Project Online Service Description
Applies to: Office 365
Microsoft offers flexible online service or on-premises solutions for project portfolio management (PPM) and for every day work.
Project management features are supported by using the Project desktop application; purchased either as a single download license for Project Professional 2013 or Office 365 customers can buy a monthly subscription license to Project Pro for Office 365.
Work management features are part of SharePoint Online in Office 365 and SharePoint Server 2013. Teams can easily create, assign and update tasks, add a timeline to their site and collaborate from nearly anywhere on nearly any device. The task information can be opened in Project Professional and Project Pro for Office 365 for additional project management rigor and reporting. The team tasks can also be imported into Microsoft’s PPM solutions for more advanced scenarios.
To learn more about Project Online, see Getting Started with Project Online.
To compare features across plans, see Office 365 service comparison.
To buy Project for Office 365, see Project Pro for Office 365.
Project Management and Project Portfolio Management offers
The following project management and project portfolio management offers are available:
Microsoft Project Online with Project Pro for Office 365 A flexible solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work. Delivered as a service by Microsoft, it enables organizations to get started quickly, prioritize project portfolio investments, and deliver the intended business value. Project Online enables team members to work and collaborate on their projects from anywhere with an Internet connection. This service includes Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365—for people who need full project management capabilities on the desktop and want to participate online from virtually anywhere on almost any device.
Microsoft Project Online Includes all of the capabilities of Project Online with Project Pro for Office 365, but does not include Project Pro for Office 365.
Microsoft Project Lite A flexible online solution targeted at project team members to enable collaboration on projects managed using Project Online. Project Lite offers a subset of Project Online capabilities. Project team members can collaborate and manage tasks and timesheets using the Project Lite service.
Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365 Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365 is a monthly subscription service that instantly streams the most current version of the Project desktop app to your Windows PC. The service also installs updates seamlessly, simplifying IT management. Each subscription license allows up to five concurrent installations.
Microsoft Project Server 2013 A flexible on-premises solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work. Team members, project participants, and business decision makers can get started, prioritize project portfolio investments and deliver the intended business value from virtually anywhere. Requires SharePoint Server 2013, sold separately.
Microsoft Project Professional 2013 Gives you powerful new ways to effectively manage important projects. Unlock easy collaboration capabilities to quickly start and deliver winning projects while leveraging the power of Office 365 or SharePoint to work from virtually anywhere. Make communication instantaneous through seamless integration of Lync 2013 to call or instant message team members. Extend Project’s functionality with Apps for Office to meet your specific business needs. Unlike Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365, Project Professional is not a subscription product. This is a one-time purchase and install of the Project desktop application.
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If you have Project Online and SharePoint Online subscriptions, you can add Project Web App to a SharePoint Online site. Learn more about setting up Project Web App on an existing SharePoint Online site
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Since Project Online and Project Lite subscriptions provide the rights to access the on-premises Project Server, these services can also be used in a hybrid environment. Subscribers of Project Lite are granted the rights to access the same set of capabilities on Project Server as they are with Project Lite.
Project Portfolio Management and Project Management features
The following tables compare Project feature availability across on-premises and online plans.
See Compare feature availability across Project Portfolio Management offers to compare Project Server feature capabilities to Project Online.
See Project Management features to compare Project Professional desktop client feature capabilities to Project Pro for Office 365.
Compare feature availability across Project Portfolio Management offers
Feature |
Project Server 2010 with Project Professional 2010 |
Project Server 2013 with Project Professional 2013 |
Project Online with Project Pro for Office 365 |
Project Lite |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes You cannot manage Active Directory integration with a Project Lite license. |
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Project Management features
Feature |
Project Professional 2010 |
Project Professional 2013 |
Project Pro for Office 365 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
No |
Yes |
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No |
No |
Yes |
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No |
Yes |
Yes |
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