Notice that you can immediately start typing a Project Name, you have just a few columns (eleven as of right now to be exact), and you can leverage three types of views. At this time, you are presented with the choice to start a new project.īy default, this will launch Project for the Web with a clean, sleek, and new environment that works through your browser. When you purchase Project or enable your licensing, you will go to your Project Home Page when selecting this from the web. This new version provides the best features, those that meet the needs of 80% of people today. This new, sleek, and easy to use version of Project isn’t as powerful as it’s predecessor- that’s the beauty of it! Many people struggle with the horsepower and vast capabilities that the current version of Project / Project Online has. Its focus is to help provide a bridge between O365 Planner and the current version of Microsoft Project / Project Online, sometimes called “Legacy Project.”Īt some point in the distant future, this product may overtake and fully replace the current version of Project Desktop (Professional) and Project Online, but not any time soon.
The new version of Project, is being called by some “Modern Project,” or as I’ll refer to it “P4W” or Project for the Web.” It’s an entirely new product that is being built from the ground up to work completely in the cloud (Office 365 and through any browser). Microsoft Releases the New Microsoft Project for the Web