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I'm missing something very fundamental ... sorry for the newbee question
I've installed Project Online and Project Desktop app. I have created a Project and can open it on Teams but can't work out how to open it in the Desktop app. The URL starts with https://project.microsoft.com/...
I have created a project in the desktop app and can see it in my Project dashboard but, it has a different icon, and opens in a different web (looking) app (Project Center). The URL ends with sharepoint.com/sites/pwa/Projects.aspx
What I am trying to do is explore the integration between Project Online and Planner but I seem to have three different products (project online, project server on my sharepoint domain, and planner on teams).
So, I reckon I am missing a key piece of architecture. Would someone mind ignoring me as an idiot and help me understand what's going on, please? Thank you.
- I just found this (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/project-for-the-web/project-architecture-overview) which explains some of my questions.
I don't see how Planner and Project integrate, do they?
Can I open 'Project for the web' projects using the desktop app?
Thanks very much for your patience with my questions- Tim --
From your description, it appears that you created your project in the Microsoft Project desktop application, which is connected to a Project Online enterprise system. And it appears that you published your project as well, since it appears in the Project Center page in PWA. My recommendation would be for you to continue using Microsoft Project with Project Online, as those tools will give you all the functionality you seek. Project for the Web (project.microsoft.com) is a low-end, very simple project management application that lacks most of the features of Microsoft Project and Project Online, so I recommend that you avoid this tool entirely. Also, there is no two-way integration between Microsoft Project and Planner, nor is there any integration between Planner and Project for the Web. Sorry, but hope this helps.- Thanks for the thoughtful response, Dale. Looks like a big miss that there is no integration between Planner and Project for the web.
All the best to you
Cheers
Tim
