Project Online and Project for Office 365 subscriptions are changing
Few months ago in August new plans for Project Online and Project for Office 365 customers were introduced and in essence there are some differences between new plans and existing Project Online related plans retiring on 31 Dec 2016 for existing customers.
If you are currently subscribing to Office 365 Project Online services plans. The main action you (or your Office 365 Administrator) need to take on your first renewal date following December 31st, 2016, is select a new Project Online plan as outlined in the table below.
If you currently use this plan | Status | You will need this plan |
Project Lite | Renamed | Project Online Essentials |
Project for Office 365 (Project Pro for Office 365) | Will be retired | Project Online Professional |
Project Online | Will be retired | Project Online Premium |
Project Online with Project Pro for Office 365 | Will be retired | Project Online Premium/Project Online Professional |
In summary the new Project Online plans consist of following services.
Plan | Description | Target users |
Project Online Essentials |
|
Team members |
Project Online Professional |
|
Project managers, administrators |
Project Online Premium |
|
Portfolio and resource managers, administrators |
You can check on further details in the link below together with FAQs.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Important-information-for-Project-Online-customers-about-plan-changes-496aafdd-9f62-4daf-8d2e-0e700925c6b2?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US