Microsoft Planner

Owned by Milan Stanic
May 12, 2022
2 min read

Microsoft Planner is a planning application available on the Microsoft 365 platform. The application is available to premium, business, and educational subscribers to Microsoft 365. Microsoft Planner is a team-work oriented tool that can be used in a variety of ways.

How to access Microsoft Planner

  1. Access https://tasks.office.com/

  2. Select Sign in button

  3. You will be directed to a Microsoft sign-in box. Enter your eight-character username followed by @shu.edu (without the quotes) and then select Next.

  4. If asked if your account is either a Work or school account or Personal account, choose Work or school account.

  5. You will then be directed to a SHU Sign In screen, log in using your eight-character SHU username (do not include @shu.edu) and your current network password.

Why should I use this product when I have others like Trello, Zenkit, etc.?
If you are performing official Seton Hall business all of the project data should be migrated to the MS Planner resource.

Organize work visually

Each plan has its own board, where you can organize tasks into buckets. You can categorize tasks based on their status or on whom they’re assigned to. To update the status or change assignments, just drag and drop tasks between columns.

Visibility and transparency

The My Tasks view provides a comprehensive list of all your tasks and their status across all your plans. When working together on a plan, team members always know who is working on what.

Collaborate around tasks

Built for Office 365, Planner lets you attach files to tasks, work together on those files, and even have conversations around tasks without switching between apps. With Planner, all your team’s discussions and deliverables stay with the plan and don’t get locked away across disparate applications.

Works across devices

Planner works across all your devices. And with Planner, everyone is always on the same page. A glance at Charts is all it takes to know where things stand and if the team is making enough progress towards their goal.

Email notifications

With Planner, you’ll never miss a beat! Receive email notifications whenever you’re assigned a new task or added to a conversation.