Some Changes to Microsoft Planner Were Already Made
At Ignite MS announced that Planner would be getting an overhaul in 2024, but in Oct. 2023 there was already a fairly big change.
What is the future of Microsoft Planner? We know there’s an overhaul coming. That came on top of a feature I had seen on the roadmap that I was very interested in, not necessarily from an eDiscovery perspective but from a usability perspective.
Planner: Planner Personal Plans
Today in Planner, all created plans must be contained by an M365 group or a roster. With the new Personal plan API, plans can be contained by a new type of container, called a user container. For these types of plans, the creator of the plan is the only member and owner.
I was interested in this because, believe it or not, many of us don’t want our users to create groups on their own but like some of the features of Planner for their use.
There’s just something about creating a group to use Planner and discovering that your users created a group mailbox, SharePoint site, and, potentially, a Team for that group that will now create a variety of places for data to live that no one on the Governance side of things is aware of. So we don’t let them do that. When they use Planner, they are limited to using it with an existing group they are a part of. Or, they can request a group.
Let’s be honest, though; most people won’t bother with that unless they’re sure they want to use it, and what better way to try that out than to create a Personal Plan to try out the features to track your tasks and see if you like it?
The problem I discovered as I looked further into this is that the API was created, but nothing changed in the interface. The ability to develop a Personal Plan only lives under the hood, accessible by API. But, I was determined to take a look, so off to the documentation I went.
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