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Microsoft Project Online is a powerful online solution for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and everyday work. Delivered through Office 365, Project Online enables organizations to get started, prioritize project portfolio investments and deliver the intended business value—from virtually anywhere on nearly any device. If a project schedule was created and saved outside of the Microsoft Project Online environment, use the Import Project Wizard to properly import that project file to MS Project Online by following the steps below. Launch Microsoft Project Professional.
The Project Online Desktop client is included with your Project Online Professional or Project Online Premium license. While you can use it as a standalone client to create and manage your project plans offline, you can also use it to connect to Project Online in your Office 365 environment to work with your Project Online users. For example, you can create, save, and publish your projects to Project Online, and team members assigned to your project tasks can use Project Online to give you updates on their task status.
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See Install Project if you need to learn how to install the Project Online Desktop Client. Follow the instructions to download and install the subscription version (Project Online).
How to connect to Project Online
You can do the following to connect to your Project Online site in your Office 365 environment:
After opening the Project Online Desktop Client, at the login screen, for Profile select Computer, and then select OK.
On the next screen, select Blank project.
On the new project page, select the File menu.
On the Backstage menu, select Info, and then select Manage Accounts.
On the Project Web Apps Accounts page, select Add.
On the Account Properties page:
- For Account Name, type a name for this profile.
- For Project Server URL type the URL for your Project Web App home page in Project Online. Check with your Office 365 admin if you do not know what it is.
- Select Set as default account if you want to use this as your default profile each time you open Project Online Desktop Client.
- Click OK.
Your new account will now show On the Project Web App Accounts page. Click OK.
Close and then reopen the Project Online Desktop Client. At the login window, select your account and click OK to connect to Project Online.
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You can also connect to Project Online with supported versions of Project Professional. See Project Online client requirements for more information.
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Overview
| Project Online is web-based, and is great for: Managing multiple projects. Tracking work on timesheets. Balancing broad resource needs. (If you're looking for a hosted version of Project Server, this is it!) |
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To be clear, Project Online is NOT a web-based version of Project Professional. Project Online is an entirely separate service that offers full portfolio and project management tools on the web. It includes Project Web App, and can, depending on your subscription, also include Project Online Desktop Client, which is a subscription version of Project Professional.
Got the wrong thing?
If you need to cancel and subscribe to something else, choose Billing > Subscriptions in the Microsoft 365 admin center, choose the subscription you want to cancel, and then click Cancel subscription in the pane on the right. Then, you can find the right product to subscribe to and add that to your existing Office 365 account.
Need help?
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Take a look through the Project help on Office.com. If you're still stuck, try posting your questions and issues on the Project Online discussion forum.