Microsoft Planner for admins

Planner is a single, unified work management experience with capabilities that support individual task management to enterprise and professional project management.

Users can manage their work in one place with an app that is:

• Simple: See everything on your plate in one place, from private tasks to team plans and projects. A refreshed design makes it easy to find and focus your work.
• Scalable: Start simple and evolve your plans with goals, timelines, task hierarchy, dependencies, portfolios, and more. Connect Planner to your business processes through APIs, Power Automate, and the Microsoft Planner MCP Server.
• Flexible: Work where and how your team works, across Teams, Outlook, and the web. Organize work your way with flexible views and templates, and keep conversations connected to the work with task chat.
• Intelligent: Keep work moving with Copilot and the Planner Agent. Identify and address risks, communicate progress, and drive work forward, while turning meeting discussions into actionable tasks.

Which Microsoft 365 plans include Planner and its basic capabilities?

Planner in Microsoft 365 is included with the following subscription plans:

• Microsoft 365 Business Basic
• Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot
• Microsoft 365 Business Premium with Copilot
• Office 365 E1
• Office 365 E3
• Office 365 E5
• Microsoft 365 A1

For more on these subscriptions, see business plans, enterprise plans, or education plans. If your current subscription does not include Planner, consider switching to one of the above plans or consider purchasing a separate Planner Plan 1 or Planner and Project Plan 3 subscription plan, depending on your users' needs.

What do my users have access to as a Microsoft Planner user?

Users with a qualifying Microsoft 365 license have access to a rich set of capabilities for individual and team work management. These include basic plan creation and editing capabilities, task creation and editing capabilities, various plan views - including Grid, Board, Schedule, and Charts - My Day, My Tasks, and more.

A Planner Plan 1 license is required to create premium plans and access additional views, such as Timeline, People, and Goals. With a Planner and Project Plan 3 or Project or Planner Plan 5 license, users get additional access to the advanced capabilities with premium plans in Planner. Advanced features include report creation, Timeline (Gantt) view, dependencies, sprints, custom fields, team workload, and managing goals. For more information, see Advanced capabilities with premium plans in Planner.