Microsoft 365 Copilot: Planner agent general availability

Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Planner agent is generally available worldwide from mid to late June 2026. It enables users with active Copilot licenses to create, update, and manage tasks and plans within Copilot, offering insights on priorities and deadlines. Admins can control its availability tenant-wide via the admin center. What and Why Planner agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is generally available. This capability brings Planner work management into Copilot and enables users to create, update, and manage personal tasks and shared basic plans without switching context. Planner agent provides insights into priorities, deadlines, and at-risk work, and uses interactive task cards that require users to review and confirm updates before changes are applied. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 516576. Rollout Schedule General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout begins in mid-June 2026 and is expected to complete by late June 2026. Impact on Your Organization Who is affected Users with an active Microsoft 365 Copilot license Platforms/Services Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences across web and supported endpoints What will happen Planner agent will be available across Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences. Users can find and add Planner agent from the Copilot agent store. Users can create, view, and update personal tasks and shared basic plans : View image in new tab Users can generate structured plans that include goals, buckets, task hierarchies, and improved plan organization. A plan selection experience is available when working with multiple plans. Additional task fields are supported as part of plan and task management. Interactive task cards are used to present suggested updates and require users to review and confirm changes before they are applied. Planner agent provides insights such as priorities, deadlines, and at-risk work. Updates since the initial Frontier release include improvements to reliability, system behavior, and overall quality. Action Required/Recommendations No immediate action is required. Important: Planner agent is preinstalled for users based on license eligibility. The ability to restrict the agent to specific user groups is no longer available, as it is the case for all preinstalled agents today. Admins can still block the agent for the entire tenant through the Microsoft 365 admin […]

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