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Team members unable to update progress of tasks assigned via Planner Premium Plan

I used to assign tasks to team members using the Planner Basic plans and they could see the same in MyTasks (in Planner) and update the progress. Have since moved to the Planner Premium plans and assigned tasks to same team members. They see the tasks…

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asked 2026-03-02T13:50:45.3566667+00:00
AnupPereira-2467 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-04T11:04:43.5533333+00:00
AnupPereira-2467 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to create Planner tasks directly from a comment or thread?

Up until a couple days ago, my team was able to create Planner tasks by clicking the three dots/more options button on a comment or thread, and select "Create Planner task". This option is no longer showing for multiple people in my team. Is…

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asked 2026-02-17T16:40:06.06+00:00
Sarah Wagner 25 Reputation points
accepted 2026-02-17T21:14:57.0966667+00:00
Sarah Wagner 25 Reputation points
7 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to copy template checklist with tasks to other projects on teams

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asked 2026-01-19T17:38:46.36+00:00
Bitsiaras, Chris 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-01-30T21:12:51.2566667+00:00
Killian-N 9,380 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Why is the "Assign Task" button in Microsoft planner purple?

My team frequently uses Planner to organize tasks, however, we noticed that there seems to be an update that is resulting in the "Assign Task" button to be purple. How might we get rid of this change and revert to no color?

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asked 2026-01-20T16:35:44.86+00:00
Katie Erdmann 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-01-20T17:29:16.3866667+00:00
Katie Erdmann 20 Reputation points
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Why when I am assigned a task in MSPlanner I get an e-mail with a link but it doesn't go to the task?

When I am assigned a task in MSPlanner I get an e-mail with a link but when I click it, it doesn't take me to the task but rather the whole project. Before the swtich to Planner, MSProject would assign a task via an e-mail and one could click the link…

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asked 2025-12-04T00:27:13.5433333+00:00
Teves, Nani-Contractor@Wildlife 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-12-08T15:33:33.5+00:00
Teves, Nani-Contractor@Wildlife 0 Reputation points
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Can receive any notification when task is assigned to me in planner

Issue: I am a guest in another company’s Microsoft Teams Planner plan. When tasks are assigned to me, I do not receive email notifications, though I can see tasks in Teams. Internal users and external users in their tenant do receive notifications. I…

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asked 2025-10-20T10:17:18.2633333+00:00
Ronald de Vreeze 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-10-23T14:58:22.4266667+00:00
Vicky-I 6,320 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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hi i have erased all data of my smartphone. now, the auth app won't produce the verif code and i cant access my email account.

hi i have erased all data of my smartphone. now, the auth app won't produce the verif code and i cant access my email account.

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asked 2025-08-15T20:31:39.8866667+00:00
JORGE MOREIRA PEIXOTO JUNIOR 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-08-20T20:17:20.8733333+00:00
Hendrix-C 12,120 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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MS Teams call report

Is there a way to run a Microsoft Teams Call History report beyond 2-3 months, for instance if I want to run a call report from say, two or three months ago?

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asked 2025-07-24T15:39:16.3533333+00:00
Banks, Samuel R. (OIT ITOPS NOL) 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-29T16:16:32.63+00:00
Ian-Ng 10,515 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I want to talk to a person-to-person regarding issues

Would you please call me in person-to-person discussion on your products for clarifications of your services? My number is ************, am located in Lakewood.

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asked 2025-03-25T16:00:47+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

@Mention yourself is not available in Teams chat / channels (example: creating Loop tracking table, but can only @mention others and cannot assign items to myself)

All of the different integrations that M365 apps have around tasks / notifications based on @mention are great, however a big missing feature is the ability to @mention yourself. For example, if I am in a meeting taking notes and creating an Action…

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asked 2023-12-06T16:24:38+00:00
Anonymous
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User Unable to Assign Tasks in Teams

Hi. I'm going to start this by quoting the ticket put in by one of our users regarding assigning tasks: I've been using Tasks in Teams for some basic project management. Recently, when I tried to assign tasks to Team member, the program is not letting me…

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asked 2022-11-21T19:27:24+00:00
Anonymous
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how do I assign tasks for a team member and only gets completed by one team member and not all assigned to the task. i dont have completion optiosns

how do I assign tasks for a team member and only gets completed by one team member and not all assigned to the task. I don't have completion options to assign to individual members that dont complete it for everyone else.

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asked 2023-05-02T18:17:04+00:00
Anonymous
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When will you add read-only access to microsoft planner?

Without being able to restrict access to view only to a board or ticket. I cannot use planner in teams the chance of people moving or completing or deleting things they shouldn't including the entire plan that could contain a years worth of work for a…

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asked 2024-06-12T15:04:38+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I cannot see my created private channels when I create new list or plan on Task app for Teams

I cannot see my created private channels when I attempt to create new list or plan on Task app for Teams. General Channel is the only available option. Does this mean only channels in "standard privacy" are allowed to be added?

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asked 2023-07-27T06:06:37+00:00
Anonymous
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Comments in Tasks in Teams Planner?

I have a problem with commenting on tasks in the Teams Planner. The other participants in my group do not see my comments. What is the reason for this? Can someone please help me?

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asked 2025-01-10T09:38:19+00:00
Anonymous
4 answers

How assign flagged email as task to other users

Hello How can we assign flagged emails to users? Or is there another way to create a task, who can be assigned to users from within outlook (without using power automator)? Thanks Aldo

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asked 2024-05-22T09:24:32+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

User still gets notified about changes in tasks without being a member of the 'team'

Good afternoon all, We have a user in our firm that is not a part of a specific team anymore, thus we removed the user from our 'team'. In said team we're using the 'Tasks' function, the user still received email notifications about updates done to the…

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asked 2022-11-14T13:34:19+00:00
Anonymous
3 answers

I get this error message below when using Microsoft Teams Workflows. Does anyone know how to resolve?

"It looks like the webpage at https://gov.flow.microsoft.us/widgethosts/teams/?locale=en-us might be having issues, or it may have moved permanently to a new web address."

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asked 2024-06-17T14:42:17+00:00
Anonymous
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how to assign task to someone outside of team

I have a task assigned to me as part of a Team and wish to delegate or assign it to someone else outside of the team. How can I accomplish this?

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asked 2023-08-24T18:40:09+00:00
Anonymous
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I am using Microsoft 365 Basic Plan. I am able to see only limited options like activity, community, chat, and calendar.

I am using Microsoft 365 Basic Plan. I have downloaded Microsoft Teams. However, I am able to see only limited options like activity, community, chat, and calendar. No more apps being shown or able to add. What could be wrong? Any suggestions please.

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asked 2024-08-29T06:26:56+00:00
Anonymous