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Leandro Cesar de Melhado e Lima
Oct 30, 2025Brass Contributor
Data access after Project Online (PWA) retirement
 As the retirement of Project Online (PWA) approaches, some questions have come up regarding what will happen to the data and related content.  I’d like to ask if anyone has information or guidance on...
Leandro Cesar de Melhado e Lima
Oct 31, 2025Brass Contributor
Thanks, John,
I watched the thread you pointed to (great overview).
We also published a video covering the retirement topic (for context: https://youtu.be/R4gtv-RgR9g - the video is in Portuguese, but it can be auto-captioned in English).
My question here is narrower and more practical: what exactly happens to the data after the Project Online (PWA) retirement date?
- Will the data currently in Project Online remain accessible (even read-only) after retirement, and for how long?
 - Will tenants still be able to view/export/migrate their data after the date? If yes, what’s the time window and supported mechanisms (e.g., OData/reporting DB, CSOM/REST, etc.)?
 - Regarding the SharePoint project sites linked to PWA, will they remain available (and editable) as standard SharePoint sites? For how long and under what constraints?
 - Is there an official Microsoft guidance or policy page that states data accessibility/retention timelines to help customers plan migration and compliance?
If you (or someone from Microsoft) can share the official documentation or a definitive statement on post-retirement data access and retention, that would be extremely helpful for customers planning migrations and audits. Thanks in advance! 
John-project
Oct 31, 2025Silver Contributor
Leandro. . .
You're welcome and thanks for the kudos. I don't use Project Online or Project Server myself so RodFromm actually has a better perspective but I did watch the video by Kenny Arnold and thought it might help.
John