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tkeela
Copper Contributor
Jul 09, 2025

Planner premium- repeat tasks

We recently added planner premium to have access to the timeline and task dependency.  However, I did not realize that planner premium lacked the ability to have recurring tasks that we have set up in basic planner.  I have tried to use power automate, but it seems that it only can see my plans that are still in the basic version of planner.

We use the repeat feature because our work is very cyclical.  Planner offered the ability to create the plan one time and have it in place for future time periods so that we don't have to recreate it every week, month, or year depending on the work.

Has anyone had success in automating repeat tasks in premium planner using power automate?  I would like to create an automation that would ask the user upon marking a task as completed if the task should repeat, and if yes then create a new task with the same attributes (plan, title, bucket, assignment).  The due date should be an input from the user to allow for tasks to be assigned due dates that are appropriate (+1 week, +1 month, +1 year).

Lastly, I just would like to say for the record that most companies that offer different versions of the same product only ADD features to the basic product.  You are paying more for more functionality, and it should not be missing features.

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  • Surya_Narayana's avatar
    Surya_Narayana
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 14, 2025

    hi tkeela​ 

    You're absolutely right - Microsoft Planner Premium (powered by Project for the web) does not currently support recurring tasks, which is surprisingly absent given it's a basic feature in standard Planner. Many users transitioning to Premium for features like timeline view and task dependencies hit this roadblock.

     

    Options

    1. Use Dataverse and Power Automate (Advanced)

    If your Planner Premium plan is connected to Dataverse (as part of Project for the Web), then you can:

    • Use Power Automate to trigger on task status change in Dataverse.
    • Create a flow to:
      1. Detect when task is completed
      2. Prompt user via Power Apps (or Outlook adaptive card) for new due date
      3. Clone the task using Dataverse APIs
    • This requires premium Power Platform licensing.

    Microsoft calls this the "Project for the web" data model. You'll find task tables like:

    • msdyn_projecttask
    • msdyn_project (Plan)
    • msdyn_resourceassignment

     

    2.Hybrid Approach

    1. Keep repeat tasks in Basic Planner (for now)
    2. Use Power Automate to clone them and send the new one to Outlook or To Do
      • Not ideal, but keeps your repeat logic alive
    3. Use Premium Planner only for non-cyclical tasks until Microsoft adds repeat support.

     

    Feedback to Microsoft

    You're not alone — many have voiced this. You can upvote and comment on:
    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback

     

     

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