The new Microsoft Planner will feature a Copilot AI integration, which will assist users in creating plans using text prompts and suggest goals and tasks. However, Microsoft has not yet disclosed whether any features from the existing Planner and To Do apps will be discontinued in the new version. The move to unify the planning tools is seen as a strategy to better compete with rival task management services like Trello, Asana, and Airtable.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft is combining its task management and planning tools — Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Planner, and Microsoft Project for the web — into a single, unified experience called Microsoft Planner.
- The new Microsoft Planner will be available within the Planner app in Microsoft Teams in spring 2024, with a web experience to follow later that year.
- The new Planner experience will include AI-enabled capabilities, aiming to provide a single place for employees to manage their work.
- Microsoft Copilot in Planner will help users create plans using text prompts and will suggest goals and new tasks as the plans take shape.