How Sprints Work in Microsoft Planner Premium
One key capability of Planner Premium (yes, the one that requires additional licenses) is managing Sprints for Agile and Scrum projects. In the past, we used Planner buckets to create…
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Microsoft 365 Tools you can use to manage Agile and Scrum Projects
Having spent 10+ years in project management, I appreciate the tools and applications in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem that assist project teams with project communications, collaboration, and task management. While…
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What is Planner Premium?
I have written numerous articles on the Planner application in the past. Planner is a great team task management tool that allows users to easily collaborate on tasks, track statuses,…
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5 Types of Plans in Planner
Ever since Planner was released in 2016, it has undergone some significant changes, especially in 2024. It was pretty much rebuilt from the bottom up, and we now have changes…
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A cool way to display Project Phases on SharePoint Pages
I recently had a request from a client to find an interactive way to display project phases on a SharePoint page. They had a Project Management Office (PMO) SharePoint site, and…
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Task Management Options in SharePoint and Microsoft 365
I wrote a post in 2021 providing an overview of task management options in SharePoint and Microsoft 365. However, with some changes in SharePoint and the new applications we have…
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8 ways to create a checklist in SharePoint and Microsoft 365
I wrote a post about checklists in SharePoint back in 2018. It is no secret that things have changed quite drastically since then. As a result, many solutions I proposed…
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4 ways to create Kanban Boards in Microsoft 365
The Kanban project management framework has gained a lot of popularity lately. The Kanban methodology allows for a more visual approach to task management, especially for Agile projects. I personally…
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How to manage Tasks with Microsoft Loop
In this article, I would like to summarize a few ways to manage tasks with the Microsoft Loop application. While no match for serious project and task management, Loop has…
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How to embed Planner in Microsoft Loop
In one of my recent blog posts, I explained how you can synchronize the tasks you create in Microsoft Loop with Planner. Today, I want to explain the opposite –…
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I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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