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Confused on New Project
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.
- 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 🙏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 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/projectonline/project-online-client-requirements#project-professional-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.
- Thank you
I am now more confused than ever. 🙂
