Microsoft has recently released a new app to their Office 365 Suite dubbed Office 365 Planner. This new tool will be welcomed by a large number of Office 365 users who are looking for an easy way to manage a variety of projects within their organizations.

In short, Office 365 Planner is an online based project management app. It offers users a simple and highly interactive way to organize teamwork within an organization.

Office 365 Planner makes it extremely easy to add projects (referred to as plans in Office 365 Planner), share files, assign tasks, chat about different projects, and update the group regarding work that has been completed.

Office 365 Planner uses “plans” to reference what are essentially projects. Managers can easily setup plans for users and assign tasks along with detailed descriptions and due dates.