The Microsoft Project Portfolio Management Solution (PPM).

Let’s dive into the various areas of the Office 365 PPM solution:

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Project Management

Microsoft Project helps project managers execute projects with a highly robust scheduling engine.  This scheduling engine enables dynamic project schedules that provide realistic and accurate timelines.

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Portfolio Management

Align your portfolio with the business objectives to get the results executives and program managers are looking for.  Advanced reporting via Power BI and Excel support decisions with key metrics.

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Resource Management

Be in the know about how resources are utilized and resource allocation.  Project Online provides simplified time and task management where teams can enter task updates from anywhere.

Microsoft Project Professional

Project management in the cloud through desktop client and web browser. Keep your projects, resources, and teams organized and on track. Easily and efficiently plan projects, track status, and collaborate with others from virtually anywhere.

• Virtually anytime/anywhere access through web browser
• Project scheduling and costing
• Resource management
• Publishing projects to the cloud
• Each subscription license allows for up to five concurrent installations of the Project desktop application

Project Web App

Project Web App which is part of Microsoft Project Server and Project Online, is a robust Web application that you can use to do everything from analyzing portfolios and managing proposals, to entering time in a timesheet and updating task status.  Project Web App is made up of three main areas:
the Quick Launch, the ribbon, and the content display area.

• The Quick Launch lists the main views and pages that you are able to access. You can click these links to navigate to different areas of the program. Some pages in Project Web App do not include the Quick Launch. For example, when you fill out a form, you must complete and save the form, or cancel out of it, in order to see the Quick Launch.
• The ribbon is the toolbar that you use to perform actions on what is currently in the content display area. There may be multiple tabs on the ribbon, to change between different sets of actions. Each tab contains groups of related buttons that you can use to interact with the page content.
• The content display area contains information about your portfolios, projects, and tasks. This is the main focus of each page, and it is where you enter and review data.

Project Online

Project Online is a service available as a component of Office 365.  Project Online is a cloud-based project and portfolio management solution for portfolio and resource managers.  You can manage your portfolios, programs and resources for optimal outcomes. Includes all of the Project Online Professional functionality, plus:

• Virtually anytime/anywhere access through the web browser
• Resource management
• Portfolio selection and optimization
• Demand management
• Enterprise resource management
• Out-of-box portfolio reports

Feature	Description	Project for the Web
Baselines	Set project baselines to monitor current performance against past performance.
Calendar View	Track important project and task deadlines and milestones on a weekly or monthly calendar view.
Critical Path	Visually track the tasks that represent the longest path through the project.
Deadlines	Establish and track important project and task Deadlines.
Dependencies	Set and visually track dependencies between tasks.	X
Gantt view	Visual track and understand project dates, dependencies, and assignments on a hierarchical timeline view (Gantt view).	X
Grid view (Task list view)	Plan and manage projects using a hierarchical grid view of tasks.	X
Master Projects	Group smaller related projects under a single master project. * You can show multiple Project for the web projects in a visual, interactive roadmap view using the Project Roadmap feature in Project for the web.	X
Milestones	Establish and track important project and task milestones.	X
Network diagram	View tasks, dependencies, and the critical path of your project in a Network Diagram view.
Task Scheduling	Use task start and end dates, effort, lead & lag times, and dependencies to get an accurate schedule of project dates. * The first release of Project for the web does not support lead and lag time.	X
Team Planner	Track the allocation and capacity of all project team members including non-project work and non-working time.
Timelines	Visual track and understand project dates, dependencies, and assignments on a hierarchical timeline view (Gantt view).	X
Inactive Tasks	Use inactive tasks to track work without affecting resource availability or allocation and without affecting the project schedule.
Summary Tasks	Plan, manage, and track deliverables and phases using summary tasks.	X
Task Inspector	View factors that affect the scheduling of a task, such as a changed start date or error messages.
Task Path analysis	See how one task connects to other tasks by highlighting its task path throughout the project. * In Project for the web, you can analyze task durations and dates by hovering over the task in the Timeline (Gantt) view. The first release of Project for the web does not show you driving versus non-driving tasks.	X
Resource Leveling	Resolve resource conflicts or overallocations by automatically leveling the assignments.
Work, Generic, and Material Resources	Add resources to a project, such as work resources like people, generic resources like carpenters, and materials resources like computers and cement. * The first release of Project for the web supports work resources. It does not yet support generic and material resources.	X
Project Costing and Budgeting	Compare planned progress and budget against actual time and costs.
Resource Costing	Track and manage the resource costs of your project.
Custom Reports	Build custom reports for projects, programs, portfolios, and resources. * With Project for the web, you can build custom reports for projects, programs, portfolios, and resources using Power BI. Editing and creating reports requires a Power BI Pro subscription. Viewing reports requires the Power BI Desktop or a Power BI Pro subscription. 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.	X
Out-of-box reporting	Understand project, program, portfolio, and resource data pre-built reports. * With Project for the web, you can build custom reports for projects, programs, portfolios, and resources using Power BI. Editing and creating reports requires a Power BI Pro subscription. Viewing reports requires the Power BI Desktop or a Power BI Pro subscription. 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.	X
PDF and XPS Output	Save a Project file to a PDF or XPS file.
Auto-complete	Get suggestions for task or resource names, and dependencies as you type.	X
Filtered Views	Filter project plans by any value in the plan.
Graphical Indicators	Understand task status, assignments, and more with graphical indicators.
Multi-level Undo	Undo multiple changes at the same time by using the Undo menu. * Multi-level undo is available in Project for the web using Ctrl + Z.	X
Sorting and Grouping	Get focused views of your project, tasks, and resources using custom sorting and grouping.
Custom fields	Add custom fields at the project, task, and resource level to track data important to your enterprise and projects.
Formulas	Calculate and capture important data using formulas across tasks and projects. * You can add formula fields to the Project and Project Task entities in the Power Platform. These fields will not be visible in the Project for the web application, but are available for reporting and other uses via PowerApps, Microsoft Flow, and Power BI.	X
Templates	Create templates for common projects including templatized project plans, teams, and assignments.
.mpp import / export	Create new projects from existing .mpp files or create an .mpp file of an existing project.
Excel import / export	Create new projects from Excel files or create an Excel file of an existing project.

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Related Links

The Microsoft Project Portfolio Management Solution (PPM)
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Project Portfolio Management
Microsoft Project Online Consulting
Microsoft’s Project and Portfolio Management products
Microsoft PPM Consulting
Microsoft PPM Training