Turn off Outlook calendar sync in Planner for your organization

Important

This article applies to:

• Basic plans in the Planner app in Teams
• All plans in other Planner endpoints (including Planner web, Planner mobile, and Planner connectors)

It doesn't apply to To Do lists or premium plans in the Planner app in Teams. Learn more about the Planner app in Teams

If you're a global admin and you want to turn off calendar sync in Microsoft Planner, you can use Windows PowerShell. Planner is automatically turned on for all organizations that have Planner as part of their subscription.

• Prerequisites for making Planner changes in Windows PowerShell
• Turn off or on Outlook calendar sync in Planner using PowerShell

Note

Looking for how to sync your personal Outlook calendar with Planner? See your Planner calendar in Outlook.

Prerequisites for making Planner changes in Windows PowerShell

Follow the steps in Prerequisites for making Planner changes in Windows PowerShell to make Planner changes in Windows PowerShell.

Turn off or on Outlook calendar sync in Planner using PowerShell

1. Open PowerShell and run the following command to turn off Outlook calendar sync for Planner:

   Set-PlannerConfiguration -AllowCalendarSharing $false
   

   To turn Outlook calendar sync back on in Planner:

   Set-PlannerConfiguration -AllowCalendarSharing $true
   

   Note

   You'll need to sign in using your Microsoft Entra credentials.

2. To verify your settings, run:

   Get-PlannerConfiguration
   

   • In Planner, go to Planner > My Tasks. Select the ellipses (...). Outlook calendar sync is enabled if you see the Add "My Tasks" to Outlook calendar command, and disabled if you don't.