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Use these Office 365 tools to quickly and effectively turn ideas into reality by creating and managing your projects from start to finish.
Office 365 can facilitate complete and total collaboration. Projects are completed quickly, easily and correctly when they are organized, properly managed and when the team is all on the same page. Office 365 has tools and applications that can help your team stay on track and work on projects from start to finish – starting with OneDrive to Teams, Planner, SharePoint and lastly, Forms. Don’t use these tools yet? Here’s why you should.
Office 365 Planner is now being rolled out to all eligible users in Office 365! Planner makes working together a lot more organized and fun. It helps users organize and structure their teamwork. Teams can create new plans, organize and assign tasks, set due dates and update status in just a few easy clicks. With Planner, users can attach files and have conversations around tasks. Planner’s visual dashboards and email notifications keep everyone informed on the overall progress of their initiative.
Get started quickly
Work together without chaos
Always stay informed
Pain Point #1 – Coordinating Tasks:
Today, the majority of information workers coordinate their team activities and team tasks using sub-optimal tools and methods such as email, post-it notes, Office Apps like Excel and PowerPoint, or by memory!
The Solution:
Microsoft Planner is simple and easy to use.
Engaging User Interface helps users create a plan, build a team, and assign tasks and set due dates in just a few simple clicks
Users can find benefit the very first time using it
Pain Point #2 - Communicating:
To get work done, team members share files, communicate back and forth via emails, engage in IM conversations, etc. As the number of tasks continue to grow, teamwork becomes harder to organize. Key insights and conversations related to tasks get locked away in disjointed apps, email attachments, etc.
The Solution:
Microsoft Planner is transparent and allows team members to work together without switching apps
Everyone has a clear sight into who is working on what
Users can attach files to tasks in a couple of clicks and start editing them together
Team members can initiate a group conversation thread right from the task
Pain Point #3– Big Picture View:
As the number of tasks and size of the team starts to grow, team members lose track of the big picture.
The Solution:
Microsoft Planner is mobile and provides insights
With Planner ‘Charts’, everyone knows where things are at all times
Email notifications alert team members when things change, new tasks are assigned to them, or they get pulled into conversation
Q. Which Office 365 plans are eligible for Planner?
A. Planner is included in the Office 365 Enterprise E1–E5 subscription plans (including corresponding Government and Non-Profit), Office 365 Business Essentials and Premium plans, and Office 365 Education.
Q. Is Planner available for customers on premise?
A. Microsoft Planner is an Office 365 cloud only solution and not available for customers on premises.
Q. Can Planner be purchased stand-alone?
A. Microsoft Planner is only be available through Office 365 Subscriptions, and cannot be purchased stand-alone.
All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only. The owner of this blog makes no representations or warranties regarding the information from our partners or other external sources.