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.
The table below shows the features provided by Project for the web. These features interact only with data in the Project for the web data store. For more information, see the Microsoft Project Service Description and What is Project for the web built on?
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Project, Task, and Time Management |
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Board view |
Track project tasks visually for improved workflow and status monitoring using out-of-box and custom task boards. |
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Dependencies |
Set and visually track dependencies between tasks. |
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Grid view |
Plan and manage projects using a hierarchical grid view of tasks. |
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Milestones |
Establish and track important project and task milestones. |
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Project Home |
Get a bird's-eye view of projects that you have worked on recently, as well as important projects that need to be top-of-mind. |
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Task scheduling |
Use task start and end dates, effort, work, and dependencies to get an accurate schedule of project dates. |
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Timeline view (Gantt chart) |
Visually track and understand project dates, dependencies, and assignments on a hierarchical timeline view. |
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Summary tasks |
Plan, manage, and track deliverables and phases using summary tasks. |
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Collaboration |
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Microsoft Teams integration |
Collaborate on projects in Microsoft Teams*. * Requires Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 commercial subscription. |
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Resource and program management |
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Project team setup |
Manage a project team by adding and removing members, and setting the working calendar. |
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Roadmap |
Build visual, interactive roadmaps across projects in Project Online and Project for the web, as well as Azure Boards projects*. * Azure Boards acquired separately. |
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Reporting Reporting for Project for the web is available using Power BI.
Microsoft provides a pre-built set of Power BI reports for Project for the web.Users can customize these reports or build additional reports using Power BI. You can also use your preferred reporting / BI tools for reporting if you have a Project Online Professional or Project Online Premium subscription. |
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Out-of-box reporting |
Understand project, program, portfolio, and resource data using out-of-box reports. |
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Custom reports |
Understand the data important to your enterprise by building custom reports based on out-of-box reports or from scratch. |
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Dashboards and portals |
Build custom dashboards and portals to help meet specific organizational needs. |
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Usability |
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Coauthoring |
Work together with stakeholders and team members to build task lists, project schedules, and more simultaneously. |
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Graphical indicators |
Understand task status, assignments, and more with graphical indicators. |
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Mobility |
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Mobile applications |
Build custom mobile applications with PowerApps*. * Building custom PowerApps mobile applications that access Project for the web data requires a PowerApps subscription and a Project Online Professional or Project Online Premium subscription. |
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Customization and integration |
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PowerApps* * Building custom PowerApps mobile applications that access Project for the web data requires a PowerApps subscription and a Project Online Professional or Project Online Premium subscription. |
Build and consume solutions for web and mobile with PowerApps. |
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Workflows |
Automate and integrate business processes with Microsoft Flow*. * Automating and integrating business processes with Microsoft Flow against Project for the web data requires a Microsoft Flow subscription and a Project Online Professional or Project Online Premium subscription. |
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Microsoft Microsoft 365 integration |
Collaborate, manage documents, and more using familiar Microsoft 365 tools and applications*. * Requires Microsoft 365 or Microsoft 365 commercial subscription. |
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Security and user management |
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Microsoft 365 Groups |
Build a project team to collaborate with and easily set up a collection of resources for those people to share. |
