Microsoft has introduced that it’s planning to retire Mission for the online in addition to the Mission and Roadmap apps in Microsoft Groups in August. It’s attempting to transition these customers over to Planner, the place it would “present a unified work administration expertise by means of a contemporary work stack integrating Mission for the online, To Do, and Planner.”

If you’re confused studying all these product names, that’s principally why Microsoft has determined to unify them. Explaining the scenario a bit extra, Microsoft mentioned:

“Beforehand, Mission for the online, Mission in Groups, and Roadmap in Groups operated as separate endpoints from Planner. Since Planner for the online and Planner in Groups embrace the identical premium plans as Mission for the online, we’re consolidating our endpoints to ease confusion.”

Microsoft mentioned that no migration or change in licensing is required; this may assist to easy the transition for companies. With that mentioned, some options usually are not out there in Planner; they’re listed beneath:

• Roadmaps: Planner is not going to help opening Roadmaps. As an alternative, customers can use the Planner Portfolio function to re-create their current Roadmaps as Portfolios. Observe that Portfolios in Planner is not going to help including rows for Azure DevOps or Mission On-line. Roadmap information will stay out there in Dataverse.
• Import .mpp information: The power to import a plan created in Mission desktop isn’t out there in Planner however may be achieved by means of Planner (previously Mission) Energy Apps/Accelerator. Learn to transfer your venture from Mission desktop to Planner Energy Apps.
• Roadmap tab in Groups: pin Portfolios as a tab in Groups.

Whereas admins gained’t must do a lot earlier than or after the transition, Microsoft nonetheless recommends that they notify customers concerning the change and replace any inside notifications. It additionally recommends migrating current Roadmap information to Portfolios in Planner earlier than the redirect begins and proactively re-pinning Mission in Groups tabs utilizing the Planner in Groups tabs.