Project Online is a flexible online solution for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and everyday work. Project Online provides powerful project management capabilities for planning, prioritizing, and managing projects and project portfolio investments—from almost anywhere on almost any device. Project Online can be used by administrators, portfolio managers and viewers, project and resource managers, and team leads and members. Project Online is built on the SharePoint platform, and it stores data in the SharePoint data store.
Project Online is available through two subscriptions: Project Plan 3 and Project Plan 5.
Team member access is available through Project Online Essentials and Project Plan 1.
Note:
Project Online Essentials does not include Project for the web. Project Plan 1 includes both Project for the web and Project Online Essentials.
Team member functionality for Project Online is available through a Project Online Essentials or Project Plan 1 subscription. Project Online Essentials is a team member add-on subscription for customers who have Project Plan 3 or Project Plan 5 Project Online Essentials. Project Plan 1 subscriptions give team members a web interface to perform task and time updates to projects managed in Project Online.
Team members with Project Online Essentials or Project Plan 1 subscriptions can perform the following Project Online functions:
- Use a web-based interface
- Update tasks, issues, and risks
- Submit timesheets
- Share documents and collaborate with Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business users