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Due date notification
If a task is late (the due date has passed), please make sure to send a notification to both the owner and anyone related to the task (coworkers, team leader,...).
3,813 votesThe due date email notification has rolled out to all users worldwide. Thanks for your feedback, and please continue to contribute more suggestions and ideas!
-The Planner Team
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Remove 250 task limit per person per plan.
Currently, there is a 250 task limit per person per plan. The error states “You've run out of space! Delete some old tasks and projects to continue creating new ones.” Removing completed tasks defeats the purpose of using Planner as a historical task tracker if resources are limited to 250 tasks.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msofficeother-msowin10/planner-cant-submit-more-tasks-for-a-specific/12fee9a1-9681-4c12-9920-1b9aa43a4ba7703 votesThis limit has been removed – users can now have thousands of tasks assigned to them.
We’re continuing work around performance and actively monitoring how many users hit this limit. So far, we only have seen users with unchecked Flows/automated task assignments hitting this limit.
We are planning on publishing formal documentation around all of our Planner limits once we’ve completed more performance work, but don’t have anything to share at this time.
Cheers,
The Planner Team -
1,594 votes
Copy plan is now available in Planner’s Web App! The Planner team is excited to release this functionality and would love to hear how we can improve upon this moving forward. Please comment below to let us know what you think!
More about Copy plan here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Planner-Blog/Planner-s-new-copy-plan-feature-helps-streamline-work-management/ba-p/364048#.XIYZg2dGIfQ.twitter
Cheers,
The Planner Team -
Chart View GROUP by DUE DATE
Prior to the O365:Planner update 07/25/17
In the CHART view, the option to GROUP by (DUE DATE). This was very helpful as it displayed all tasks in descending order based on date the task is due. Please bring this function back.31 votesThanks for the feedback. We’ve completed the work to add Group By Due Date back to the Charts View.
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Assign tasks to multiple users
I need to be able to assign tasks/projects to multiple users.
3,788 votesThank you for all the feedback. We’ve completed the work to support assigning a task to multiple people, and it is now available for use world wide.
Thanks!
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Allow external users to view/edit tasks.
We have sub consultants that we collaborate with on a daily basis. It would be nice to have different levels of permissions to view tasks, edit tasks, and / or create tasks.
2,755 votesThanks again for your feedback and support! We’re happy to announce we’ve fully released guest access to Planner users.
For more information:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Planner-Blog/Bring-your-plans-to-life-with-guests-in-Planner/ba-p/190704Cheers,
The Planner Team -
Instead of 1 to 1, allow Groups to have many Plans
Right now, groups have a 1 to 1 relationship (1 Group = 1 Plan), would be nice for a single group to have multiple plans
3,091 votes!! You can now create a new plan within an existing group!!
Once you open the “New Plan” dialog just select the link to add to an existing group. Your new plan will then be added to that group, leveraging the existing group infrastructure.
For more info, checkout the support documentation: https://support.office.com/en-US/article/create-a-plan-in-microsoft-planner-93e65b03-6fac-4661-a502-e3161475ab93
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Mobile app for iOS and Android
Native mobile apps for each platform.
2,304 votesHello,
Thanks for all your feedback and for using Planner. We’re happy to announce that new Planner mobile apps are now available for Android phones and iPhone. This is just the start and we look forward to adding many additional features to these apps in the coming months. Please let us know what you’d like us to add by continuing to suggest and vote for features.
Here’s a blog post with some more information:
https://blogs.office.com/2017/05/31/announcing-the-microsoft-planner-mobile-app-for-iphone-and-android/Android App:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.planneriPhone App:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-planner/id1219301037?mt=8We’re still have a Windows Universal App in the plans and you can vote for it here: https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/19461631-windows-universal-app
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Missing email notification for Task assignments
Planner is not sending my team members email notifications when they are assigned a task. What can I do to make it happen?
170 votesAll Planner users who are assigned a task should now receive an email notification about the task assignment. Thanks for the suggestion and feedback!
-The Planner Team
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Increase task description character limit
The current 1,000 character limit for tasks description is far too small. This should be increased massively or be unlimited.
61 votesWe have raised the description limit to 32k characters! Thank you for your feedback on this topic.
-The Planner Team
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Checklist Improvement
The checklists need to be more edit friendly. Also sometimes my checklists that I fill out with 10-12 pieces of information either completely disappear or half way disappear. Sometimes my descriptions also disappear.
24 votesWe believe the issues outlined in this thread have been resolved. If you experience any other issues with the Checklist, please start a new thread for visibility.
Thanks for your feedback!
-The Planner Team
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People with long names cannot be removed from the plan
If a person has a really long name, the ellipses to remove them are blocked from being selected and the person cannot be removed from the plan.
17 votes
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