Project helps you to stay in charge, focused, and organized when managing projects.
Project integrates with Microsoft Teams and allows several features including file sharing, chatting, and meetings which allows collaboration on the project from any location. Project also integrates with Microsoft Power BI and allows you to build visual dashboards with the ability to drill down into the project’s details for updated status on progress for the creation of reports.
Use of Microsoft 365 Services Note
Access and Ordering
Stand-alone Planner is part of the standard Microsoft educational licensing that all accounts at the university have access to. Information about Planner can be found at Planner.
Planner with Project Plan 3 is available by request for an additional cost for departmental use by faculty and staff. It is not available for guests or students. Please see below for the available features.
How to Purchase Additional Microsoft Licensing
Feature Availability
Planner with Project Plan 3
- Project goals
- Backlogs and sprints
- Premium plan templates
- Reports (Requires a Power BI subscription)
- Timeline (Gantt) view
- Task dependencies
- Customization and integration
- Microsoft 365 Copilot in Planner (preview)
- While final pricing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Planner has not been announced, users with a Planner and Project Plan 3 licenses will be able to preview Copilot in Planner capabilities once it is rolled out to their organization.
- Task history
- Roadmaps
- Baselines and critical path
- Resources request capabilities
- Program management
- Project financials, budgeting, and costing
- Advanced dependencies with lead and lag
- Project Online desktop client
- Project Online
Help
If you have any trouble accessing or using Microsoft Project Essentials, please contact the IT Service Desk.