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MS project online single user license
Lee060282 I'll add a bit to this based on what I'm seeing when testing this functionality.
- If assigned to tasks, users with an E3/E5 license can update Finish date or % Complete and access additional features mentioned in the link below.
- If these users already have, or sign up for a trial, Plan 1 or Plan 3 license they will have access to the features listed in the link below.
For additional details by license type review this article
Microsoft Project for the web service description - Service Descriptions | Microsoft Learn
The below documentation reads as though, a single Project Plan 1 (Project for the Web) license is required to create and assign tasks and only an O365 license is required to complete the assigned tasks.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/project-for-the-web/licensing-custom-solutions-layered-on-project-for-the-web
I have seen mixed information on this on the web and was just hoping for some definitive confirmation.
Also, any advice on implementing this in a way that would avoid the whole signing up a team for a trial would be greatly appreciated.
cheesedburger This link should help Microsoft Project for the web service description - Service Descriptions | Microsoft Learn
In my previous post the E3/E5 license are the O365 licenses you mentioned and regarding tasks, they can only set % Complete and mark a task completed.
As for licensing, unless the users in your environment by default have an E3/E5 license they'll have to sign up for a trial or you'll have to sign-up for a monthly subscription.Microsoft will prompt E3/E5 users with a Get trial, or Get subscriptions button in various place: Project Home page, Planner Hub, etc. You sharepoint admin can disable the Get trials button, but the Get subscriptions button cannot be disabled per our conversations with Microsoft.