MicrosoftHello,
a few weeks ago I converted my main plan to planner premium so I can get history etc. And now I realize that feature as basic as "copy a task" and "recurring task" are missing. And the (huge) problem is that I use them a lot. And on top of that, It is not possible to move a task from planner to planner premium.
Either I stick with this new and limited planner, or I go back to the old one and these features.... and must update it with all the work made in recent weeks. Long story short: I'm F***ed.
Can you communicate on the vailability of those features in the "new" planner premium?
Thanks.
I'm in the same boat. These limitations of premium (in particular recurring tasks) completely derailed my team's transition from basic to premium.
Hi - I think if you look at the 'basic' version of Planner as a task management solution, and the new Planner 'premium' as a project management solution, that should help differentiate between the two. Which is why when you move from one to the other you see gaps.
Premium may NOT be a fit for doing task management, esp given it has a scheduling engine behind it that drives all activities in the system (versus independent tasks with no ability to link). Alot of this may not be well communicated in the app or on the public Microsoft website, but some search into YouTube and Google and you can find a wealth of data on each one. It's all done with purpose by Microsoft...
I know it doesn't ease the current pain either of you have noted, but each tool has a different purpose, and different matching functionality. Should most functionality carry over from one to the other - absolutely. Does it - no, because things like 'recurring tasks' when put into the context of a project schedule (versus just a 'set of tasks' in a Plan) means something different.
Hi - thanks for replying, I understand that they are fit for different purposes (while working under the same "planner" name... hmm). They promote the new planner premium as being a "unified" work management solution that brings together planner, project and tasks, so we shouldn't be in a scenario of losing any functionality from any of these individual programs in my opinion. MS are endeavouring to "unify" these programs yet here we are still using them on their own for different purposes which is a big fail in my book.
