Microsoft Planner for PC

★ ★ ★ Microsoft Planner Overview

What is Microsoft Planner? Microsoft Planner is a team organization app that requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription. It provides a visual way to organize teamwork, create new plans, assign tasks, share files, chat about work, and get updates on progress. The app works across all devices and allows for collaboration within the same tasks.

Software Features and Description

1. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.

2. Built for Office 365, Planner lets you work together on the same tasks, attach captured photos directly to them, and even have conversations around tasks without switching between apps.

3. The Microsoft Planner app will request permission to access your photos and your camera: When you try to attach a photo to a Planner task, the app requests permission to access your Photos app in order to select images.

4. If you choose to take a photo to attach to a Planner task, the app will request permission to access your Camera app.

5. This app does not support Office 365 personal accounts (for example: name@outlook.com or name@hotmail.com). If you are not sure about your company’s subscription or the services you have access to, please contact your IT department.

6. Microsoft Planner requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription.

7. With Planner, all your team’s discussions and deliverables stay with the plan and don’t get locked away across disparate applications.

8. The My Tasks view provides a comprehensive list of all your tasks and their status across all your plans.

9. Planner provides a simple, visual way to organize teamwork.

10. To update the status or change assignments, just drag and drop tasks between columns.

11. Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets.

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Download and install Microsoft Planner on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Microsoft Planner	Get App ↲	11,749 4.66	Microsoft Corporation

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Microsoft Planner app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Microsoft Planner on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Microsoft Planner"
The search will reveal the Microsoft Planner app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Microsoft Planner is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Microsoft Planner.
Now enjoy Microsoft Planner on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Microsoft Corporation	4.66	1.16.2

Get Microsoft Planner on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Microsoft Corporation	11749	4.66

Download on Android: Download Android

Microsoft Planner functions

- Visual organization of tasks into buckets

- Categorization of tasks based on status or assigned team member

- My Tasks view for a comprehensive list of all tasks and their status across all plans

- Collaboration within tasks, including attaching photos and having conversations

- Works across all devices

- Requires an eligible Office 365 work or school subscription

- Requests permission to access photos and camera when attaching images to tasks

✔ Pros:

- Simple and efficient task management

- Collaboration functionality available

- Ability to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

- Integration with Calendar to schedule tasks

- Clean and less friction overall than Trello

- Right blend of simplicity and power

☹ Cons:

- Lack of automatic integration with iOS Calendar

- Limited customization options

- Large gap between Microsoft Planner and Microsoft Project

- Inability to update multiple items together

- Filter function is an OR, not an AND, making it difficult to filter by multiple buckets at the same time.

Top Pcmac Reviews

A great software application for managing my personal tasks.

By Donald Tynes II (Pcmac user)

I have used this software for about six months now. Although the application has collaboration functionality, for my single-member LLC, all that I need is to keep track of a set of tasks, describe them, estimate the time to complete them, create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), assign a date and time (with the help of Calendar) to complete each time, which shows on my schedule as 'Busy' - which is exactly what I want, then finally record the actual time the task took. There are a few features that I would like it to have, like automatic integration with my Calendar product on iOS. But, except for a few features that I would love it to have, the software application is a great solution for my task needs.
Can't believe I'm rating a Microsoft app 5 stars

By rpee (Pcmac user)

I really like this app. It's the right blend of simplicity and power. Feels a lot like how I tried to make Wunderlist work for business years ago but it never really did. This feels cleaner and less friction overall than Trello. Keep up the great work. I don't use Teams though. I'd love to get this hooked up to Slack. One thing I'd change: after clicking into a task from the 'My Tasks' section, the name of the Plan is in the upper left, next to the Bucket Name. Clicking the Plan name should take me to the Plan, not to change the bucket, like makes sense would happen when you click on the bucket name. I can't seem to get back to the Plan unless I go to the Planner Hub. Just a few extra clicks that mightn't be needed...
A great tool!

By Most Unhappy User (Pcmac user)

Through the years I have used many different pieces of software and tried to develop many different practices, to schedule my life both at work and at home. Planner is simple quick and efficient. I would like to see a little bit more customization allowed, so that it works a little bit more streamlined. There is a large crevasse between the app planner and the app project finding something close to the middle would be optimal for the users of the app. But I was trying to run with the premise do not let perfection get in the way of progress - CLewis
A few enhancements needed but mostly good

By Rasuel (Pcmac user)

The biggest problem is not being able to update multiple items together. I'd like to select all and apply the same value. Also, filter is an OR.. not an AND. Meaning, I can't filter by multiple buckets at the same time. It's only one or the other. Also, when in the desktop I can't export nor import. So it's alot of manual effort to set up. Also no ability to include dependencies Otherwise you can sort by different methods. The chart and visual aspects are useful. Assignment is cool too. I like the flags. Checklist is a nice feature to keep track of subtasks. With the buckets, I was able to build a Kanban board for a scrum project!! This also likes well to other areas of the app like SharePoint