How To Use Microsoft Planner Effectively 
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Microsoft Planner Best Practices
Microsoft planner is a software tool, which is used for 
project management and planning. Microsoft planner 
has feature that make easy to communicate due date 
and tasks to the project team members. These tools 
make the work of managers easier in a project. Now, 
you might have queries like how to apply Microsoft 
planner best practices in your work. Well, this post will 
be your guide to help you to use Microsoft planner 
efficiently.  Here  are  some  features  of  Microsoft 
planners that you can use-
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Creation of Multiple Buckets:
The main objective of any planner is to break down a 
project into buckets or tasks. In any project, a long list 
of tasks exists and in such situations planners are 
useful. In such situations, multiple buckets help to stay 
organized  and  are  very  helpful  to  visualize  things. 
Microsoft planner provides you the facility or feature to 
create multiple buckets according to the various stages 
and other categories of a project.
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Assigned To And Due Date Fields:
Microsoft planner provide features, which has field to fill 
the assigned to and due date of a work. It might not be 
possible to complete a task in the designated time but try 
to accomplish the task and fill the two fields. This feature of 
Microsoft planner best practices is helpful to monitor your 
own progress as well as the other team member’s progress.
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Multiple Plans Within a Group:
Making a new plan is kind of an annoying task. Whenever 
you create a new plan, a new plan with new site, time, 
calendar and other assets is created. Many times, existing 
projects demand a plan within the existing project’s plan. 
Thus, Microsoft planner provides the facility to create a 
plan within the existing plan. For instance, you can also 
take help of a sharepoint consulting company to generate 
multiple plans within a group.
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Synchronization To Outlook:
Microsoft planners have the feature that can sync the 
planner  to  Outlook.  It  changes  the  perspective  by 
combining the calendar view to you project plan. You can 
even monitor other events that overlap with some of your 
scheduled work
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