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Microsoft Planner

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Microsoft Planner FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Microsoft Planner offer?

Microsoft Planner has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $5.00

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Q. Who are the typical users of Microsoft Planner?

Microsoft Planner has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Microsoft Planner support?

Microsoft Planner supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian


Q. Does Microsoft Planner support mobile devices?

Microsoft Planner supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Microsoft Planner offer an API?

No, Microsoft Planner does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does Microsoft Planner integrate with?

Microsoft Planner integrates with the following applications:
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel


Q. What level of support does Microsoft Planner offer?

Microsoft Planner offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum

Microsoft Planner product overview

Price starts from

5

/user

What is Microsoft Planner?

Microsoft Planner offers a collaboration, project management, and task planning solution for teams. Users can create plans, add tasks to each plan, assign team members to tasks, and track individual and team progress for every plan. The drag-and-drop interface allows users to smoothly categorize tasks, update statuses, and assign tasks.

Key benefits of using Microsoft Planner

  • Drag-and-drop interface allows users to assign tasks to team members, categorize tasks into buckets, update task statuses, and more.

  • Automated emails are sent to a user when they create a plan, are added to a plan, are assigned a task, any of their assigned tasks are marked ‘Completed’, or another user comments on one of their tasks.

  • All plans have their own charts view, which shows the statuses of all tasks (completed, in progress, not started, and late), as well as a breakdown by each team member.

  • Multiple user-defined color-coded labels can be added to each task, allowing users to flag common requirements, features, dependencies, locations, or time constraints shared by tasks.

  • Comments can be made on tasks to start a discussion between team members, with comment symbols added to tasks to notify users.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    FAQs/Forum

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    Microsoft Planner pricing information

    Value for money

    4.5

    /5

    231

    Starting from

    5

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    Microsoft Planner features

    Functionality

    4.2

    /5

    231

    Total features

    37

    4 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Collaboration Tools
    Access Controls/Permissions
    Alerts/Notifications
    Document Storage
    Activity Dashboard
    Drag & Drop
    Data Import/Export
    Commenting/Notes

    Microsoft Planner users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.3

    /5

    231

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.44/10
    Rating distribution

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    Pros
    It's great for keeping tasks organized and showing the progress via Kanban and many other viewpoints. Great for assigning projects and knowing who's working on them.
    Super simple to use and with a good range of functionality, Planner is a light project management tool that is an important part of the Office 365 suite.
    I love that its customizable as I can assign cards and move them around as I please. The project management feature is very effective as I can set deadlines and monitor accordingly.
    Cons
    Few features on content management: No text formatting, impossible to identify collaborators in the comment, no drag and drop for files, no preview for images.
    Frequent issues with lost updates and such, especially on other browsers than Microsoft Edge.
    There is a lack of way of dividing activities into steps and setting deadlines.

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