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Microsoft Planner, Tasks, and Project

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Microsoft Planner, Tasks, and Project

The three task and project tools in Microsoft 365 — when to use each.

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Personal task list

Tool: Planner — My Tasks

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Team kanban for a project

Tool: Planner basic

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Real project with timelines, dependencies, resources

Tool: Planner premium

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Enterprise portfolio with EVM, resource pools

Tool: Project Online / Project Server

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Quick task in a Teams chat

Tool: Loop task block (syncs to Planner)

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Task from an email

Tool: Outlook Tasks (syncs to Planner)

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