Microsoft Planner Features

Ability to drag and drop projects and tasks within a marketing calendar.

Ability to organize recurring projects and tasks into standardized workflows.

Provides marketing project templates, which can include editorial calendars, marketing project plans, creative requests, campaign management, event calendar, etc.

Provides tracking for marketing campaign costs and the ability to allocate expenses to budgets.

Ability to assign team members specific roles on specific projects.

Ability to send automated alerts and notifications when projects have been updated and/or compelted.

Ability to organize content and manage approvals during the content creation process.

Ability to assign content tasks to writers, designers, and editors.

Ability to schedule content distribution across multiple channels (i.e. social media, email, digital ads, etc.)

Ability to integrate with other tools, including project management tools, productivity tools, marketing technology, publishing tools, etc.

Ability to export all marketing activities to a PDF report to easily share results with relevant stakeholders.

Create and assign tasks for individual users with details and due dates.

Set deadlines and milestones for tasks, manually or automatically (based on project templates).

Users can move tasks and change dependencies using drag and drop.

Allows users to update multiple tasks at the same time, accross multiple projects.

Set priority levels on tasks so individuals can organize their work.

Each user can view their list of tasks to be completed without having access to other tasks.

Define dependencies between tasks and the rules to manage them.

Define recurring tasks that can be scheduled automatically at pre-defined intervals.

Provide standard workflows that can be used accross the company.

Allow administrators to configure workflows and processes.

Deliver a single data repository for all project information.

Define and manage roles and access rights for the entire system.

Maintain procedures for data access and governance.

Allow users to use the system online and on mobile devices.

Set priority levels on tasks so individuals can organize their work.

Define dependencies between tasks and the rules to manage them.

Plan and create work breakdown structure (WBS) based on the scope of the project.

Create customized project views for internal and external purposes (eg: for customers).

Allocate resources by matching capacity and demand, by project, team, or department.

Automatically calculate the critical path for projects and update it when projects change.

Deliver dashboards that display project data and KPIs in real time.

Monitor resource allocation to identify shortages and adjust accordingly.

Define customizable workspace for teams, departments, and external users.

Provide drag and drop options to configure workspaces.

Monitor work accross the company and analyze performance.

Support multiple channels for internal and external communications.

Allow users to share and collaborate on documents and files.

Help users meet, share workspaces, and collaborate on tasks.

Associate a budget with a project and allocate it accordingly by task or resource.

Track time and expenses associated with projects or tasks.

Monitor project proftability by team or department.

Integrate with CRM, marketing, or customer service software.

Provide integration with accounting software and ERP systems.

Connect to external data sources such as databases or BI software.

Provide live chat tools for instant messaging

Ability to involve multiple users in public or private discussions

Allow external users to use chat and discussions

Provide functionality to create and manage polls and surveys

Manage news and announcements by company or department

Documents can be shared between users and teams

User can share notes with colleagues or external users

Help users find documents and other types of content

Keep track of document versions and related changes

Create personalized project views for collaboration

Allow users to follow tasks which are not assigned to them

Define and manage users access to documents and collaboration features

Manage private and shared calendars and associated events

Make project views available for the public.

Include features to create, assign, and manage tasks.

Deliver project plans that can be customized by users.

Provide visibility into collaborative processes accross the company

Provide integration with task management and project management software.

Align remote employees with their colleagues and external users

Define and track responsabilities for remote users

Allow users to connect to tools that they use remotely

Users can work offline and changes are synced when they back online

Ability to track marketing campaign performance and return on investment (ROI).

Ability to compare marketing plans to historical activity.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting