Assigning tasks

Tasks let you keep a digital reminder of work activities you need to complete by a given due date. Planner lets you create tasks from the Board view without having to assign an owner. If you simply specify a task name and press Enter, a task gets created without an assignee.

You can see the tasks that don't have an assignee by grouping the tasks by Assigned to.

Getting ready

All members of the Microsoft 365 group that is associated with the plan can add task assignees.

How to do it...

You can assign a group member by doing one of the following:

• Update the task.
• Drag the card in the Assigned to view.

Both methods are explained in the following sections.

Updating the task

The following are the steps to update a task:

1. Log in to https://office.com using your Microsoft 365 account.
2. Click on Planner and choose the plan you are working on.
3. Click on the task name.
4. Click Assign.

5. A text box appears with the list of group members below it:

   

   Figure 6.12: Updating a task...