For a while now you have been able to import Microsoft Project .mpp files into Project for the web via an API using PowerShell. This is documented here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/project-blog/import-project-desktop-files-to-project-for-the-web-api/ba-p/2031298. This capability has moved to the Project Home user interface now so this is much more end user friendly! The API route could still be useful... Continue Reading →
Project Home actions added for #Projectfortheweb projects #MicrosoftProject #MSProject #WorkManagement #TaskManagement #ProjectManagement #PPM
Previously in Project for the web you would need to open the project to carry out actions such rename a project, copy a project, export to Excel. To improve user efficiency for some of these actions, you no longer need to open the project. These actions are available directly from the Project Home page from... Continue Reading →
#Projectfortheweb and #Roadmap email notifications now live #WorkManagement #ProjectManagement #email #notifications #Microsoft365
Notifications are now available out of the box in Project for the web and Roadmap: Receive emails when: Someone assigns a task to me Some adds me to a project or roadmap To ensure the notifications are turned on, access Project Home then the settings cog in the top right corner: Click “Notification settings” and... Continue Reading →
Microsoft Ignite The Tour #London – session on #Projectfortheweb and #PowerApps #PowerPlatform #PPM #Office365 #MSProject #IgniteTheTour #Microsoftignitethetour
Are you going to Microsoft Ignite The Tour in London Thursday and Friday? I will be there both days and presenting a session on Friday in Theatre 3 at 12:05: https://london.myignitetour.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/90891 In this session I will cover Project for the web out of the box and an example of how it can be customised using... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the new Project – getting started Part 2 #MSProject #PPM #Office365 #PowerPlatform #ProjectMangement #ModernWorkManagement #CDS #PMOT #PMO
Following on from yesterday’s blog post: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/welcome-to-the-new-project-getting-started-part-1-msproject-ppm-office365-powerplatform-projectmangement-modernworkmanagement-cds-pmot-pmo/ walking through the new Project, here is part 2. In the post we will look at the backend to the new Project and look at two Power BI report packs I released yesterday. Links were in the part 1 but for completeness here they are again: Power BI... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the new Project – getting started Part 1 #MSProject #PPM #Office365 #PowerPlatform #ProjectMangement #ModernWorkManagement #CDS #PMOT #PMO
As you might have seen, the new Project started rolling out a week just over a week ago but the official release is today, here is the blog post from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2019/10/29/new-microsoft-project-rolls-out-worldwide/ If you didn’t see the earlier Microsoft blog post announcement about the start of the rollout it can be found here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Project-Blog/The-new-Project-is-rolling-out/ba-p/909721 In... Continue Reading →
Change the default PWA site URL in Project Home for #ProjectOnline #Office365 #PPM #PMOT #PMO #MSProject
It is now possible to change the default PWA Site used in Project Home, this will default to /PWA but can be updated using the new “Default PWA site” option on the settings cog menu: Clicking this menu option will load a modal dialog to update the URL: This input box will list all of... Continue Reading →
#ProjectOnline PWA Project Details Page integration with Project Roadmap #Office365 #PPM #PowerPlatform #MSFlow
As you are probably aware by now, the new Roadmap feature is live in Project Home as detailed in this blog post: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/project-roadmap-is-live-ppm-projectmanagement-msproject-projectonline-office365-powerplatfom/ This post covers a new button that would have appeared in your Project Online PWA instance: This new Add to Roadmap button is on the Task tab on Schedule Project Detail Page.... Continue Reading →
#Microsoft #Project Roadmap product at a glance #PPM #Office365 #Flow #PowerPlatform #Dynamics365 #Azure #AzureBoards
Following on from the announcements on Monday at Ignite from the Project product group, there was a session today on the Project Home and Roadmap products. For those that missed the post on the announcements, here is a link to the blog post that has some notes around this: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2018/09/24/microsoft-project-the-future-ignite-ppm-pmot-workmanagement-projectonline-projectmanagement/ In this blog post I... Continue Reading →