Planner: Smart backgrounds for basic plans Beta
Data as of 1 hour ago (9 September 2026)
Status In development
Release month February 2025
Overdue
Release ring General Availability
Products Planner
Cloud instances Worldwide
Platforms Teams and Surface DevicesWeb
Description
Get ready to customize your plans like never before! With smart backgrounds, you’ll be able to quickly spot the right plans. This feature was part of our legacy Planner experience, and we’re now enabling it for basic plans in the new Planner.
Change history
Added to the roadmap 17 January 2025. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: February 2025 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
Nothing has changed on this item since tracking began on 1 September 2026. Changes appear here as Microsoft updates the feed.