What controls are in place for altering Plan tasks?
There are separate configuration options to prevent Planner Task updates from updating: Project Task Title Project Task Start and Finish Project Task % Complete Project Task Assignments
Publish from a single Project file to multiple Plans? Your earlier handout made a brief comment for this ability but how does that work?
During install a “Planner Sync to Multiple PlanId” custom task-level field is created. To sync a Project to multiple plans, you must copy the PlanId (described above) and paste into this task-level custom field.
Use of a common Buckets in a single Project template? Will this be through a drop down list in the Project file? Limitations for number of Buckets?
During install a “Planner Sync Task Bucket” custom task-level field is created. This is a free form text field so it can support unlimited Bucket names. It’s possible to change this field to a drop-down list (lookup field). However, Project Online lookup fields are the same for all [...]
How long does it typically take to sync the tasks?
The default sync time is every 10 minutes.
Is there a limit to the number of tasks that can be synchronized with Planner?
No, there is not a limit to the number of tasks from Project, however Planner used to have a limit (which was removed in 2010) and may come back.