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Open MS Project file in Project Plan 3
Sara_Katz For starters, are you using MS Project Online (MSPO) or Project for the Web (PFTW)?
If you are using MSPO there are different versions of MSP Desktop. One will connect to MSPO and the other will not. Your org may need to update the version you're using and reinstall MSP on everyone's machine.
If you're using PFTW, I'd recommend you review the feature availability for each license type in the link below as there are differences between what a Plan 1 and Plan 3 license can do.
Microsoft Project for the web service description - Service Descriptions | Microsoft Learn
Here is a summary of the differences. Also a Plan 1 license does not get an install of MSP desktop software.Feature Category Feature Plan 1 Plan 3 Project, task, and time management Task History No Yes Collaboration and Agile Task Conversations Yes1 Yes1 Advanced Resource and Schedule management Advanced Dependencies View only Yes Roadmaps View only Yes Critical path No Yes Assignments View No Yes Create resource requests2 View only Yes Accept a booking proposal2 View only Yes Use Project with custom tables5 5 15 Power Automate Workflows and Business Process Flows6 Define Power Automate Business Process flows that utilize Project data including custom tables and columns. No Yes 1 Requires a Microsoft Teams license.
Dale_HowardMVP Thank you for the reply. I was able to import an mpp. All of my coworkers still have MS Project Desktop application and when I requested it from my IT department, they provided me with plan 3. I honestly wish I had the desktop app because this seems different than the desktop app
Thanks,
Sara
Sara_Katz For starters, are you using MS Project Online (MSPO) or Project for the Web (PFTW)?
If you are using MSPO there are different versions of MSP Desktop. One will connect to MSPO and the other will not. Your org may need to update the version you're using and reinstall MSP on everyone's machine.
If you're using PFTW, I'd recommend you review the feature availability for each license type in the link below as there are differences between what a Plan 1 and Plan 3 license can do.
Microsoft Project for the web service description - Service Descriptions | Microsoft Learn
Here is a summary of the differences. Also a Plan 1 license does not get an install of MSP desktop software.
| Feature Category | Feature | Plan 1 | Plan 3 |
| Project, task, and time management | |||
| Task History | No | Yes | |
| Collaboration and Agile | |||
| Task Conversations | Yes1 | Yes1 | |
| Advanced Resource and Schedule management | Advanced Dependencies | View only | Yes |
| Roadmaps | View only | Yes | |
| Critical path | No | Yes | |
| Assignments View | No | Yes | |
| Create resource requests2 | View only | Yes | |
| Accept a booking proposal2 | View only | Yes | |
| Use Project with custom tables5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Power Automate Workflows and Business Process Flows6 | |||
| Define Power Automate Business Process flows that utilize Project data including custom tables and columns. | No | Yes |
1 Requires a Microsoft Teams license.
- I was told by my IT I was assigned an 0365 Online Project Plan 3, which should be available in your 0365 suite. I do not have any version of MSP Desktop.
- Thank you for the insight. I went back to my O365 Account and saw the Plan 3 subscription and that the Project app was now available to me to install. I now have the Desktop app installed and the Plan 3 subscription applied.
- My IT department never told me that now that the subscription is available in my O365 suite I can Install the MS Project app. I went back to my suite and saw that MS Project is available for install and I can also see my Plan 3 subscription in the account. I think that was the key. I am installing the App now
- Sara -- Good for you. In the Microsoft Project desktop app, you will have ALL of the functionality you will ever want or need! Happy for you.
