New features for Microsoft Planner | Planner Premium | Microsoft To Do & Project | Update for 2024

the new Microsoft planner set to release this year will transform your planning experience get ready to embrace this changes and make the most of new features let's dive into what's coming the new Microsoft planner is an exciting update it combines Microsoft to-do current planner features and project for the web into one streamline platform don't worry Microsoft to do isn't going away its feature will continue under the new planner brand this upgrade means easier plan management which you'll see more of later plus planner will now have enhanced task management features like custom Fields timeline use Resource Management copilot capabilities and more the updated Microsoft planner lets you create personal and private plans that only you can access and see this was possible in Microsoft to-do but now planner makes it easier to manage these private plans the best part you can share these plans with other when their's ready share with a group and Microsoft team or other in your organization making plan sharing simpler than it was in Microsoft to do the planner app also shows Flags emails and tasks assigned to you among other features a past limitation of Microsoft planner was the inability to add custom fields or columns that changes now with planner premium you can add Fields choose field types and set predefined values this gives you more flexibility in tracking and managing task in your plans with planner premium you can now link tasks to specific goals in your plan if you have a goal you can assign tasks to it track progress and identify any blockers that might prevent you from meeting your goals deadline this is a great tool for aligning your task and focusing on your project goals the new planner premium introduces significant changes including a timeline U where you can see your project critical pass and all task independencies this helps in managing the project more effectively Resource Management has also improved you can now cheack how many hours are assigned to each resource weekly and address issues like overall location if a resource is only part-time on your project you can adjust their hours in the plan settings even keeping track of total hour spend another new feature is vers control allowing you to use changes made to task a function not available in the previous planner plus there's an easy option to chat with colleagues in teams directly from planner facilitating quick discussions on task progress task dependencies are a key addition in planner premium you can set dependencies for any tasks and the system automatically calculates time frames including leak or LA Times these dependencies and subtask are clearly marked marked in your plan and can be tracked through the timeline planner premium Now includes copilot capabilities a feature true to Microsoft Innovative approach for example you can ask a pilot to generate task for your new project and it will create a list of task that you can immediately incorporate into your project plan Beyond task creation copilot assist with Resource Management helping you identify bottlenecks furthermore if you have complex task requiring subtask ciler can automatically create and insert the subt into your plan this feature simplifies project management allowing you to start with a structure set of tasks that you can quickly modify and adapt what's coming up next the new planner premium set for release this year will be a paid upgrade you'll need to purchase additional licenses similar to the current project for the web known as project plan one which costs about $10 per user per month for using co-pilot capabilities you're likely to need a separate copilot license which is expected to be around $30 per user per month if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up and for more great content like this don't forget to subscribe to the channel see you in the next videos

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Keywords: Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Planner 2024, Microsoft To Do, Project for the Web, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Project, Microsoft 365

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Length: 4min 36sec (276 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 13 2024