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Microsoft have created a suite of apps that all complement one another and work beautifully together. Planner natively integrates with all the other Office 365 applications and using a tool within the Microsoft ‘ecosystem’ is very efficient. There are two main reasons why you should consider switching to Planner for task and project management: Microsoft integrations and cost. Planner is included for anyone on the following Office 365 plans: All enterprise plans (E1, E3, & E5), which includes government and not-for-profit plans, Education plans, Office 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business Premium. As an Office 365 app, you can find Planner within your Office 365 home under your apps. It also provides a centralised place where files can be shared and gives visibility to the whole team. Office 365 Planner provides a hub for team members to create plans, organise and assign tasks to different users and to check updates on progress through dashboards. Our simplest explanation is that it’s a way to organise teamwork and tasks – similar to Asana, Slack or Trello for task/ project management. Note: This article was originally published on but has been updated to provide the latest features.
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This article looks at Microsoft Planner to show its features, benefits and give you ideas on how to adopt it. Last year saw the introduction of Sway, Delve and Office Video to Office 365 and more recent additions include Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Planner. Microsoft is rapidly adding new features and updates to Office 365 to further improve its offerings but they have also been adding completely new products and applications.