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August 18, 2016

Microsoft Planner Deep Dive

Dimitri Ayrapetov

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Dimitri Ayrapetov

Digital Technology Partner

Cognizant Technology Solutions

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Agenda

Brief History

Planner Licensing and Requirements

Demo

Development APIs

Product Roadmap

Q&A

Further Reading

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Brief History

Year Release

2003 SPS 2003

2007 MOSS 2007Project Server 2007

2010 SP 2010Project Server 2010

2013 SP 2013Project Server 2013Project Online

2015 Microsoft Planner Public Preview

2016 Microsoft Planner General Availability

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Microsoft Task/Project Management Comparison

FeatureSharePoint Lists

MicrosoftPlanner

Project Server

Task Management l l l

Custom Metadata l l

Gantt Charts l l

Granular Permissions l l

Task Rollups l l l

Interactive Boards and Task Management l

Conversations and Integrated Links within Tasks l l l

Native Responsive Design l

Native integration with Office 365 Groups l

Dependency Tracking l

Resource Planning l

Enhanced Project & Portfolio Management l

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Office 365 & SharePoint Application Services

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Planner Licensing

• Eligible Licenses:• Office 365 Enterprise E1–E5

• Business Essentials

• Business Premium

• Education Plans

• Enabling (or Disabling) Planner:• Tenant Admin: License Management

• PowerShell

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Planner Requirements

• Planner and Office 365 Groups go hand-in-hand• New Plan in Planner = New O365 Group

• Deleting Plan in Planner = Deletion of associated O365 Group

• Planner has full functionality when your users have an Exchange Online Mailbox• Planner users without Exchange online mailboxes may have the following

issues:

• Users may have issues with viewing or adding comments to a task

• Users may have issues viewing their Favorite plans in Planner

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Demo

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Developer APIs

• Beta API: https://graph.microsoft.io/en-us/docs/api-reference/beta/resources/task

• Support for CRUD Operations for Plans, Buckets, Task Boards, and Tasks

• Keep an eye on: http://dev.office.com/patterns-and-practices

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Product Roadmap

Rolling Out

• Microsoft Planner – General Availability

• Professional Learning Community (PLC) Groups Preview

In Development

• External User Access

• Mobile Experiences

• Mobile Apps for IOS and Android

• Assign a task to multiple individuals

• Templates for Plan Reuse

• Timeline View

• Custom Backgrounds

• Accessibility

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Further Reading

Topic URL

Microsoft Planner for admins https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Microsoft-Planner-for-admins-9652e4c7-48e3-4dad-9e71-0c783ec3d0f8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Microsoft Planner–a few common support answers https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/brismith/2016/06/06/microsoft-plannera-few-common-support-answers/

Microsoft Planner: Another look as MsolSettings–and a couple more answers

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/brismith/2016/06/07/microsoft-planner-another-look-as-msolsettingsand-a-couple-more-answers/

Microsoft Planner: Enabling the Planner license via PowerShell

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/brismith/2016/07/18/microsoft-planner-enabling-the-planner-license-via-powershell

Office Graph API https://graph.microsoft.io/en-us/docs/api-reference/beta/resources/task

Patterns and Practices http://dev.office.com/patterns-and-practices

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Wrap up

• Thank you for attending!

• This deck can be found on my blog: http://dimitri.spgurus.com

• Follow me on my Twitter: @dayrapetov

• Connect on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dimitriayrapetov/

• Q & A

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Thank you