tracking helps a lot with payroll.
    It's very easy to use and straight forward software to use.
    Great and amazing features with task management.

    Cons: It's effective and more admirable with project management.

    Overall: Great experience and usability is so simple.
    Nice and user friendly dashboard.
    Reliable and more effective with task planning.
    It's more affordable and robust software

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Financial Director
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "It's credible with task management"

    Posted 2020-07-16

    Pros: It's easy to schedule task.
    Easy to prioritize on the task on the basis of most urgent to the least urgent.
    The dashboard is customizable which keeps me updated all the time.

    Cons: Great and more effective with project tracking and easy to use.

    Overall: It's great and more reliable with time tracking.
    Helps to be able to prioritize on the tasks and set due dates for them.
    It's customer friendly and cost effective.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    Financial Officer
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Excellent for planning meeting with project management"

    Posted 2020-07-15

    Pros: Easy to organise and schedule meeting.
    Reliable with project planning and user friendly.
    It's very affordable and easy to use.

    Cons: Great software and reliable with scheduling projects.

    Overall: Overall experience with Microsoft planner is reliable with project planning.

    It's cost effective and easy to install and deploy.

    Great customer support.

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  • Anonymous (Verified)
    IT Administrator
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Convinience with time and expense management"

    Posted 2020-07-10

    Pros: Great software with expense management.

    Easy features with task prioritization and assignment.
    Helps to schedule project.

    Cons: Great software and more easy with project tracking.

    Overall: Easy to track the projects and activity.
    Great with reliability with time management.
    The customer support is very good.

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