Name: Microsoft Planner
Rating: 4.4 (733 reviews)

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Planner

Updated 3rd December 2024

What is Microsoft Planner?

Microsoft Planner is a task management tool designed for team collaboration and project organization. It allows users to create plans, assign tasks, set deadlines, and track progress through a visual interface. As part of Microsoft 365, Planner enables real-time collaboration and communication within teams. Features like drag-and-drop task management, customizable labels, and progress charts help streamline workflows and improve task tracking. Users can also utilize templates, share comments, and plan tasks with tools like Copilot, all integrated into a single platform for effective project management.

Overall experience with Microsoft Planner

Marketing Associate

50M - 250M USD, Finance (non-banking)

FAVORABLE

“Simple Tool Brings Clarity to Task Organization and Collaboration”

4.0

Apr 6, 2026

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Product Manager

1B - 3B USD, Retail

CRITICAL

“Ecosystem Integration Supports Use But Visual Tracking Of Task Dependencies Is Limited”

3.0

Mar 20, 2026

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About Company

Company Description

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1975

Head office location

Redmond, Washington, United States

Number of employees

10000+

Annual Revenue

30B+ USD

Website

https://microsoft.com

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Microsoft Planner Likes & Dislikes

What I like most about the planner is the clarity it brings to work tracking. It greatly facilitates the visualization of tasks, deadlines, and responsible parties, which helps align the team and reduces communication breakdowns. It's also a plus that it centralizes everything in one place, avoiding parallel controls and excessive spreadsheets. Furthermore, the planner requires low maintenance effort; tasks are very easy to update and track over time, which makes it lightweight, and aesthetically it's quite nice and easy to navigate the pages.

Automated Translation from Portuguese

What I like most about the planner is the clarity it brings to work tracking. It greatly facilitates the visualization of tasks, deadlines, and responsible parties, which helps align the team and reduces communication breakdowns. It's also a plus that it centralizes everything in one place, avoiding parallel controls and excessive spreadsheets. Furthermore, the planner requires low maintenance effort; tasks are very easy to update and track over time, which makes it lightweight, and aesthetically it's quite nice and easy to navigate the pages.

Automated Translation from Portuguese

What I like most about the planner is the clarity it brings to work tracking. It greatly facilitates the visualization of tasks, deadlines, and responsible parties, which helps align the team and reduces communication breakdowns. It's also a plus that it centralizes everything in one place, avoiding parallel controls and excessive spreadsheets. Furthermore, the planner requires low maintenance effort; tasks are very easy to update and track over time, which makes it lightweight, and aesthetically it's quite nice and easy to navigate the pages.

Automated Translation from Portuguese

As mentioned before, the lack of visual dependencies within tasks of the project, it cannot be personalized by adding information needed and the notifications aren't so easily manageable since sometimes it can either show you all the updates or you can miss some of the important ones if you aren't checking it up regularly.

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Microsoft Planner Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(733 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star: 41%
4 Star: 49%
3 Star: 8%
2 Star: 1%
1 Star: 0%

Marketing Associate
50M-1B USD
Finance (non-banking)
Review Source
Simple Tool Brings Clarity to Task Organization and Collaboration
4.0
Apr 6, 2026
My experience is positive overall. The tool is simple, intuitive, and works well for organizing tasks and tracking team activities on a daily basis. Another great point is the integration with Microsoft 365, especially with Teams and To Do, which greatly facilitates use and collaboration. I can assign tasks, detail demands, attach files and spreadsheets to the card, and set start and end dates for each project. This is very interesting and creates a more dynamic process for both the requester and the recipient. Because of this, I can control everything and not lose track of deadlines and what I have to deliver, which makes perfect sense in my daily work.
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Marketing Associate

50M-1B USD

Finance (non-banking)

Review Source

Simple Tool Brings Clarity to Task Organization and Collaboration

4.0

Apr 6, 2026

My experience is positive overall. The tool is simple, intuitive, and works well for organizing tasks and tracking team activities on a daily basis. Another great point is the integration with Microsoft 365, especially with Teams and To Do, which greatly facilitates use and collaboration. I can assign tasks, detail demands, attach files and spreadsheets to the card, and set start and end dates for each project. This is very interesting and creates a more dynamic process for both the requester and the recipient. Because of this, I can control everything and not lose track of deadlines and what I have to deliver, which makes perfect sense in my daily work.

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Overall experience with Microsoft Planner

“Simple Tool Brings Clarity to Task Organization and Collaboration”

“Ecosystem Integration Supports Use But Visual Tracking Of Task Dependencies Is Limited”

About Company

Company Description

Company Details

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Reviewer Insights for: Microsoft Planner

Deciding Factors: Microsoft Planner Vs. Market Average

Performance of Microsoft Planner Across Market Features

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Microsoft Planner Reviews and Ratings

4.4

(733 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

Simple Tool Brings Clarity to Task Organization and Collaboration

Simple Tool Brings Clarity to Task Organization and Collaboration

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