Note
Microsoft Project for the web will soon become Microsoft Planner. You can continue using most of the Project for the web capabilities in the new Planner once it's rolled out to your organization. Learn more about the new Planner in Frequently asked questions about Planner and Planner help & learning.
Planner now supports copying a plan into Project for the web. The import feature allows you to copy your plan in Project for the web without affecting the original plan. The Project will be private so only who imported it can see it. It will contain tasks and assignments from the source plan. The source plan will not be impacted in any way and existing users will be able to work on it.
When you're ready, you can share it out with colleagues using the Share option.
Adjusting task dates
While importing, Project for the web may need to shift dates around or remove them depending on the limits defined below. If task start or end dates are changed for any reason, two custom fields will be added to the Project – Imported start date and Imported end date. Both will contain the original date from the corresponding task in Planner.
Task limits
Project for the web limit: 1000 tasks
If Plans have more tasks than Project for the web can support, tasks are copied into Project for the web. This leaves enough room for 50 tasks to still be created in Project for the web. For example, if a plan has 1100 tasks, 950 will be copied. The tasks are chosen in the following order.
- Tasks in the first bucket, and then each later bucket in the board view.
- Incomplete tasks, and then completed tasks within the bucket following the order on the Grid view.
Recurring tasks
Project for the web doesn't support recurring tasks. Recurring planner tasks are imported as regular tasks without the recurring properties.
Task with empty dates
Tasks in Planner don't require a start or end date, however, Project for the web requires that if either start or end date is set, the other must also be set. When there are imported tasks with only one date, the other field is updated with the same date creating a single day task.
Supported date ranges
Import supported date range: 1/1/2000 - 12/31/2149
Project for the web has a minimum and maximum date range for task dates. Tasks with dates earlier than the minimum date or later than the maximum date are updated to the defined minimum and maximum date range.
Task duration
Import duration of a task limit: 1250 days
Tasks where the duration exceeds the maximum supported in Project for the web, the tasks end date is brought in to ensure to match the maximum duration that Project for the web supports.
Project duration
Import total duration for a project limit: 10 years
When the imported tasks cause the project duration to exceed the supported limit, the dates on the tasks are removed.
Maximum number of assigned users
Import number of unique resources limit: 150
Project has a limit on the number of resources assigned to work in the project. Tasks are imported as defined by the Tasks Limits section. Once the maximum number of assignees ("resources") hit the max supported, the remaining tasks will be imported, but additional assignees are skipped.