What is Microsoft Project Online

What is Microsoft Project Online

Microsoft Project Online is a Cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) offering based on the popular Microsoft Project Server which is available as an On-Premises product.

Here are the benefits:

• Employees who wants to work together from virtually anywhere
• Flexibility to manage Projects without up-front infrastructure costs
• Simplified subscription based Licensing vs. expensive on-premises implementation which requires additional licensing costs like SharePoint Enterprise, SQL Server and Windows Server.
• It provides more visibility and control over what people are working on. Using Project Online connector in Power BI, one can track project from their smartphones using the Power BI apps.
• Delivers full Project Portfolio Management (PPM) in the cloud
• Connect Online to on-premise Line Of Business Apps
• Achieve on-premise to Online migration

Read my post on Project Online Reporting

Here are the Offerings:

• Project Online

For team members, project participants, business decision makers

• Project Pro for Office 365

For project managers, resource managers

• Project Online with Project Pro for Office 365

For project managers, resource managers, PMO, business decision makers

In order to Get started with Project Online, follow these 4 easy steps

• Sign up for Office 365
• Get Started with Project Pro for Office 365
• Get Started with Project Web App
• Explore more features of Project Online

Visit the Microsoft Site to know more.