Partial checkmark icons indicate a feature is partially included Checkmark icons indicate a feature is included	Microsoft Planner Originally starting from Included now starting from Included Included Included in Microsoft 365 Organize teamwork and manage tasks and plans in the Planner app in Microsoft Teams or in your web browser. Sign in to Planner See Microsoft 365 plans	Formerly Project Plan 1 Planner Plan 1 Originally starting from $10.00 now starting from $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 user/month (Annual subscription auto-renews)^* Execute effectively on projects and plans with rich reporting, project goals, dependencies, people management, backlogs, and sprints. Buy now Or try free for one month Trial cancellation terms apply¹	Project Plan 3 Originally starting from $30.00 now starting from $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 user/month (Annual subscription auto-renews)^* Plan and execute projects with Copilot in Planner (preview)³ and advanced project management capabilities. Includes the Project Online desktop client and Project Online. Buy now Or try free for one month Trial cancellation terms apply¹	Project Plan 5 Originally starting from $55.00 now starting from $55.00 $55.00 $55.00 user/month (Annual subscription auto-renews)^* Manage and optimize your project portfolios to prioritize initiatives and drive effective resource management. Includes the Project Online desktop client and Project Online. Buy now Try now with a partner
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AI and Copilot experiences
Generate new plans, set goals, track status, and react to changes as projects evolve with Copilot in Planner (preview).
Simple, unified experience to manage tasks, plans, and projects
See tasks assigned to you across basic plans, from Teams meeting notes, tasks from Microsoft Loop components, and other sources in dedicated My Tasks and My Day views.
Collaboration
Manage plans—including file sharing, chats, conversations, meetings, and other capabilities—in Teams.⁴
Easily add new collaborators and allow others—even people outside of your organization—to view or update plan details, such as tasks.
Work with stakeholders and team members to edit and update task lists, project schedules, and other plan elements together in real time.
Use People view to see each team member’s workload on the project, determine who is over or under allocated, and balance the work by dragging and dropping tasks to reassign.
Create and prioritize tasks in their backlogs, define sprints and their date boundaries, move tasks between sprints and their respective backlogs, and build reports that include this data.
Interoperability and integrations with Microsoft and other apps and solutions
Interoperability with Microsoft Outlook.
Integration with Microsoft Loop.
Integration with Microsoft Viva Goals.⁵
Interoperability with Microsoft and non-Microsoft services using Power Automate.⁶
Planning
Visually group tasks with shared attributes using labels and add specific activities to complete within each task using checklists.
Use Grid view to plan and manage projects using an ordered list of tasks.
Use Board view (with prebuilt and custom task boards) to visually track project tasks for better workflow and status.
Jump-start your projects quickly and easily by using prebuilt templates.
Use Timeline (Gantt) view to track and understand dates, assignments, and the relationships of project tasks in a visual timeline view.
Create task dependencies.
Highlight the important tasks to help you prioritize resources and assignments to complete your work on time using critical path.
Create a custom work week by selecting the working days and watch the project schedule update automatically to schedule work on the selected days.
Quickly identify recent progress or changes that have impacted the schedule with task history.
Resource, program, and portfolio management
Plan, execute, and control multiple related projects or initiatives within the projects to achieve strategic goals or business objectives.
Create advanced dependencies with lead and lag.
Use Assignments view to define effort more flexibly within a given time span of a task and reflect the pattern of how the work gets done with greater accuracy per resource.
Book resources for a project and ensure they’re not overloaded.
View and compare how resources are used across projects to optimize assignments.
Reporting
Build visual, interactive roadmaps by aggregating different project types across your organization for visibility.	View-only	View-only access
Visually track and assess your project’s progress within a dashboard using charts.
Use prebuilt and custom dashboards and reports to track progress on projects, resources, programs, and portfolios.
Platform
Tailor task and project management experiences to save time and meet specific needs with APIs.⁷
Reduce repetition and streamline compliance through the automation of work and business process flows with Power Automate.⁶
Capture and evaluate project ideas from anywhere in the organization through a standardized process.
Security and compliance
Identify data risks and manage regulatory compliance requirements associated with events and activities with advanced compliance for Planner.
Control access with Microsoft 365 Groups.
Use the fully installed, up-to-date Project Online desktop client. Install the app on up to five PCs per user.
Choose the plan that best suits your organization’s work management needs.	Planner app in Microsoft Teams or the Planner web app	Planner app in Microsoft Teams or the Planner web app Project for the web⁸ Project Online Essentials⁹	Planner app in Microsoft Teams or the Planner web app Project for the web⁸ Project Online⁹ Project Online desktop client¹⁰	Planner app in Microsoft Teams or the Planner web app Project for the web⁸ Project Online⁹ Project Online desktop client¹⁰

Partial checkmark icons indicate a feature is partially included Checkmark icons indicate a feature is included	Project Standard 2021 Originally starting from $679.99 now starting from $679.99 $679.99 $679.99 (one-time purchase) On-premises project management for those who don’t need collaboration tools and other advanced features. ¹⁰ Buy now	Project Professional 2021 Originally starting from $1,129.99 now starting from $1,129.99 $1,129.99 $1,129.99 (one-time purchase) A comprehensive on-premises project management solution.¹⁰ Buy now	Project Server A flexible, scalable on-premises solution for project portfolio management and everyday project and work management. Learn more
Fully installed, up-to-date Project desktop app. One license covers one PC per person.
Manage project schedules and costs.
Manage tasks, reports, and business intelligence.
Manage resources.
Sync with Project Online and Project Server.
Submit timesheets to capture project and non-project time spent for payroll, invoicing, and other business purposes.
Manage demand by capturing and evaluating project ideas from anywhere in the organization through a standardized process.
Use advanced analytics to choose project proposals that best align with strategic goals and honor constraints.

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