Microsoft Planner
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Microsoft Planner, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Microsoft Planner's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Planner | — | Task creation and management with files, checklists, and labels · My Day, My Tasks, and Assigned to Me · Basic and custom templates · Grid, Board, Schedule, and Chart views · Microsoft 365 app integrations |
| Microsoft Planner (included in Microsoft 365) | Free | Basic templates · Grid, Board, Schedule, and Charts views · Teams integration |
| Planner Plan 1 | $10 | Premium templates · Dependencies · Backlogs and sprints · Timeline, Calendar, and People views · Goals · Milestones · user/month, paid yearly |
| Planner and Project Plan 3 | $30 | Everything in Planner Plan 1 · Task history · Portfolios · Baselines and critical path · Advanced dependencies · Project desktop · user/month, paid yearly |
The facts
Each one read from Microsoft Planner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Microsoft Graph's Planner API can create plans, organize and assign tasks, share progress, and support collaboration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Microsoft presents Planner templates and use cases for marketing, sales, software development, IT, human resources, project management, and operations teams.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Automation rules
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Collaboration
- Teams can cocreate plans, and the included Planner offering supports real-time collaboration and sharing.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Planner is covered by Microsoft's Product Terms and Data Protection Agreement, and the documentation says integrated Purview audit logs are supported across plan types and containers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Copilot
- Access to AI capabilities in Planner and Planner in Teams requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Features
- Planner supports content-rich tasks with files, checklists, labels, and task organization by My Day, My Tasks, and Assigned to me.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Guest access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The listed Microsoft app integrations include Loop, Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and Power Automate.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The security documentation says Planner does not participate in Advanced Data Residency and that retention policy is not currently supported.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- Planner has iOS and Android apps for eligible Microsoft 365 work or school accounts; the Android app cannot delete plans.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Native integrations
- 5checked 20 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Planner brings tasks, to-do lists, plans, and projects across Microsoft 365 apps into one online work-management experience.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Basic plan task titles and descriptions are stored in Azure and encrypted at rest and in transit; premium plan data is stored in Dataverse.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Microsoft offers Planner help and learning articles, administrator resources, community resources, and Microsoft partner assistance.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Task views
- boardchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Views
- Its main navigation includes My Day, My Tasks, and My Plans, while plans can use list, board, timeline, and sprint views.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1975checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Redmond, Washington, USAchecked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Trial
- Microsoft describes a one-month free trial, requires a credit card to sign up, and says the subscription converts to paid unless canceled.checked 12 Oct 2026
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