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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