Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Planner

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is Microsoft Planner?

Take the chaos out of teamwork and get more done! Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files, chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Planner won the following awards in the Task Management category

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3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Planner Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Planner?

3% Negative

5% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Saves Time
Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Task Status

Task Assignment

Task Categorization

List Tasks

Dependencies

Task Prioritization

Due Dates

Shared Task List

Add Attachments

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Add Notes

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Microsoft Planner Reviews

claire m.

Role: Finance
Industry: Banking
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2020

Excellent and effective with project tracking.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Excellent and very collaborative for team to work together for the success of projects. Mobile access ensure faster access of project documents and easy to share them. Helps to know the status of project. Brilliant with to do lists.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's an excellent and flexible software with project management. Calendar makes it easy to schedule and set due dates on projects. Easy to drag and drop menus with dashboard. Easy to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Excellent tool with project tracking and management.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Excellent to assign jobs and tasks to employees in the company. Mobile app makes it easy to access and share project documents. Very intuitive and nice dashboard. Easy and more responsive customer support.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Samuel K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Flexible and best with sharing tasks lists

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Its a best software with project tracking and very cost friendly. Reliable with prioritizing on tasks. Its a robust software with budgeting for project. Easy to use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Faster to share task lists with teams. Its an affordable and robust with resource allocation. Helps alot to lists task in the dashboard. Easy to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Great product from Microsoft with project management

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its cost effective with project management and easy to share task list with teams. Easy to plan and schedule for tasks. Best customer support and so responsive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Claire N.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Best tool with project and team collaboration.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Truly the nicest experience with project management. Faster to communicate with customer and teams through chats. Best prices which helps the organization to save alot.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its an affordable and cost saving software to use. Live chats have made communication with teams easy. Effective to manage the projects and efficient with team collaboration

What do you dislike most about this product?

Great software and efficient with team collaboration.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely the best software with project management. Great functionality with allocation of resources. Have customizable dashboard. Reliable with time tracking and expense management

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Microsoft Planner Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Planner?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Task Status Ability to display current status of tasks

Task Assignment Ability to see task assignee

Task Categorization Ability to categorize tasks

List Tasks Display outstanding tasks

Dependencies Ability to add dependencies to other tasks

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Due Dates Ability to track due dates of tasks

Shared Task List Ability to share a list with a team and have multiple team members edit the task list

Add Attachments Ability to add attachments for tasks

Drag and Drop Prioritization Ability to re-order tasks using drag and drop

Add Notes Ability to add free form notes to tasks

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Microsoft Planner Reviews

claire m.

Excellent and effective with project tracking.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Samuel K.

Flexible and best with sharing tasks lists

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Claire N.

Best tool with project and team collaboration.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Task Status

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Task Categorization

List Tasks

Dependencies

Task Prioritization

Due Dates

Shared Task List

Add Attachments

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Add Notes

Vendor Capability Ratings

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Ease of IT Administration

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Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

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