Beginning Microsoft 365 Collaboration Apps: Working in the Microsoft Cloud

© Ralph Mercurio and Brian Merrill 2021

R. Mercurio, B. MerrillBeginning Microsoft 365 Collaboration Appshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6936-7_8

8. Planner

Ralph Mercurio¹   and Brian Merrill²

(1)

Clayton, NC, USA

(2)

Morrisville, PA, USA

 

In the previous chapter, I discussed the familiar Office applications and some of their benefits. In this chapter, I will review Microsoft Planner, which is a Microsoft 365 product that allows you and your team to create tasks and plans to manage tasks and projects. With Planner, you can assign tasks to users, monitor their statuses, and report on them. By utilizing this Microsoft 365 application, you can finally get rid of all the Post-It notes littering your desk and the countless Microsoft Excel spreadsheets ...