Dear all I have seen the new advertised microsoft project..but I am a bit confused. The look and feel of the workspace is great, however, if I buy the latest project pro, will I get this look and feel? In short, is Project plan 3 or 5, the same as project pro? If not, how are they integrated? Thank you in advance..

Desktop and online are different products and not interoperable. The online tool is Project "Lite", although quite capable with a limited feature set for simpler projects at this time. The project online tool also can roll up to "Roadmaps" (high level summaries).Most likely Project online is the future, but the Project desktop app you know and love will be around for a long time due to its complexity.Hopefully the Project online tool becomes embedded in Teams and replaces Planner. Anyone from Microsoft care to comment on that?

Mohamad_Dawas wrote:Would this work on Mac?Via the browser yes, with the supported versions I mentioned a couple of posts up including Safari, Chrome, or Firefox. There isn't a desktop app on the Mac.

My take on this is your getting features that you would otherwise need Project Server for, all wrapped up in online service and subscription, a bit like what Exchange Online is for Outlook. This actually explains it better: To be clear, Project Online is NOT a web-based version of Project Professional. Project Online is an entirely separate service that offers full portfolio and project management tools on the web. It includes Project Web App, and can, depending on your subscription, also include Project Online Desktop Client, which is a subscription version of Project Professional. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/projectonline/get-started-with-project-online You can connect to Project Online with these requirements: Project Professional 2016Project Professional 2019Project Online Desktop Client (subscription version included with the appropriate Project Online plans)Browsers Internet Explorer: The most current or immediately previous version.Microsoft Edge: The most current version.Safari, Chrome, or Firefox: The most current version.

You'll only get the 'new Project' as a web online service integrated with Office 365 through a Project subscription plan, nothing much changes in the desktop app though as best I can tell. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/project-blog/the-new-project-is-rolling-out/ba-p/909721

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Grant_H_111
Copper Contributor
May 28, 2020
Dawas530I've been trying to conceptualise an improved PMO capability within our business that uses MS Project and also slots into MS Teams & Planner. The current confusing suite of Project Web, Project Online, Project Client...

You can link a project task to a Planner Plan, but only from the desktop app (I think?) and the project needs to be published first, but there's no Publish option. Seriously looking forward to having Project integrated with Office 365.
Cian Allner
Silver Contributor
Mar 06, 2020
Hi, Microsoft renamed Project Online Professional last year to Project Plan 3 and Project Online Premium to Project Plan 5. There is also a new Project Plan 1 which combines some features from these plans but without the desktop program and some other missing features.

“Project Plan 1 is for teams that need the essential capabilities of managing task-oriented projects like assigning tasks and dependencies and scheduling and tracking project work using lists, boards, and timelines. At just $10 per user per month, this subscription is an ideal way to get started with Project.”

There is a comparison here:

https://products.office.com/en-us/project/compare-microsoft-project-management-software

The original announcement about the new Project is here

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2019/10/29/new-microsoft-project-rolls-out-worldwide/

My understanding is you need any of these three plans for the new Project experience.

If your looking for more details, this is worth a look:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/project-online-service-description/project-online-service-description

Hope that helps.
- Mohamad_Dawas
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 06, 2020
  Mmm, thank you very much, but still confusing.
  I usually use Microsoft Project Professional, and my main issue is that I wanna know, what buying project plan 3, for instance, will add to me?
  Why I can’t see the new attractive workspace/interface in my project professional?
  Can project professional online work on my Mac?
  Thanks 🙏
  - Cian Allner
    Silver Contributor
    Mar 06, 2020
    My take on this is your getting features that you would otherwise need Project Server for, all wrapped up in online service and subscription, a bit like what Exchange Online is for Outlook. This actually explains it better:
    
    To be clear, Project Online is NOT a web-based version of Project Professional. Project Online is an entirely separate service that offers full portfolio and project management tools on the web. It includes Project Web App, and can, depending on your subscription, also include Project Online Desktop Client, which is a subscription version of Project Professional.
    
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/projectonline/get-started-with-project-online
    
    You can connect to Project Online with these requirements:
    
    Project Professional 2016
    Project Professional 2019
    Project Online Desktop Client (subscription version included with the appropriate Project Online plans)
    Browsers
    
    Internet Explorer: The most current or immediately previous version.
    Microsoft Edge: The most current version.
    Safari, Chrome, or Firefox: The most current version.

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