Microsoft Planner Reviews & Product Details

What I like most about Microsoft Planner is how simple it is while still being tightly integrated with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. It lets teams create, assign, and track tasks through an intuitive Kanban-style board. Its integration with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint makes collaboration feel seamless, so you can stay in the flow without constantly switching between different tools.

Planner also gives clear visibility into task ownership, deadlines, and progress, which helps strengthen accountability and transparency across the team. Features like labels, checklists, attachments, and comments make it easier to organize work and keep everything in one place. I also find the dashboard view with charts especially helpful for getting a quick read on project status and how the workload is distributed.

Overall, it’s a practical, lightweight project management tool that supports better team coordination and productivity without adding unnecessary complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Microsoft Planner is simple and easy to use, it lacks some advanced project management capabilities. Features such as detailed reporting, task dependencies, time tracking, and advanced workflow automation are limited compared to more robust project management tools.

Another limitation is the restricted customization options. The labeling system is basic, and there are limited filtering and sorting capabilities for large projects. Managing multiple plans across different teams can also become difficult without a centralized portfolio view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how Microsoft Planner is seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Teams and Office 365, making it easy to use and part of a competitively priced ecosystem. The integration is flawless, allowing tasks added from my mobile phone to appear immediately in the web experience. The ability to use it in a board format, customizing columns for different statuses and simply dragging and dropping tasks, lets me see at a glance where I stand. I also appreciate the feature that allows me to flag an email and have it automatically turn into a task on Planner. This helps me assign deadlines and notes easily. Click and drag experience makes setup and use straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The mobile application is a bit not as advanced or as polished as the Web experience or the Microsoft Teams integration. I would like the mobile experience to be more user-friendly. It's there, but it doesn't let me do much. I still have to eventually click on the widget, then go to the native application to get a lot done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Planner is easy to use and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365, making team collaboration simple. It provides clear task tracking, visual boards, and straightforward assignment of responsibilities, helping teams stay organized and aligned without complex project management tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Planner has some limitations, especially in Planner Premium. Not all fields available in the web interface are exposed in the Dataverse tables, which makes integration and automation scenarios more difficult. This lack of consistency can limit advanced reporting and customization options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Microsoft Planner is its ease of use and seamless integration with Microsoft 365. It’s simple to set up, intuitive to manage tasks, and works especially well with Microsoft Teams and Outlook. The visual task boards make it easy to track progress and collaborate efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Planner offers only limited advanced project management capabilities, such as detailed reporting, task dependencies, and time tracking. The customization options are also fairly minimal, which can feel restrictive when you’re trying to support more complex workflows. It works best within the Microsoft ecosystem, so integration with non-Microsoft tools remains limited. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft Planner makes task and project management very simple and visual. I like the intuitive Kanban-style boards, easy drag-and-drop task assignments, and the integration with other Microsoft 365 tools like Teams and Outlook. It helps keep my team organized, track progress at a glance, and prioritize tasks efficiently. The notifications and reminders ensure nothing falls through the cracks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Planner can feel limited when managing very complex projects. Advanced reporting and analytics features are missing, and there’s no native Gantt chart view. While it’s perfect for small-to-medium teams, larger projects sometimes require complementary tools to fully visualize timelines and dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The planner enjoys its integration with Microsoft 365, even its free version, although it is very limited. As for the pro version, it opens important features like statistics or the creation of new columns. Planner is online, but like every online tool from Microsoft, an "installable" can be created through Edge. Planner is not easy to use if you are not accustomed to Microsoft 365 tools. Customer support is functional, but slow. I use this tool daily to record projects. It does not require implementation, just understanding it and creating a template. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's complex. Everything in the M365 tools has its learning curve, and the same goes for Planner. In Planner, you can do wonderful things, but they are never intuitive. I wish Planner were more intuitive like the competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Planner has been helpful with managing my projects and having a singular view of the milestones, tasks, duration, progress. It also has the ability to create reports and visualise the overall health of the project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The calculation of a project’s progress isn’t accurate, because it’s based on the total number of tasks and subtasks. This can make a project look further along than it really is, which then makes reporting difficult. On top of that, the interface feels bland, and the Gantt Chart isn’t very appealing to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to see projects and tasks with due dates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability to add more tasks and preview in boards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Microsoft Planner for planning projects within the team. I like that it's quite simple to use, and the simplicity and ease of use are what stand out to me. The initial setup was very easy, which was also a plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's sometimes slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best about Microsoft Planner, is that it is so quick and simple to use. You can easily assign a task to someone, write a comment about a task, change a due date, it is very simple and easy to use which is why I like it over other task managers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The thing that I like the last about Microsoft planner, is, it is a Microsoft application however, there is no program for it for windows. There is one for Android but nothing for Windows yet....? Hoping they come out with one soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.