Planner: Add times to task start, finish, and due dates

🚨 The Signal: Planner tasks now support specific times for start, finish, and due dates, along with plan-specific time zones. This improves coordination for distributed teams but introduces potential for misaligned deadlines if not configured carefully.

The Impact

Project teams are affected by new time zone settings, with a low risk of miscommunication if not configured correctly.

• Project Managers: Risk of misaligned deadlines if plan time zones are not clearly communicated.
• End Users: Potential for confusion if personal time zone settings conflict with plan settings.
• Distributed Teams: Improved coordination but requires careful attention to time zone configuration.

The Action

1. Review existing Planner usage for critical tasks that could benefit from time-specific deadlines.
2. Communicate new time zone and working hour features to project managers and team leads.
3. Advise users to verify their local time zone settings within Planner for accurate display.

Domain: M365-Apps · Impact: low · Workload: M365 Apps