Forum Discussion
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