Description
Microsoft Project Online Professional
Project management in the cloud through desktop client and web browser.
- Fully installed, up-to-date Project desktop application
- One license covers up to 5 PCs per user
- Team members can update tasks from any device
- Submit timesheets to capture project and non-project time spent for payroll, invoicing, and other business purposes
- Team members can share documents and communicate on projects
- Plan projects with familiar scheduling tools like Gantt charts and built-in customizable templates to get you started
- Track and monitor project health including everything from burndown charts to financials
- Save your projects to the cloud for ease of access across devices and seamless collaboration with your team
- Assign resources to project tasks and request and lock in resources
Keep your projects, resources, and teams organized and on track. Easily and efficiently plan projects, track status, and collaborate with others from virtually anywhere.
Keep your projects, resources, and teams organized and on track
Schedule efficiently
Familiar automated scheduling tools help reduce inefficiencies and training time. Multiple timelines make it easier to visualize complex schedules.
Make smart decisions
Built-in reports help project stakeholders visualize data to gain insights across projects and make more informed decisions.
Boost collaboration
Seamless integration with collaboration tools like Skype for Business and Yammer encourages teamwork and ultimately produces better project results.
Manage resources with ease
Resource management tools help you build project teams, request needed resources, and create more efficient schedules.
Features
Smart setup
Smart setup
Fast startup
The Getting Started screen walks you through basic capabilities, like linking tasks and creating a timeline, to help you get up to speed fast.
Best-in-class templates
Use one of the many pre-built templates from within Project client and on Office.com to get access to best-in-class project plans.
Intuitive search
Use the Tell Me search bar—standard across most Office products—to quickly find useful features in Project so you can work more efficiently.
Powerful scheduling
Powerful scheduling
Familiar charts
Built for professional project managers, Project client offers familiar tools, like Gantt charts, to help you easily create schedules and reduce training time.
Smart automation
Reduce inefficiencies with automated features. Auto-populate start and end dates based on dependencies, and use the Task Inspector to identify more efficient task and resource arrangements.
Multiple timelines
Built-in multiple timelines help you visually represent complex schedules and understand all aspects of a project. Easily share timelines using familiar Office tools like PowerPoint.
Intuitive baselines
You can use baselines to help decision makers track and compare actual progress to the original project plan.
Optimized task management
Optimized task managementVisualized relationships
Task path highlighting in Gantt charts helps you understand the relationship among tasks and identify which are most critical to the project’s success.
What-if planning
Set tasks to “inactive” and run what-if scenarios to determine the best-fit assignments without re-creating your entire project plan.
Synchronized task lists
With task list synchronization, team members can update their assignments in SharePoint, and the data will appear in Project client.
Resource management
Optimized resources
The Resource Engagement feature lets project managers formally request specific resources. The Team Planner helps you identify and fix potential resourcing issues that could impact the schedule.
Integrated collaboration
Real-time communications
Integrated communication tools like Skype for Business enable project team members to collaborate using voice, video, or chat from within Project.
Greater visibility
Use a SharePoint site to share project calendars and task updates. Teams can also send task notifications via email, and store project files in OneDrive for Business.
Collaborative social feeds
Dedicated Yammer newsfeeds in SharePoint are useful for communicating with colleagues in real-time on project details using enterprise social capabilities.
Better decision-making
Project reports
Use one of the built-in, customizable reports, like Burndown and Resource Overview, to gain insights, communicate information to stakeholders, and achieve results.
Powerful BI
Gain valuable insights into projects, programs, and portfolios using flexible, self-service business intelligence tools through Excel Services and Power BI.
LOB integration
Native OData lets you quickly aggregate project data from other line-of-business (LOB) systems for advanced reporting.
Office Store
Office add-ins
Visit the new Office Store to get Office add-ins that extend the functionality of Project to solve unique business and project problems.
Simplified IT
Always up to date
As an online service, Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management is always current with the latest tools, features, and updates, so IT won’t have to worry about costly upgrades.
Reliable service
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management comes with a 99.9% uptime guarantee, as well as continuous data back-up, best-in-class disaster recovery, and data centers around the world.
24/7 support
With 24/7 IT support from Microsoft, Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management service helps you keep your business up and running and frees up IT to work on more important things.
Low-cost solution
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management requires no upfront infrastructure costs and offers flexible subscription plans, helping you keep your technology costs low.
Multi-tenancy support
Run isolated instances of Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management independent of each other. Separate IT and PMO settings allow each side to manage its own settings.
Custom programmability
Your IT team can tap into robust application architecture and create custom functionality with a readily available software development kit (SDK).
World-class compliance
Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management complies with various industry-specific standards, including ISO 27001, EU Model Clauses, HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA), and FISMA.
Active Directory sync
Add resources quickly and reliably with enhanced Active Directory synchronization, reducing the time spent on administrative tasks.