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Created with the aid of feedback from the launch of the web app, the version can be used to view and update any existing plans on a user's account. The collaborative tool lets managers of a project organize tasks into different buckets, with other categorization options also available, before assigning them out to other members of the team. Users can see a list of all the tasks allocated to them, as well as the status of tasks being performed by others, and can update the task when required. The tool can also allow users to communicate with each other about tasks without leaving the app, including attaching photographs relating to the project. While the app version does offer many of the same functions as the web app, more functionality will be added in the coming months, such as push notifications and integration with Intune. Currently, plans have to be created in the web app before being viewable in the mobile version, but a future update will change this to allow iPhone users to perform the same action.
Microsoft Planner for iPhone is available for free on the App Store. Planner is also available for Android starting today. Planner is also available for Android starting today.
Is currently rolling out to customers on the Office 365 Enterprise E1-E5, Business Essentials, Business Premium, and Education subscription plans, but not for personal plan subscribers. Accompanying the iOS version, which requires iOS 9 or later and is a 58-megabyte download, an version of the app is also available to download, free as part of the subscription. The release of Planner is the latest in a number of mobile apps created by Microsoft, to expand its Office 365 footprint. In April, the company released a, a task app replacing the multi-platform tool Wunderlist that Microsoft acquired in 2015.
Microsoft has it is rolling out a new project management and collaboration app called Planner to certain Office 365 subscribers for free from today. Similar to Trello in concept, Planner enables users to organize projects into 'buckets', or collections of tasks that can then be dragged and dropped between buckets in the project interface.
Planner has a marked emphasis on team collaboration: tasks can be assigned to individual team members and users can get a visual overview of task responsibilities, progress, and upcoming deadlines. The company has been trialling the app through a select few customers since September, but the planned rollout 'over the next several weeks' marks the app's official entrance into the standard Office suite of apps. It is available for eligible users with certain Office 365 Enterprise, Business Essentials, Premium, and Education subscriptions. Existing Office users needn't do anything to access the app, as the tile should appear in the Office 365 launcher as soon as it becomes available. In recent months Apple has been including a in all iPad ordering processes on its website, a move that initially raised a few eyebrows, since Apple usually positions its iWork suite as a better alternative to Microsoft's Office apps. Update: This article has been updated to note only certain subscription plans not including the Home subscription will receive access to the Planner app.