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luvsql
Iron Contributor
Jan 26, 2023

Can Project Plan 1 Online Truly Replace Project Plan 3 Using Desktop Project and mpp files

We currently have a large number of Project Plan 3 licenses with users creating their projects Project Pro and saving their mpp files in SharePoint/Team.  Obviously we have no way of centralizing any...
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Dale_HowardMVP
MVP
Jan 27, 2023
Well, for better or for worse, I think you should migrate your projects to Project for the Web and then live with its limitations. That would then eliminate the need for the Microsoft Project desktop app and MPP files. Hope this helps.
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luvsql
Iron Contributor
Jan 27, 2023
We pay $40,000 a year for our users to have Project Plan 3 so we're certainly not going to "live" with losing all the functionality of Project.
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    Dale_HowardMVP
    MVP
    Feb 16, 2023
    Rich --

    Thank you for that VERY KIND comment! You just made my day. 🙂
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    RichPdba
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 16, 2023

    Dale_HowardMVP I would like to reach out to Dale with a virtual high-5 for the content in this particular thread. As someone who used to teach MS Project classes to companies like HP, Raytheon and EMC 15+ years ago, I always felt I knew the product better than most. After getting away from using it after many years, one of my clients decided to stand this up in their org and reached out to me to help understand it. I was totally overwhelmed by all the new offerings, and ridiculous product names used across the platform.

    I have read far too many pages in the MS webs trying to decipher what is what. Luckily, I stumbled across this thread! 

    This is by FAR the best, most concise explanation of 'all things Project' that I have come across in months. It's a little humbling to know there are people out there that are smart enough to explain this debacle in spite of Microsoft's best efforts to keep us confused.

    Kudos to you sir. And I look forward to viewing your YouTube content. I'm sure I will be just as impressed.
    Thank you for your contributions.
    Rich P

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    John-project
    Silver Contributor
    Jan 27, 2023
    luvsql,
    If I may add a comment to this thread. For reference, Dale, myself and others who respond to user questions on this forum are all volunteers who give freely of our time to help users. We do not work for Microsoft and have no influence on the why's and wherefore's in Microsoft products. I personally think Dale has gone well out of his way to explain the admittedly very confusing offerings for Microsoft Project. I hope you can appreciate his efforts.

    Just so you understand.
    John

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