Create Plan Failed when creating Planner in Microsoft Teams

Question

There was a thread on this a few months ago, but no resolution. I found a workaround. Mainly so next time it happens to me, Google will bring me back to this thread.

I am the owner of a team and when I tried to create a plan as a new tab, it simply said "Create Plan Failed" after pressing save. It also didn't show the existing plans in the team to create a new tab from an existing plan.

I went into the Admin panel and I was the Owner, but I was not a Member. I could do everything in that team except create plans. I could create planners in other teams.

So while the ultimately solution might be shorter than the below steps, these steps work.

1. Make someone else an owner through the Office 365 portal. Save.
2. Remove myself as an owner. Now I am not in the team.
3. Make myself a Member.
4. Make myself an Owner again.

Now I can create and see other plans. Something in my permissions was jacked up and this cleaned it up.

You're welcome. :-)

Answer 1

Shorter process worked for me:

1. Make myself a Member in Office 365 portal.
2. Save. Close.
3. Create Planner.
4. Remove myself as Member.

I saw on another thread that the Planner create code is getting confused that a non-Member is trying to create a Planner for the Team; it's not looking at Owners or even Global Admins.

You must be a Member of the Team to create AND USE a Planner.(Owners don't count.)

Answer 2

Hi Ed Hansberry,

Thank you for sharing with us. Other community members having the same issue will get benefit from your post and find their own solutions.

Regards,

Anna