As Microsoft consolidates Project for the web into Planner to deliver a unified work management experience, many PMOs and project-intensive organizations will still need deeper portfolio, resource, and financial controls than Planner provides.
For teams looking for an enterprise PPM/EPM platform that can replace legacy Microsoft EPM/Project Server and complement Microsoft 365, PMPeople https://www.pmpeople.ai/ ) is a strong alternative — especially for multi‑project environments in infrastructure, EPC, and professional services. It integrates portfolio selection, resource management, costs, and governance workflows in a single SaaS platform, while your task execution can continue in Microsoft tools like Planner and Teams.