Updated: July 16, 2020 (July 19, 2017)

Project Update and Roadmap

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Updates to Project continue to focus primarily on the hosted service, delivering platform updates that improve performance and scale, mobile applications for remote users, and extended customization options for building add-on functionality. Most of the features are exclusive to Project Online, and the few features available to on-premises customers require updated clients and a hybrid connection to Office 365. Going forward, Project Online will continue to receive improvements that make the service more attractive to enterprises; on-premises customers considering a Project Server upgrade might find migrating to Project Online more appealing.

What’s New?

Microsoft Project is a family of client applications, server products, and online services for project management and project portfolio management. (For a detailed discussion, see the sidebar “Project Family Overview“.)

Enterprise Features

Several updates to Project Online since the May 2016 update include improvements intended for enterprises:

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