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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Planner

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.1 /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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4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2024

3 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

Microsoft Planner Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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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.

+91 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?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Task Assignment

Task Status

Task Categorization

List Tasks

Notifications

Due Dates

Add Notes

Task Prioritization

Dependencies

Shared Task List

Drag and Drop Prioritization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Microsoft Planner Reviews

C B.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

"Features disappoint."

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

Probably only unique feature would be Microsoft office suite integration which minimizes setup time if the company uses Microsoft products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of implementation within team if the company already uses Microsoft products

What do you dislike most about this product?

Requires the creation of a Microsoft "Group" to be able to collaborate across team members. This makes it useless for multiple small projects!

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If your team has multiple small projects then other products have better features

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Commodity Features
Less Inspiring

Scotty L.

Role: Finance
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Microsoft Planner is a must have tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

It pretty much has almost any app, any feature, and any software.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Creating a Plan, and Hub.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It looks like is still in the infancy stages

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have cloud based this is a good app

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Dennis N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Fantastic product!!!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Planner from other similar products?

It's easy to use and integrates easily with other Microsoft products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Whole piece is good

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike none

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it. Its a nice products to use for task management

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Planner Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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 Assignment Ability to see task assignee

Task Status Ability to display current status of tasks

Task Categorization Ability to categorize tasks

List Tasks Display outstanding tasks

Notifications Tool alerts business of an application generated event.

Due Dates Ability to track due dates of tasks

Add Notes Ability to add free form notes to tasks

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Dependencies Ability to add dependencies to other tasks

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

C B.

"Features disappoint."

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Scotty L.

Microsoft Planner is a must have tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dennis N.

Fantastic product!!!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Task Prioritization

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Drag and Drop Prioritization

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