I am as confused as a confused thing. Again.
A break-down on what I see so far:
- this is a personal view of my stuff - like Planner - It is not a team-tool or platform like Trello.
- its using the same design canvas as Microsoft Lists, but only half-the-features in play
- its sat on OWA, so integrates my calendar and my Todo (but not to Planner! Really?!)
- it is rolling-up other services - some of which are hosting content in Exchange Online (its using OWA), or OneDrive.
- its piggy-backing off other OWA services to present in MS Teams. Not native experience.
- it does not conform to Microsoft's own paradigm for a O365 release it believes in: webapp, mobile app and/or desktop app/add-in.
I'm sorry but painting it pretty colours and adding a webpart for recent documents does not make this a Trello compete:
- the UI does less than Planner - which has a Kanban board, reporting and basic tasks mgt. This does not.
- It doesn't integrate with the other MS project coordination tools - Excel, Project plan, or SharePoint tasks (now with MS Lists UI )
So I have questions:
Q: why yet another attempt to get back in to task-management that doesnt start in the right place i.e. tasks being 1:1 distributed, not communal
Q: will Microsoft seek to improve on existing options or collapse the (6) other task management tools it currently has?
Q: will there be integration to the primary task mgt tools in market i.e. Excel, Project?
Q: where are the basic information mgmt tools? Retention - extension of Exchange? Or OneDrive? Sensitivity/DLP - same question?
Come on MS - play the game.
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