Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release1984 (1984)
Stable release(s)
Microsoft 365 & Retail[a] (Windows)2505 (Build 18827.20150) / 10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)[1][2][3][4]
Microsoft 365 (Mac)16.98.0 (Build 25060824) / 10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)[5]
Office 2024 (LTSC)2408 (Build 17932.20396) / 10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)[2]
Office 2021 (LTSC)2108 (Build 14334.20090) / 10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)[3]
Office 2019 (LTSC)1808 (Build 10417.20020) / 10 June 2025 (2025-06-10)[4]
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
TypeProject management software
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software
Native file formats
Icons for .mpp (left) and .mpt (right) files
MPPProject
MPTTemplate
MPDDatabase
MPWWorkspace
MPXProject Exchange (Discontinued[6])
MSPDIXML-based Project Data Interchange

Microsoft Project is a project management software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is designed to assist a project manager in developing a schedule, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.

Microsoft Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application. Within a few years after its launch, it became the dominant PC-based project management software.[citation needed] From 2015 to 2020 it was the most popular application for project management according to Project Management Zone.[7]

It is part of the Microsoft 365 family but has never been included in any of the suites of Microsoft Office or Microsoft 365. It is available currently as a cloud-based solution with three price levels (Plan 1, Plan 3, or Plan 5): or as a on-premises solution with three editions (Standard, Professional, and Server). Microsoft Project's proprietary file format is .mpp.

Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server are the cornerstones of the Microsoft Office enterprise project management (EPM) product.


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  1. ^ "Release notes for Current Channel". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Update history for Office LTSC 2024 and Office 2024". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Update history for Office LTSC 2021 and Office 2021". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Update history for Office 2016 C2R and Office 2019". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  5. ^ "Update history for Office for Mac". Microsoft Learn. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  6. ^ "PRJ: Description of the MPX Project File Exchange Format". Microsoft. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Project Planning Tools – Popularity Ranking". Project Management Zone. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

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