M365 Changelog: Microsoft Lists – Calendar view item drag and drop

MC379025 – The new feature, Microsoft Lists: Calendar view item drag, and drop will help reorganize Lists items in a calendar view. Users will be able to reschedule items by dragging and dropping them from one day to another in a Calendar view, or by pulling an item from the ‘Unscheduled’ pane that appears on the right, within Calendar view.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 93285

When this will happen:

Microsoft will begin rolling this out by mid-May and expect to complete by late May.

How this will affect your organization:

Users will now be able to:

  • Reschedule items by dragging them from one date to another in the calendar canvas
  • Un-schedule items (remove the saved dates) by dragging from calendar canvas and dropping them in the ‘unscheduled’ pane
  • Schedule items by dragging them from the ‘unscheduled’ pane and dropping them on any date in calendar canvas

New calendar canvas
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What you need to do to prepare:

No action is required to enable this feature. You may consider notifying users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.