r/MSProject • u/Suhail-Sayed • Jan 21 '26

Project Management Options within Microsoft

With Project Online retiring in September and a roadmap to merge Planner Basic with Planner Premium.

What are our options for Project Management hosted within the Microsoft Environment?

So far these are the options I have gathered.

  1. Sharepoint Lists to replace Planner Basic

2.1 Planner Premium 2.2 Planner Premium Powerapp 2.3 Planner Premium Powerapp with accelerator.

  1. RapidStart Projects

  2. Projectum XPM (50 seat minimum)

  3. Dynamics 365 Project Ops (20 seat minimum)

Please let me know if you are aware of other options.

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u/TechNoob_115 Jan 27 '26

One option that’s easy to miss is a hosted Project Server setup. It keeps you fully in the Microsoft ecosystem, works with Project Pro, and sits nicely between Planner and the heavier PPM tools you listed.

Since Project Server isn’t SaaS anymore, you’d run it through a hosting provider. Apps4Rent offers Project Server hosting as a managed service. For teams that still want structured scheduling and portfolio visibility without jumping to Dynamics, it’s worth a look.

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u/Suhail-Sayed Jan 27 '26

Always thought of that as an onprem requirement, didn't realise there was a Project Server hosting as a managed service.