Allows for the creation of Shared Task Lists and Planner Plans within existing Channels.Pros - Tasks by Planner and To Do (Teams App) View of information remains quite rigid.Personal tasks remain somewhat limited compared to other modern offerings due in large part to the unchanged underling infrastructure.Can view Planner Plan tasks and “complete” them, but cannot interact with Planner Plans in more meaningful ways (e.g., add new tasks, view tasks by Plan, etc.).The app’s benefits skew towards Personal Tasks rather than Planner Plans.Support for lists, categories (web only), hashtags, assignees, dates, importance, sub-tasks, attachments.Allows for the creation of Shared Task Lists outside Planner Plans.
Ability to centralize tasks across lists with minor customization (using things like Modern PnP Search web part or Highlighted Content web part).Respects underlying site/group membership.
This creates a huge amount of confusion for end users, in knowing what tool to use when and finding a way to see a holistic view of all their tasks. They have also created a number of overlapping user experiences without providing clarity around which tools communicate with one another, and which do not. Microsoft has offered a variety of tools to address different use cases for task management, from personal to enterprise. Where are all the places we can create tasks? There are a number of ways to manage tasks in Microsoft 365, some of which overlap, while others don’t. For official Microsoft content, see Microsoft 365 documentation. This is an open-source article with the community providing support for it.