Microsoft Project Plan 1 vs Plan 3 vs

Plan 5
Microsoft revamped its Project line-up plans recently. Scrapping the Project
Essentials plan, it has launched a new plan after combining some major
features from Project Online Professional and Project Online Premium. The
new plan is called as Project Plan 1. Similarly, Microsoft is renaming the
Project Online Professional plan to “Project Plan 3” and Project Online
Premium plan to “Project Plan 5.”

Project Plan 1

Easily manage projects with help from the simple, visual tools in Project
Plan 1.

• Start quickly and take control of any project.

• Use easy and efficient planning and status tracking.
• Collaborate with others from virtually anywhere

Project Plan 1 Features:

Choose your view

Work with your team on the same project using the project view you prefer whether it's grid,
board, or timeline.

Simplify task scheduling

Use smart
scheduling to easily organize tasks

See visualized timelines

Understand the relationships between tasks with help from highlighted task paths in a
timeline view.
Collaborate and communicate easily
Use Project and Microsoft Teams to collaborate on projects, including file sharing, chats,
meetings, and more

Project Plan 1 Requirement:

Required
1.6 gigahertz (GHz) or faster, 2-core
Processor

Windows OS: Windows 10 SAC, Windows 10 LTSB 2016,

Required Windows 10 LTSB 2015, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Service
Operating Pack 1, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows
System Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server
2008 R2

Required
4 GB RAM; 2 GB RAM (32-bit)
Memory

Required Hard
4 GB of available disk space
Disk Space

Required
1280 x 768 screen resolution
Display

Graphics hardware acceleration requires DirectX 9 or later, with

Graphics WDDM 2.0 or higher for Windows 10 (or WDDM 1.3 or higher
for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update)

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch

functionality. However, all features and functionality are always
Multi-touch available by using a keyboard, mouse or other standard- or
accessible-input device. Note that new touch features are
optimized for use with Windows 8 or later.

Additional Internet functionality requires an internet connection.

system
requirements Microsoft account required.
Project Plan 3

Get powerful project management and publishing in the cloud, plus keep
projects, resources, and teams organized and on track.

• Use easy and efficient planning and status tracking, plus scheduling and
costing.
• Collaborate with others from virtually anywhere.
• Assign resources with resource management capabilities.
• Each subscription license allows for up to five concurrent installations of
the Project Online desktop app.

Project Plan 3 Features:

View visualized timelines

Understand the relationships between tasks with help from highlighted task paths in
a timeline view.

Simplify work with a visual experience

Get started quickly and work intuitively through a simple-to-use and coherent user
experience shared across Microsoft 365.

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 Get best-in-class templates
Use prebuilt templates from within Project or go to Office.com for access to best-in-
class project plans.

Collaborate and communicate easily

Use Project and Microsoft Teams* to collaborate on projects, including file sharing,
chats, meetings, and more.

Follow roadmaps
Visualize progress across projects, programs, and portfolios by connecting different
projects within a single view. Choose the initiatives you want to see and add phases,
milestones, and key dates.

Make informed decisions

Use baselines to help you track and compare actual progress to the original project
plan.

Create reports
Get insights, communicate information to stakeholders, and achieve results with help
from powerful built-in reports like burndown and resource overview.

Tailor your project management

Leverage the Microsoft Power Platform to customize your project management
needs to best suit your organization.

Project Plan 3 Requirements:

Required
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2.
Processor

Required
Windows 7 or later, Windows 10 Server, Windows Server 2012 R2,
Operating
Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012.
System

Required
1 GB RAM (32-bit); 2 GB RAM (64-bit).
Memory

Required Hard
3 GB available disk space.
Disk Space

Required Display 1024 x 768 resolution.

Graphics Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 10 graphics card.

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multi-touch

functionality. However, all features and functionality are always
Multi-touch available by using a keyboard, mouse or other standard- or
accessible-input device. Note that new touch features are optimized
for use with Windows 8 or later.

Additional Internet functionality requires an internet connection.

system
requirements Microsoft account required.

Project Plan 5
Guide any project with a cloud-based project and portfolio management
solution that is perfect for portfolio and resource managers, and solution
administrators.

Project Plan 5 includes all Project Plan 3 functionality, plus:

• Demand management
• Enterprise resource management
• Portfolio analysis and optimization

Project Plan 5 Features:

Choose your view

Work on the same project with others using the project view you prefer whether it's
grid, board, or timeline.

Consolidate resources
Get a single view of all your resources to understand capacity and availability to
execute your portfolio.

Access anytime, anywhere

Let teams view, edit, submit, and collaborate on project, portfolio, and everyday work
from anywhere.

Works with Office apps

Enjoy rich connections and achieve more with familiar apps like Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint, plus Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint in Microsoft 365.
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Follow roadmaps
Visualize progress across projects, programs, and portfolios by connecting different
projects within a single view. Choose the initiatives you want to see and add phases,
milestones, and key dates.

Create reports
Gain actionable insights and information that can be communicated to stakeholders
and shareholders with powerful built-in reports like burndown and resource overview.

Collaborate and communicate easily

Use Project and Microsoft Teams* to collaborate on projects, including file sharing,
chats, meetings, and more.

Project Plan 5 Requirements

Required
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2
Processor

Required
Windows 7 or later, Windows 10 Server, Windows Server 2012 R2,
Operating
Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012
System

Required
1 GB RAM (32-bit); 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
Memory

Required Hard
3 GB available disk space
Disk Space

Required
1024 x 768 resolution
Display

Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX 10 graphics

Graphics
card.

A touch-enabled device is required to use any multitouch

functionality. However, all features and functionality are always
Multi-touch available by using a keyboard, mouse, or other standard- or
accessible-input device. Note that new touch features are
optimized for use with Windows 8 or later.

Additional Internet functionality requires an internet connection.

system
requirements Microsoft account required.