{"id":59441,"date":"2025-06-12T10:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/?p=59441"},"modified":"2025-06-12T10:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T08:26:24","slug":"microsoft-project-fully-becoming-part-of-planner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-project-fully-becoming-part-of-planner\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Project fully becoming part of Planner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Between late April and early September 2025<\/strong>, Microsoft is fully integrating\u00a0Microsoft <strong>Project for the web<\/strong>\u00a0into the\u00a0<strong>new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-planner-announced\/\">Microsoft Planner<\/a> experience<\/strong>. This change follows the 2024 naming updates and now introduces functional and platform-level changes.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-59442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner-800x472.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner-800x472.png 800w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner-500x295.png 500w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner-1536x906.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2025\/06\/SCHNEIDER-IT-MANAGEMENT-2025-06-12-Website-Microsoft-Planner.png 1700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is Changing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Between\u00a0<strong>late April and early September 2025<\/strong>, the following changes will take place:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Project for the web<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Project in Teams<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Roadmap in Teams<\/strong>\u00a0will be\u00a0<strong>redirected to Planner<\/strong>\u00a0starting\u00a0<strong>August 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>All\u00a0<strong>basic and premium plans<\/strong>\u00a0will now be managed within\u00a0<strong>Planner for the web<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Planner in Teams<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Project Power App<\/strong>\u00a0will be renamed to\u00a0<strong>Planner Power App<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roadmaps<\/strong>\u00a0will be replaced by\u00a0<strong>Portfolios<\/strong>\u00a0in Planner.<\/li>\n<li>Users will be able to <strong>access and manage plans that are stored in custom or non-default environments<\/strong>\u2014such as those created for specific departments or organizations\u2014<strong>directly within Planner, without needing to switch<\/strong> platforms or tools.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project admin settings<\/strong>\u00a0in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-license-assignments-move-to-microsoft-365-admin-center\/\">Microsoft 365 admin center<\/a> will move to the\u00a0<strong>Planner admin page<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tenants with Project Premium licenses<\/strong>\u00a0but no Microsoft 365 license will gain access to\u00a0<strong>basic Planner functionality<\/strong>. Previously, if an organization had Project Premium licenses but did not have Microsoft 365 licenses, users in that organization could not access Planner at all\u2014even its basic features.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What changed back in 2024?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2024, Microsoft primarily introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-project-plan-3-and-5-name-changes\/\">branding and licensing updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/lu\/microsoft-project-plan-3-and-5-name-changes\/\">Project Plan<\/a> 1<\/strong>\u00a0became\u00a0<strong>Planner Plan 1<\/strong>\u00a0(April 2024).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Plan 3<\/strong>\u00a0became\u00a0<strong>Planner and Project Plan 3 <\/strong>(September 2024).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Plan 5<\/strong>\u00a0became\u00a0<strong>Planner and Project Plan 5<\/strong>\u00a0(September 2024).<\/li>\n<li>These changes were reflected in Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Product Terms<\/strong>\u00a0and aimed to align naming with the new\u00a0<strong>Planner app in Teams<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No functional changes<\/strong>\u00a0were made to the web experience at that time\u2014Project for the web still existed as a separate app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What does this mean?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>2024 changes<\/strong>\u00a0were about\u00a0<strong>branding and licensing<\/strong>\u00a0(e.g., Project Plan 1 became Planner Plan 1).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>2025 changes<\/strong>\u00a0are about\u00a0<strong>how and where you manage your projects<\/strong>\u2014everything is moving into Planner as the single interface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Why the Change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>new Planner experience <\/strong>is designed to <strong>unify task and project management across Microsoft 365<\/strong>. By bringing Project for the web, Project in Teams, and Roadmap into Planner, Microsoft is simplifying how users manage work\u2014from simple tasks to complex projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is Microsoft Planner?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/media\/2023\/12\/Microsoft-Planner-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Microsoft Planner<\/strong> is evolving into a <strong>central hub for all work management<\/strong> in Microsoft 365. It now <strong>supports both basic and premium project planning features<\/strong>, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Task boards and timelines<\/li>\n<li>Project portfolios (replacing Roadmaps)<\/li>\n<li>AI-powered planning tools<\/li>\n<li>Integration with Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 apps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How to Access Microsoft Planner<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Access Point<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Availability<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Microsoft Teams (Planner app)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Full experience, including new AI features, Portfolios, and premium plans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Planner for the web<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Web-based access via tasks.office.com or planner.microsoft.com (redirects may apply)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Planner Power App<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>For advanced scenarios and custom environments (formerly Project Power App)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Mobile App<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Available for iOS and Android (basic task management)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Announcement<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/plannerblog\/transitioning-to-microsoft-planner-and-retiring-microsoft-project-for-the-web\/4410149\">https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/plannerblog\/transitioning-to-microsoft-planner-and-retiring-microsoft-project-for-the-web\/4410149<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planner for the web<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/planner.cloud.microsoft\/\">https:\/\/planner.cloud.microsoft\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Microsoft licensing consultancy<\/strong>: For help with your Microsoft licensing or to understand how this change affects your organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider.im\/contact\/\">contact our licensing experts<\/a> at\u00a0<strong>SCHNEIDER IT MANAGEMENT<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between late April and early September 2025, Microsoft is fully integrating\u00a0Microsoft Project for the web\u00a0into the\u00a0new Microsoft Planner experience. This change follows the 2024 naming updates and now introduces functional and platform-level changes. &nbsp; What is Changing? 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