Hard Dates

In MS Planner, Due Date is the hard date: To assign a hard date: Click task. Click the Due anytime field (pop-up). Select a date (calendar, pop-up)

Deadline Dates

Enter deadline dates right after the task name and/or project name. There, they advise but do not control you, like this: Factory Proposal (4/30) – Verify funding (4/23) The “Verify funding” step has a hard deadline of 4/23 or the final project...