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Project Online / SharePoint Modern UI
Are there any options for using the SharePoint modern UI with Project Online? It would be nice to be able to utilize a modern page 1) on the PWA landing page, and 2) on the home page for each of the project sites. Has anybody done this yet? And if so, are there any caveats or tricks to make it work properly with the project site template, etc.?
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It's 2023 now and the roadmap for "Microsoft Project" is just some minor changes for Project on the Web.
Looks like Microsoft is not investing in Project Online any more. 4+ years after this discussion was coming up there is still no modern look or nice Microsoft Teams integration for Project Online (not Project on the Web).
Very disappointing.
- I don't understand why I can create a modern UI subsite of a PWA site, but the top level site template remains classic. I want to create a modern UI PWA site template so we can embed/add a Power BI app!
Emily Spradlin This is exactly what I'm trying to do. Always sucks to be doing a search, finding your own tag on / question still unanswered... and then other people still not being able to do the same thing.
We're stuck planted in the past, the future is here... and Microsoft licensing folk have refused to let us into the modern era. Grumphh!
- Actually... I just managed to accomplish my goal. With the app being assigned premium capacity, you can use its embed link and details and use the "Page Viewer" web part under "Media and Content" in classic SharePoint on the main PWA homepage. I just had to specify the height and width.
- I looked back on the uservoice for Project and looked at the Microsoft 365 road map and didn't see any entry for Project and the SharePoint Modern UI/Teams. I find this interesting with the Teams/SharePoint hype MS has been pushing,
- Hi all, I know this discussion was started a while back. Is there any confirmation on the modern UI being rolled out?
After over an year this is still relevant question but answers are missing.
It would be nice to hear how to modernize current classic Project Online project sites. And how to get Teams connected to them. I can create Teams for my project and then O365 Group and SPO site will be provisioned but then PWA project site will be kind of an orphan. And then my project team has two Sharepoint sites - PWA project site and Teams connected Sharepoint site.
Hi,
I am going to answer the question however i work in Project Web App online.
1. If you go to manage features in the PWA settings and activate Site Pages will give you the modern page option in PWA.
2. For Teams it is a bit of a work around. You need to create your Team as you normally would, delete the default site and then connect to the Project Site.
2. For Teams it is a bit of a work around. You need to create your Team as you normally would, delete the default site and then connect to the Project Site.
This is very useful, as getting everything standardized in one place on sharepoint is something I'm currently working on. Can you please tell me how you "Connect to the project site?"
- Some more info has been shared here now: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Project-Blog/A-letter-to-our-Microsoft-Project-community/ba-p/260891
- Excited to hear more about the newly designed Project Management Service in the upcoming year.
Michael Shea I was excited at first, but as soon as I saw the comparison of features and learned that the product is completely incompatible with the rest of the PPM system it became a no-go for my organization. There are too many project management and scheduling features as well as portfolio analysis and management that this "new" service cannot even attempt at this point. I've instructed our IT sysadmins to not process any requests for this new license type because it can't be integrated into our existing environment and provide useful roll-ups and detailed scheduling/resource management.
It's what gets built when people who don't know what project management is design a product thinking they're going to win the hearts of people who think everything must be agile or show up on a kanban board.
Great to hear, I really hope your team has a great vision for the product in the current landscape. Looking forward to Ignite.
Ridiculous to be silent on this issue. People are making choices with real money, and the uncertainty surrounding this issue is pushing lots of people to other options. Microsoft's advantage is impressive integration of the entire office software suite, and at the moment competitors are handling Modern Office 365/SharePoint integration for project management software better than the authors themselves.
Please, if anyone important in the MS Project product team sees this, just talk to us. We need something.Would be nice if Microsoft could provide an answer or roadmap on this!
As more and more are converting to modern view I also get a lot of questions about why the project sites are on the classic view. The users are expecting modern view
- Yes, there is also some inconsistencies in the modern/classic views for the SharePoint lists. So, if you create any custom lists in the project site, they show in modern view, but the Issues/Risks/Deliverables lists all show in classic. It's a small thing, but causes some confusion for end users.
I am also facing the same issues, still project site using 2013 experience version while creating the site collection. If Microsoft upgrade we can able to use the modern experience for Issues/Risks/Deliverable's.
Regards
Jenkins NS
Great question!
