Otto
@otto-ms.bsky.social
Writing about Microsoft Planner Premium and sometimes Loop, tools I'm rolling out at work. Why the alias "Otto"? It sounds like "Auto" and it's a palindrome so there's that 😂 #planner #plannerpremium #microsoftproject
My 19th post is up! Gain a different perspective on your projects with the timeline feature in Microsoft Planner, enhancing your ability to view and manage your plans.
#Planner #MSPlanner #TVA #MS365
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#Planner #MSPlanner #TVA #MS365
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Planner's Sacred Timeline
Gain a different perspective on your projects with the timeline feature in Microsoft Planner, enhancing your ability to view and manage your plans.
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August 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My 19th post is up! Gain a different perspective on your projects with the timeline feature in Microsoft Planner, enhancing your ability to view and manage your plans.
#Planner #MSPlanner #TVA #MS365
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#Planner #MSPlanner #TVA #MS365
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Microsoft Planner - know your limits and work within them
Understand the limitations and missing features of #MicrosoftPlanner premium plans to set realistic expectations and avoid frustration!
#Planner #MSPlanner #MS365
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Understand the limitations and missing features of #MicrosoftPlanner premium plans to set realistic expectations and avoid frustration!
#Planner #MSPlanner #MS365
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Microsoft Planner - know your limits and work within them
Understand the limitations and missing features of Microsoft Planner's premium plans to set realistic expectations and avoid frustration!
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July 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Microsoft Planner - know your limits and work within them
Understand the limitations and missing features of #MicrosoftPlanner premium plans to set realistic expectations and avoid frustration!
#Planner #MSPlanner #MS365
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Understand the limitations and missing features of #MicrosoftPlanner premium plans to set realistic expectations and avoid frustration!
#Planner #MSPlanner #MS365
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My 15th post is up! Discover the assignments feature in Microsoft Planner which can be used to allocate effort per person per task and view that by day, week, month, or year.
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Use Assignments in Planner to see who's on what, when
Discover the assignments feature in Microsoft Planner which can be used to allocate effort per person per task and view that by day, week, month, or year.
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July 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My 15th post is up! Discover the assignments feature in Microsoft Planner which can be used to allocate effort per person per task and view that by day, week, month, or year.
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Custom fields in Microsoft Planner premium plans allow you to store business-specific information on tasks, control data entry, and filter and color-code plans for enhanced project management.
#msplanner #microsoftplanner #plans #projectplanning
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#msplanner #microsoftplanner #plans #projectplanning
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Microsoft Planner's Custom Fields of Dreams
Custom fields in Microsoft Planner premium plans allow you to store business-specific information on tasks, control data entry, and filter and color-code plans for enhanced project management.
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July 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Custom fields in Microsoft Planner premium plans allow you to store business-specific information on tasks, control data entry, and filter and color-code plans for enhanced project management.
#msplanner #microsoftplanner #plans #projectplanning
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#msplanner #microsoftplanner #plans #projectplanning
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Discover how conditional coloring in Microsoft Planner can help you visualize and manage your tasks more effectively. #Planner #MicrosoftPlanner #TaskManagement planner-ms.ghost.io/use-highligh...
Conditional coloring in Microsoft Planner
Discover how conditional coloring in Microsoft Planner helps you visualize and manage your tasks more effectively.
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June 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Discover how conditional coloring in Microsoft Planner can help you visualize and manage your tasks more effectively. #Planner #MicrosoftPlanner #TaskManagement planner-ms.ghost.io/use-highligh...
My latest Microsoft Planner post dives into the challenges of assigning tasks to multiple users, the benefits of individual task ownership, and offers some practical tips for effective task management.
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Microsoft Planner: one or multiple task owners?
Understand the challenges and solutions for assigning tasks to multiple users in Microsoft Planner, the importance of individual task ownership, and some practical tips for effective task management.
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June 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My latest Microsoft Planner post dives into the challenges of assigning tasks to multiple users, the benefits of individual task ownership, and offers some practical tips for effective task management.
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This week, I delve into how Microsoft Planner supports Sprints. In this post, I cover how set up Sprints, renaming, and deleting Sprints, and their limitations and potential.
#MicrosoftPlanner #ProjectManagement #Sprints #Scrum
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#MicrosoftPlanner #ProjectManagement #Sprints #Scrum
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Sprints in Microsoft Planner, a false start
I delve into how Microsoft Planner supports Sprints. While it's not a first-class feature, it can still be useful for basic Scrum-style projects.
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June 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This week, I delve into how Microsoft Planner supports Sprints. In this post, I cover how set up Sprints, renaming, and deleting Sprints, and their limitations and potential.
#MicrosoftPlanner #ProjectManagement #Sprints #Scrum
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#MicrosoftPlanner #ProjectManagement #Sprints #Scrum
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Are you ready to set your first goal in Microsoft hashtag#Planner? This post walks you through the steps and shares some handy tips. planner-ms.ghost.io/goals-in-mic...
Goals are good, now track them in Microsoft Planner
Ready to set your first goal in Microsoft Planner? This post walks you through the steps and shares some handy tips. Enjoy!
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June 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Are you ready to set your first goal in Microsoft hashtag#Planner? This post walks you through the steps and shares some handy tips. planner-ms.ghost.io/goals-in-mic...
