Saving Project Plan 1 Projects?

Question

I subscribe to Project Plan 1 through Microsoft and have created a project that I need to send to others (in .mpp?).  I can't find a way to save it anywhere besides online and my associates don't subscribe to Project Plan 1 but can read MS Project mpp files.

Thanks,

Pat

Answer 1

Dale and Sukie, thanks to you both!  More money seems to be the solution :(

Pat

Answer 2

Hi phs79,

Thank you for your message in this forum.

According to your description, it seems that you want to save Project as .mpp file from Project Online, and the others don’t have Project Plan1, so the others cannot access Project Online and they can access Microsoft Project mpp files.

If my understanding is right, we’re afraid that there is no out of box way to achieve that in Project Online. You can only export your Project to Excel in Project Online, as shown below:

We’re sorry that it doesn’t meet your requirement. I do understand the inconvenience it has made and apologize for it.

To address your concern about the situation, we’d suggest you vote this UerVoice: Project for the Web: Import/export function for MPP files. This is the best platform to let us hear from you and make our products and services better for you and others.

As a workaround, you can also refer to the workaround Dale provided to capture of the project.

@Dale,

Thank you for sharing your workaround here.

Your understanding and patience will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Sukie

Answer 3

phs79 --

The tool that you are using is named Project for the Web.  As it currently exists, there is no way to export your project to any type of file that you can share with others.  The best you can do is to capture screenshots of the project and send them to your interested parties.  Keep in mind that this tool is very, very new and that Microsoft intends to continually "beef up" the functionality in the tool.  But for the moment, there is no export option like you seek.  Sorry.  But hope this helps.

Answer 4

phs79 --

You can get a Plan 3 license for Project Online Professional, formerly known as Project Pro for Office 365.  With this license, you get the familiar Microsoft Project desktop application.  Using this application, you can share a PDF of the project with your stakeholders.  The license fee is $30/month instead of $10/month for your Plan 1 license.  Just a thought.  Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Thanks Dale, much appreciated.  I need to be able to share the actual program with my clients so perhaps I need a different plan than what my subscription provides.  I see the reply from MSFT below yours and will see if the Excel file will satisfy my needs for now.

Cheers,

Pat