MC887371 - The new Microsoft Planner for the web

The new Microsoft Planner for the web (https://planner.cloud.microsoft) brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, the power of Microsoft Project, and the intelligence of Copilot for Microsoft 365 into a simple, scalable solution that spans individual task management to professional project management.

With this rollout, we will update the existing web version of Planner to the new Planner. The new Planner for the web will match Planner in Teams to enable your users to seamlessly switch between Teams and web.

A Microsoft 365 license is required to use the new Planner. While final pricing for Copilot in Planner (preview) has not been announced, if you have a Project Plan 3 license, Project Plan 5 license, or a premium Planner trial license, you can preview Copilot in Planner capabilities.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411777.

When this will happen:

Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2024 and expect to complete by mid-October 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024.

General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late November 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025.

How this will affect your organization:

The following features will not be available at launch but will be available by 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. NOTE: Existing iCalendar links will continue to work. New iCalendar link creation is not supported, and existing iCalendar links cannot be disabled while this feature is not available.
• Undoing the deletion of a task

As part of our efforts to simplify Planner, these existing features are not available in the new Planner due to low usage:

• 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
• Customized backgrounds for plans

Planner will also now support Targeted release. For organizations that opt in to Targeted release, your organization will be the first to see the latest Planner updates and can help shape the product by providing early feedback. Planner does not support individuals opted into Targeted release. Learn more about Targeted release.

Lastly, after the new Planner for the web is rolled out, users can still access Project for the web. For this rollout, we will merge notification settings in the new Planner and Project for the web. Users will see identical notification options in the two apps, and the settings they choose will be reflected across both apps. Until a user reviews their notification settings, we will maintain what the user had set before the notifications are merged.

The new Planner for the web:

What you need to do to prepare:

• The new Planner is on by default for users with the required licenses. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change.
• Please review our Planner blog announcement to update any internal documentation. We will update Planner help documentation in the coming weeks.
• Supporting adoption resources: The new Microsoft Planner