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.
Russell Stanford
shared this idea
We’re working on supporting this in Office 365 Groups in general. Once that’s complete, we’ll support it in Planner shortly after.
105 comments
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George Loczy
commented
What is taking so long?
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sunil
commented
Is it possible to assign task notification via mail to the external user and he is able to approve the task in SharePoint 2013 online?
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sunil
commented
Is it possible to assign task notification via mail to the external user and he is able to approve the ask in SharePoint 2013 online?
pls can give me suggestions.
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Victor
commented
Do we have any more info on when it will be available ?
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NBS
commented
I was hoping this would be completed by now. Microsoft, I haven't seen any input from you on this forum in a long time. Would you please provide an update on this? Thanks.
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Radek
commented
And I thought that I've been doing something wrong...
I'm truly disappointed now without being able to invite anyone I want into my project! -
Gerardo Gonzalez
commented
How much time do we have to wait for this update?
I really need it.
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Anonymous
commented
@PeteW
I did the same as you; added a external person to a shared One Drive area. Then I added the person to the actual plan and was able to assign tasks to that member.I work with external users that come from both big companies as well as "one" man companies. The big companies are usually no problem regarding licens, but the small companies are more concerned about licens.
The question I have; What kind of licens must that person have? Are there any "free" licence with limited access? Or does everybody has to have the Enterprise licens? -
Justin Hitt commented
Modern businesses leverage outside users. If I'm going to move my business into Office365 it needs to let me bridge internal accounts as well as work with clients and partners without special logins. Tracking vendors in Planner won't work without third party assignments.
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Víctor Arvizu
commented
It would be great to have different levels of permissions to edit plans (see, edit, comment)
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PeteW
commented
I think there may be around this....I've just added two external users to a shared OneDrive area.
Then I go into Planner, I can give them access to the plan, then assign them to tasks just like an internal user.
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Porski
commented
Yes please, I am also waiting for this feature!
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Rob Chambers
commented
No update on this since February? Im trying to sell Planner to one of my customers but cant because this feature is missing. Will be putting them on Trello I think.
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Peter Reed-Forrester
commented
Surely this is an absolute "No Brainer"? Very surprised Planner was launched without it!
Virtually every "Plan" we create involves collaboration with an external Client or Contractor somewhere along the line.
No being able to assign tasks, share progress etc.with Clients, Sub-Contractors etc. is what is keeping us with Basecamp.
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Anonymous
commented
and assign more than on user per task
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Mark Mees
commented
I am an external consultant currently using Planner to deliver my handover tasks for the last month of my engagement. It really is a nuisance that I am unable to give access to my client (who is on Office 365) to view and track progress with the plan. To be honest, granting external access to Planner tasks seems kind of fundamental, and I look forward to seeing this functionality real soon.
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Roy
commented
A vote from me too!
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Chris Grant
commented
Adding external users (clients,consultants, etc) to plans is essential functionality!
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Rohan Patil commented
This is very essential, I would say needs to be upvoted even more.
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Lawrence Kiefer
commented
Like most office 365 tools, they are 1 step away from being useful. If I cannot share my plan with customers not using office365 then its useless.