Here’s How to Prepare with Marque360
Microsoft has announced the end of life for Project Online, signaling the shift toward modern, cloud-based project management tools like the new Microsoft Planner (formerly Project for the Web). For organizations that have relied on Project Online for years, this transition might feel daunting but also timely to modernize your PMO. With Marque360’s solutions, Migrate360 and PPM360, moving to the future of work management is easier than ever.
With Project Online reaching end of life, organizations have two primary paths forward:
- Planner Microsoft’s modern, cloud-based work management solution that integrates deeply with Teams and the Power Platform. Planner provides a simple, intuitive experience for managing tasks and projects, while scaling up with advanced governance and reporting through accelerators like PPM360.
Planner with PPM360
With Marque360’s PPM360 Planner Accelerator, the common gaps between Project Online and Planner are fully mitigated, adding advanced governance, portfolio reporting, resource management, and risk tracking so organizations retain and even expand upon the functionality they relied on in Project Online.
- Centralized Project Intake Just like Project Online, PPM360 allows teams to capture, evaluate, and approve project requests.
- Portfolio Dashboards Replicates the portfolio views and reporting Project Online users depended on, now powered by real-time Power BI.
- Resource Management Provides visibility into resource availability, assignments, and workloads.
- Risk & Issue Tracking Built-in tools ensure risks and issues are managed effectively, maintaining continuity from Project Online.
- Document Management Seamless integration with SharePoint ensures project documents remain easily accessible.
- Project Governance Governance workflow features ensure organizations maintain the control, visibility, and structure they relied on in Project Online
With PPM360, your teams gain the familiar structure of Project Online while taking advantage of modern innovations.
Below is a feature comparison table showing how Project Online functionality maps to PPM360 terminology and capabilities:
This mapping ensures continuity for teams transitioning from Project Online, while leveraging modern, integrated features through Planner and the Power Platform.
- Project Server Subscription Edition
An on-premises solution that serves as the successor to Project Online for organizations requiring local hosting and more traditional project portfolio management.
For organizations that require local hosting, stricter control over their IT environment, or have regulatory or compliance mandates that prevent full cloud adoption, Project Server Subscription Edition remains a viable option. This on-premises solution is the natural successor to Project Online for enterprise organizations that need a traditional project portfolio management (PPM) platform.
While Project Server provides a more traditional PPM experience, it does not natively include AI-powered insights, Copilot integration, or the same level of seamless collaboration available in Planner with PPM360. Organizations should weigh the benefits of a cloud-first, intelligent project management platform against the control and customization of an on-premises solution.
Seamlessly Transition with Migrate360
Marque360’s Migrate360 tool ensures your transition from Project Online is fast, accurate, and stress-free. With automated migration capabilities, Migrate360 transfers your critical data in minutes, including:
- Projects, tasks, and assignments
- Resources and roles
- Risks, issues, and lookup tables
- Project documents
Unlike manual approaches, Migrate360 minimizes downtime and ensures that your teams can continue working without disruption.
Partner with Marque360
At Marque360, we’ve helped organizations across industries successfully migrate to Microsoft’s modern project management ecosystem. With Migrate360 and PPM360, we make the transition smooth, secure, and future-ready.
Don’t wait until Project Online support ends. Prepare today, and set your teams up for long-term success.
