Microsoft Project for the web is one of the most offered cloud-based platforms to support project management and task coordination.
Project for the web used by project managers and team members to plan and manage work of any size providing simple, robust project management capabilities.
As a part of the Microsoft Project product family, Project for the web is a part of an ecosystem with Project Online, Project Server, and Project desktop.
Overview of MS Project for the web
Project for the web, as a part of the Microsoft Power Platform (which consists of PowerApps, Microsoft Flow, and Power BI), includes the following:
- Project Home allows users to coordinate all projects and view the most valuable roadmaps for your project management processes.
- Roadmap is an instrument to track and trail a few projects simultaneously in one place.
The Roadmap is a widely customizable tool: project managers can add or remove projects and filter and cohort data. Users with Project Essentials and Project Plan 1 can only view Roadmaps, but with Project Plan 3 and more – they can create and share roadmaps.
Collaboration opportunities within Roadmaps presented by:
- Ability to connect directly to projects from multiple systems in the organization, allowing each team to use the tools that fit their work style.
- Collaborate with others by sharing a roadmap with an existing Microsoft 365 group or creating a new set of stakeholders.
Features and Pricing
Project for the web is available through three subscriptions: Project Plan 1, Project Plan 3, and Project Plan 5. Also, as a lightweight version of it, you can use Project for the web with Office 365 licenses.
We prepared the table which gathers all the Project for the web features, their differences, and availability across all its plans.
| Description | Office 365 licenses | Plan 1 | Plan 3 | Plan 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing (from, user/month) | E1 – $4.00 E3 – $10.00 E5 – $23.00 F3 – $38.00 | $10.00 | $30.00 | $55.00 |
| Project Home | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Update tasks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Task Conversations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Board view | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dependencies | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Grid view | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Milestones | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Task scheduling | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gantt chart | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Critical path | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Summary tasks | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Roadmaps | View | View | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coauthoring | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Graphical indicators | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create and use task custom fields | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customize views and forms | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use custom columns | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use custom tables | View | 5 | 15 | ∞ |
| Project team setup | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create resource requests | View | View | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage resources skills | View | View | View | ✓ |
| Read reports from Project for the web data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create reports by using Project for the web data | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Power Automate Cloud | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Power Automate Business Process | X | X | ✓ | ✓ |
| Third-Party Apps | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Connect to Project for the web with third-party apps | View | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |