Microsoft Planner enables you to create a plan, assign tasks, make teams and a lot more things in just simple steps. This week we would like to give you tips to get started with a plan in Microsoft Planner and to add tasks to a plan.
- Sign in to planner, there you can see a plan for each Office 365 Group.
- Get started by choosing a plan listed under Favorite plans / All plans.
- You can also start a new plan by selecting New plan.
- An Office 365 group is created along with each new plan.
How to create a new plan and group
- Give a name to the plan.
- Choose whether to add your plan to an existing group or to create a new group.
- Select who can view your plan.
- Go to Options to add a description and click on Create a plan.
How to add a plan to an existing group
- Name your plan and choose Add to an existing Office 365 Group.
- Choose a group page will open.
- Search for preferred group or choose one that is listed.
- Select Choose Group and then Create plan.
Tips to add tasks to a plan
- Enter a task name in the text box under To do and click on Add task.
- Enter different task details.
- You can opt-out or include task details based on your preference.
- Consider how you want these tasks to appear on the board before utilizing the options.
Written by Alex K Joseph, Digital Marketing Strategist, Dock 365
Alex K Joseph is a digital marketing strategist at Dock 365 with deep expertise in content marketing and Microsoft technologies. His published work covers SharePoint administration, Microsoft Teams, Power Automate, Microsoft 365 admin workflows, and Dynamics 365, the underlying platform that Dock 365's contract management software is built on. He has been writing for Dock 365 since 2021, producing technical content that helps SharePoint and Microsoft 365 administrators evaluate CLM solutions in the context of their existing Microsoft stack.


