What I’m working on with Microsoft Loop, Teams, Planner and To Do

Share a simple daily task list with your team to let them know what you’re working on today. Use the Microsoft Loop mobile app, Loop components in Teams channels, Planner and To Do together.
0:00 Loop mobile
1:34 Loop workspace set up
2:25 The What-I'm-working-on Teams channel
4:38 Loop component in Teams channel
6:31 Planner and To Do
9:40 Bringing it all together

[jason-m]

Think what I’d really like to see rather than same things done in new ways, is a real world case study showing how these new apps actually work in a structured work environment, with evidence to show how much more work was achieved as a result? It seems people now are more interested in spending several hours each week in so called productivity apps finding ways to list, find, manage, compile, display tasks but when do the tasks get done?

[cassioassilva]

Here I am, always learning with Darrell and his special, simplified way of demonstrating tech topics in an enjoyable way. Thanks again and always! Hope you're really enjoying working in front of this beautiful beach.

[creepy]

Seems like it would be more efficient to create a single team "I'm working on..." list in Loop each day and have each team member create tasks in that list and assign to themselves? Now you have one list instead of many, one post in Teams instead of many, etc. and still the same functionality.

[maxwebber-fmgm]

Awesome! Your integration of Microsoft Loop and Teams for task management is brilliant! Love how it seamlessly syncs tasks between mobile and laptop. By the way, I use Worksimplicity, It could complement this workflow nicely. Thanks for sharing your efficient task management approach, looking forward to more tips!

[yourcoach]

Great scenario to share and it’s cool to see how Loop interacts between the different apps, so you don’t end up in an information silo either.

Also, that warm beach was nice to see - especially as right now it’s -2 degrees Celsius with snow on the ground in the UK 😢

Looking forward to the next video! 😊

[RemofRenaissance]

Thanks for this content and that’s some backdrop there to have as your workspace. Right now it’s grey cloud and a few parked cars I’m looking at 👍🏾🤣

[jegsepn]

Thanks for sharing! I'm always confused as to why Microsoft has different apps doing very very very similar things, seems redundant at times...Loop to create tasks, Planner to create tasks, To Do to create tasks...Seems like wayyyy to many options, which causes confusion to the end user. I feel like I would spend too much time managing a task list vs actually doing the work..I hope Microsoft just integrates all into one app and kill rest...Sounds like they are starting to do it with Planner and Projects. Loop feels like Microsoft's response to Notion.

[billkirst]

Super helpful. Always appreciate these DaaS videos! Glad to see you’re getting to work at the beach.

[RagnarHeil]

excellent innovative Working Out Loud Use Case!

[andrewfrance]

Great idea - would like a mash up between My Day in ToDo and this

[andrewfrance]

Been following you Loop videos, thank you for the great content. We've started bringing in some of our work practices into Loop Workspaces, and it's starting to really change they way we approach what we do. One thing I have come across, that I'd be interested to know if you have the same issue as us, is that currently we are unable to remove or modify any user that has Direct Access permissions to a page, and Advanced Settings for permissions takes us to an error page. Link Access seems to work fine. Microsoft Support are telling us that this is by design!

[faucillon]

Although know this is becoming 'popular' ("working on...") I (as a project manager) personally think it is pretty pointless.
To this end you already have Planner or even Delve. I'd much rather integrate loop components in planner than vice versa.
Case example:
- Have a task.
- Have that task have subtasks
- link each subtask to an individual loop component
- Have the loop component contain tasks (loop component becomes the home for context, and to do's to finish that subtask)

If everybody uses the agreed upon workflow, they will check off the task when they are done with it. I can see instantly what they are working on and vice versa as well as what has been done, when, ... This channel ("working on") seems to add manual steps for each team member, without actually adding context. Even the additional text can be entrered into the task in planner as a comment or you can simply make a post or update your team calendar to display who is working from where.

[vukin]

Todo and Loop do not have task hierarhy

[godopista]

yees, what a mess. no clear workflow, could be done 100x better even on old Outlook...