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Export a project as .mpp from Project Online
I have the same issue and a customer uses the App Projects and needs the MPP file.
Is this feature still not possible? If not, when it will released?
Henry_3439 --
In the original question, the user referred to "Project Online" as the tool she was using. Based on the question, however, is is obvious she is using Project for the Web (aka Planner Premium). As this software currently exists, there is no way to export a Project for the Web project to an MPP file that can be opened in the Microsoft Project desktop app. The only export options are an Excel workbook and a PDF file. In addition, I am not aware of any plans that Microsoft might have for adding this functionality to Project for the Web. Sorry, but hope this helps.
Hi Dale, thanks for your quick reply!
Ok, this is not possible and still not on the table of Microsoft to add this feature.
Then I suggest another workaround: is it possible to use the new Planner and share that with an external customer and to set it that only he can view and not edit?
Yes you can bring them in as a guest which is automatically read-only or create an account for them and only give it read-only access.
