Project Online Retirement: What It Means, and How We Can Help You Modernize

At Power Framework, we’ve anticipated this moment. Our Power Framework PPM solution has already helped organizations modernize beyond Project Online, migrating their registers, documents, workflows, and reporting into the Dataverse and Microsoft Power Platform.

• Proven capability: Power Framework PPM is in production today with customers across industries.
• Future-proof: Built entirely on Microsoft’s modern Power Platform, it aligns with Microsoft’s innovation roadmap.
• Governed and connected: All project data is captured in one enterprise database for reporting, quality checks, and AI insights.

Power Framework PPM doesn’t just match Project Online’s capabilities; it significantly surpasses them. Here’s a glimpse of what moving to a modern solution like this offers:

• True Program & Project Portfolio Management: Unlike Project Online, which categorises everything as a project, Power Framework PPM has distinct, fully-fledged capabilities for programs and portfolios, allowing for hierarchical budgeting, risk management, reporting, and more.
• Flexible Work Management: Use the scheduling tools that best fit your teams—Planner Premium, Microsoft Project desktop, Jira, Azure DevOps, and more—integrated within the PPM framework.
• Enhanced Strategic Alignment: Robust features for portfolio balancing, “what-if” scenario modelling, and ensuring projects align with strategic objectives.
• Advanced Capabilities: Sophisticated modules for resource capacity planning, financial management (beyond what Project Online offered), and benefits realisation tracking.
• Superior Flexibility and Integration: Built on Dataverse, it’s highly configurable and extensible. Seamless integration with Power BI, Power Automate, Teams, and Excel enables a unified, efficient experience.
• Modern User Experience: Intuitive navigation, role-based security (down to field level), audit history, and configurable lifecycle stages improve adoption and data quality.
• Future-Proofing with AI: Leverage Microsoft Copilot’s advanced AI—something not feasible within the aging Project Online architecture.

And What About MS Project Desktop?

Some organisations aren’t ready to give up MS Project Desktop—and they don’t have to. Power Framework PPM can be the integrator, securely storing .mpp files with full governance. Planning data is extracted into Dataverse tables for analytics and AI, performing the enterprise data aggregation function previously handled by Project Online. In short: even after Project Online is gone, you can keep using MS Project in a connected, enterprise-ready way.

Let’s Talk Modernization Together

This transition doesn’t need to be daunting. In fact, it’s an opportunity to refresh and modernize your project management ecosystem. To help you navigate this journey, we’ll be hosting a webinar: Modernizing Microsoft Project Online with Power Framework PPM We’ll share practical migration strategies, customer stories, and a closer look at how Power Framework PPM can carry you confidently into the future. Don’t let legacy tools hold back your organisation’s potential. Take the next step towards a more efficient, integrated, and strategically aligned future for your Project Portfolio Management (PPM). Or click this link now to Book a demo tailored to your organisation’s needs and see first hand how it surpasses Project Online.