My 9th post is up! 🔍 Task history: the where's Waldo of Microsoft #Planner. Curious about tracking changes in your Microsoft Planner plan? Check out my post 🕵️♂️ and learn how to access task history easily and see who changed a task. planner-ms.ghost.io/microsoft-pl...
Task history: the where's Waldo of Microsoft Planner
Learn how to access Microsoft Planner premium plan task history and track team members' changes.
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May 31, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My 9th post is up! 🔍 Task history: the where's Waldo of Microsoft #Planner. Curious about tracking changes in your Microsoft Planner plan? Check out my post 🕵️♂️ and learn how to access task history easily and see who changed a task. planner-ms.ghost.io/microsoft-pl...
#MicrosoftPlanner users: Are you sharing your plans the RIGHT way?
- risks of plans without owners
- benefits of sharing with M365 Groups
- When NOT to use groups
Plus, a confession about Planner terminology I've been getting wrong! 🙈
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#Planner #MSPlanner
- risks of plans without owners
- benefits of sharing with M365 Groups
- When NOT to use groups
Plus, a confession about Planner terminology I've been getting wrong! 🙈
planner-ms.ghost.io/planner-plan...
#Planner #MSPlanner
Planner plans: to share or not to share? That is the question
Discover why the seemingly simple decision to share your Microsoft Planner plans could be your team's biggest productivity lever—or its unexpected Achilles' heel.
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May 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#MicrosoftPlanner users: Are you sharing your plans the RIGHT way?
- risks of plans without owners
- benefits of sharing with M365 Groups
- When NOT to use groups
Plus, a confession about Planner terminology I've been getting wrong! 🙈
planner-ms.ghost.io/planner-plan...
#Planner #MSPlanner
- risks of plans without owners
- benefits of sharing with M365 Groups
- When NOT to use groups
Plus, a confession about Planner terminology I've been getting wrong! 🙈
planner-ms.ghost.io/planner-plan...
#Planner #MSPlanner
My 6th post is up! Tracking Dependencies in Microsoft Planner Premium: Master dependencies in Microsoft #PlannerPremium and take control of your #project timelines.
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Tracking Dependencies in Microsoft Planner Premium
Master dependencies in Microsoft Planner Premium and take control of your project timelines.
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May 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My 6th post is up! Tracking Dependencies in Microsoft Planner Premium: Master dependencies in Microsoft #PlannerPremium and take control of your #project timelines.
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Setup a Medium account as well hoping to expand my audience: medium.com/@otto_35210/... #PlannerPremium #ProjectfortheWeb #MicrosoftProject
Hello World.
Originally posted to: https://planner-ms.ghost.io/hello-world/
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May 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Setup a Medium account as well hoping to expand my audience: medium.com/@otto_35210/... #PlannerPremium #ProjectfortheWeb #MicrosoftProject
Read this before using labels in Microsoft Planner #planner #planner-premium #msplanner
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Read this before using labels in Microsoft Planner
Labels in Microsoft Planner are limited so it's best to think about how you will use them before going label crazy.
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May 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Read this before using labels in Microsoft Planner #planner #planner-premium #msplanner
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My 3rd post is up! This week Claude.ai and I describe Microsoft Planner's buckets, tasks, and subtasks and give some practical guidance on their use. planner-ms.ghost.io/buckets-task...
Buckets, Tasks, and Subtasks, oh my!
With buckets, tasks, and subtasks, it's easy to create an overcomplicated or inefficient system. This post will help you avoid that.
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April 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My 3rd post is up! This week Claude.ai and I describe Microsoft Planner's buckets, tasks, and subtasks and give some practical guidance on their use. planner-ms.ghost.io/buckets-task...
How was your day, Bob?
How was your day, Bob?
My day was alright and then it ended with a bit of fun via a conversation that I just had with Claude.ai. This post is the exact…
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April 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
How was your day, Bob?
My next post "Microsoft Project Professional vs. Planner Premium: a detailed comparison" is up!
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This post is a different format than the previous one and with more detail. I hope you find it useful.
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This post is a different format than the previous one and with more detail. I hope you find it useful.
Microsoft Project Professional vs. Planner Premium: a detailed comparison
This post examines the key differences between Microsoft Project Professional and Microsoft Planner Premium to help you understand and make decisions on when to use either or both.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
My next post "Microsoft Project Professional vs. Planner Premium: a detailed comparison" is up!
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This post is a different format than the previous one and with more detail. I hope you find it useful.
planner-ms.ghost.io/project-prof...
This post is a different format than the previous one and with more detail. I hope you find it useful.
Still working to get a clean feed and so glad I'm Canadian
April 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Still working to get a clean feed and so glad I'm Canadian
My first post about Project Professional vs. Planner Premium planner-ms.ghost.io/project-prof...
Project Professional vs. Planner Premium
Comprehensive comparison of Microsoft Planner Premium (formerly Project for the web) with Project Professional. I try to explain the confusing Microsoft project management tool landscape.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My first post about Project Professional vs. Planner Premium planner-ms.ghost.io/project-prof...
Hello World. planner-ms.ghost.io/hello-world/
Hello World.
A practical guide to Microsoft Planner and Loop by someone implementing these tools with a team of 20 project managers. I will cut through confusing product changes to provide clear, experience-based ...
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March 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Hello World. planner-ms.ghost.io/hello-world/