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ItecMuttenz
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Apr 16, 2026

Project desktop vs Planner + project Plan 3

We are trying to plan our projects using ms Planner Premium (Plan 3). However, I get very confused because of the so many product names, subscription name, soon ending products, etc. my questions are:

  • Which desktop tool of microsoft for project planning is running currently. If it's "Microsoft Project Online Desktop Client MSO" can this be synced with the planner premium (Plan 3)?, if yes how?
  • I have an excel list of a Project plan with the columns below: can i manage my project in planner premium? if yes, are all this custom fields deployed in dataverse, so that I can access them from power bi?

    i have a project plan in an excel file with this columns. now i want to create this project plan in project plan 3, how to do it?

     Company

    Cost Center Name

    Company Number

    Account Number

    Cost Center Number

    Accounting Project Number

    Project Number

    Sub- Project number

    Project Leader

    Concept

    Vendor (provider)

    Total Cost (in contract

    currency)

    Contract Currency

    Project Initiated/Not Initiated

    Committed/Not committed

    Priority

     January, 2026 

     February, 2026 

     March, 2026 

     April, 2026 

     May, 2026 

     June, 2026 

     July, 2026 

     August, 2026 

     September, 2026 

     October, 2026 

     November, 2026 

     December, 2026 

     Q1/27 

     Q2/27 

     Q3/27 

     Q4/27 

    2028

    2029

    2030

  • What is the best practice project planning approach when i have complex projects that I have to manage, with resources, costs, projects, sub projects, sub sub projects. How do this on desktop and online? And also colaborative? 
  • when project managers have to input thier budgets, how can I create a mapping where they can input thier budgets and project related facts.

Thank you in advance for you inputs and help

 

F.A

 

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