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For all comments, email notifications need to be sent to all assigned to that task.

For all comments, email notifications need to be sent to all assigned to that task. That is the main use of Planner. If team members have completed their task; they can remove themselves from the assigned list, to stop the unwanted emails.

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  • Zenith commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is about MS Teams Hand. Please add the functionality to add the number next to the hand so that the presenter would know who raised the hand first

  • Klaas commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is really the only logical way that this should work. Only the person or people that are assigned to a task should recieve the notification.

  • Katie Brooks commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Our organization would like to see the following changes implemented to the commenting & notification features:

    1. Additional notification settings so you can customize how to receive your notifications (email, mobile push, Teams in-app etc.)
    2. The ability to follow a task or plan and receive notifications when they change.
    3. Notifications for all users assigned to a task (rather than only notifying users who have previously commented)
    4. The ability to @mention users in a task comment and notifications that correspond with tagging

  • Yep commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We have hundreds of members in our O365 Group that is attached to plans in Microsoft Planner. What use case calls for hundreds of emails to be sent out when a simple comment is made on a task. Many O365 Group members are a part of the group for other reasons that to use planner, why do they need to be notified of a task comment?

    Strange Microsoft thinks this is a good way to configure notifications. It is not realistic to ask hundreds of users to go into Planner and disable email notifications. Instead...they just get spammed for task comments they know nothing about.

    We have stopped using MS Planner enterprise wide until the configuration notification settings are changed.

  • Lucas commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please Microsoft, focus on the important notifications!
    There is another thread that is about to be implemented which sends group email notifications to people "Who already commented on a task".
    How is that relevant ? it should be everyone assigned to the task !
    You should also have the option to select which notifications to receive from that plan, on group or even individual level.

    This is so frustrating, having to teach Microsoft how to implement basic notifications on a task application.

    Any side jobs available there?

    PS: This is the partial solution thread:
    https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/11444235-email-notifications-and-alert-options

  • Charles commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It's diabolic to haven't a notification until you don't comment the activity, even if it's assigned to you!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, how this still hasn't be implemented by MS is beyond me. This is a major feature failure.

  • Stephen Minhinnick commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree that the people assigned to tasks should receive email updates if someone comments on a task, regardless of if they have previously commented on the task or not.

    That is because if you are assigned to a task you need to know what is going on with it. This is the most basic requirement. All other task notifications are secondary.

    See related request in this forum: https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/11444235-email-notifications-and-alert-options

  • Jeremy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It is crazy that any comment on a planner item in planner automatically spams the inbox of all team members, with no way to selectively choose email notifications per plan or by item.

    As it is for channels - if I am a member of a large team with multiple plans, I should be able to hide notifications and email from plans and planner items, and choose when I want notifications and emails to come through (eg if someone specifically '@' tags me in the comments, or assigns a task).

    EDIT, SUMMARY
    In large teams, this makes the comment feature for planner items unusable.

  • Matthew Jarsky commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This a critical feature.

    We make do without it, but there are only three of us, and we all work in the same office, so we can lean over and say to each other “I just commented on Task X.”

    …which is ridiculous.

    If we had one or two more people on the team, we would have to abandon Planner.

  • Scott commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    for my team i assign each a task they need to get notification of changes etc. i would also like to see a notification back to the owner of completion of the task

  • Fred Langer commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes - notifications to all assigned on the Task as well as anyone else who willingly takes part in the conversation (such as the Assigner of the Task). The notification to every member of the Group is not necessary or desired.

  • Chris commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    You know how Trello integrates with Teams? Make it work like that. I also want to Follow/Watch a Task.

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