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MC447334: Planner Due Date Digest Email design update

Microsoft Planner sends out a daily Due Date Digest email to users who have tasks that are assigned to them and are either overdue, due today, or due in the next 7 days. We are releasing few changes to the email template to improve the visual design and make the task deep links more relevant to the user.

MC447334: Planner Due Date Digest Email design update

When this will happen

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by mid-November.

How this will affect your organization

With this release, users will start receiving the updated email template. A few changes from previous template are:

  • The sender display name will change from “Microsoft Planner” to “Microsoft on behalf of your organization”. There is no change to the sender email address.
  • Visual updates to the email template design, as attached in the image.
  • User can navigate to Planner or, Microsoft To Do to manage their tasks from the links in the email.

What you need to do to prepare

You may want to update your training and documentation to explain this change to your employees. There are no changes to the Planner Notification settings, which allows users to turn on/off this notification email.

Message ID: MC447334
Published: 2022-10-17
Updated: 2022-10-17
Platform: World tenant

Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook

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