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Re: Microsoft Project Online is retiring: What you need to know

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psawyer
Iron Contributor
Sep 08, 2025

The vendors in this forum are shameless 

Published Sep 08, 2025
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  • BrianSmithPhotos's avatar
    BrianSmithPhotos
    Iron Contributor
    Sep 08, 2025

    I think that is a little harsh - at least the vendors are posting.  Still no answer from Microsoft on my question about any guaranteed lifecycle (beyond 1 years notice) for one of the suggested replacements, Project Server Subscription Edition.  Many of the vendors have built their businesses filling gaps to fit a market that it was obvious Microsoft had given up on.  Some will also be losing large revenue streams with this change too.  I don't blame them for making the most of this news.  Maybe I should come out of retirement?  

    • psawyer's avatar
      psawyer
      Iron Contributor
      Sep 09, 2025

      Maybe it is a little harsh.  I just get frustrated from 100 vendors selling the same **bleep** modifications of Project Accelerator; which Microsoft will no longer update. 

       

      We can both agree that this is the latest in poor communication from Microsoft.

      • Ivan_Lloyd's avatar
        Ivan_Lloyd
        Copper Contributor
        Sep 10, 2025

        I agree its a fine line psawyer​. As vendors, of course we do want to drive revenue but also as someone who has implemented the Microsoft Enterprise Solutions since Project Central and built a Worldwide Microsoft Project Partner of the Year practice I'm conscious that customers on Project Online don't have an equivalent now from Microsoft to move, to so its going to be a difficult decision as to what to do next.

        I was lucky enough to see Project for the Web mid development and speaking with the Microsoft team it was clear the target market was the Monday.com and Click-up space with huge numbers of potential users but simple functionality.

        In 2021 having really spent time really testing Project for the Web and Dataverse and understanding the issues and future roadmap, we made the decision to build the solution we had wanted to see from Microsoft - a full SAAS enterprise solution built on Microsoft Azure, using Azure SQL for scale and not dataverse and enabling organisations to manage Business Transformation from Strategy to Benefit encompassing full Enterprise PPM. 4 years on edison365 we now have a large development team and a complete solution in use by organisations across the globe.