Microsoft adds Planner agent to Copilot for chat-based task management
Microsoft has launched a new Planner agent inside Copilot. Users can now manage tasks from multiple sources using natural language prompts in chat. The agent unifies tasks, prioritizes them, creates or edits items, and generates plans. It pulls data from apps like Planner and To Do into one view. This works only with a Copilot licence and if admins enable the Frontier feature. The update went live on 20 April 2026. No other task apps get similar agents yet.
Knowledge workers juggled tasks across Planner, To Do, and Outlook flags. Each app demanded separate logins and views, breeding duplicates and forgotten items amid daily email triage and Teams noise. Copilot now acts as a single chat hub for task oversight. Prompts replace app-switching, surfacing priorities from scattered sources in seconds. This eases decision fatigue for those already chatting with Copilot, without learning new interfaces.
Analysis
This nails your scattered tasks nightmare by funneling Planner, To Do, and flags into one Copilot chat view - no more three-app hell if your admin flips the Frontier switch. Test it now: open Copilot and prompt 'Show all my tasks from Planner and To Do, then prioritise by deadline'. If it pulls them together, dump duplicate lists into this view today; otherwise, forward that prompt to IT with 'enable Frontier or lose my productivity'.
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