Microsoft Project covers Project Online, retired in September 2026, the Project Server releases and the Project desktop client. Pages here cover replacing them with self-hosted OpenProject.
Comparing Microsoft Project and Project Server with OpenProject: Gantt scheduling and dependencies, baselines, resource and portfolio views, timesheets, what stays with the Project desktop client, and Microsoft licensing against OpenProject's Community and Enterprise editions.
Moving schedules from Microsoft Project files or Project Server to OpenProject: exporting to Excel, uploading work packages with hierarchy and relations through OpenProject's Excel synchronization, rebuilding resources and custom fields, and what does not carry over such as baselines and leveling.
Cost of ownership by component: Microsoft Project subscriptions or Project Server with its SharePoint and SQL Server farm and licenses, against OpenProject Community or Enterprise per-user plans, servers, migration and support, with Microsoft costs described by component.
Project Online retired on September 30, 2026. For organizations that missed or are reconsidering the move, this page compares staying with Microsoft on Project Server Subscription Edition with self-hosted OpenProject, and what can still be recovered from exports.
Project Server 2019 extended support ended on July 14, 2026. This page weighs moving to Project Server Subscription Edition, which is still in support, against replacing it with OpenProject on your own servers, and how to keep an unsupported farm safe during the move.
For organizations that use Project Web App mainly for timesheets and status updates: OpenProject time tracking against work packages, cost and budget reports, and approval options, and what changes for finance exports that read Project Server data.
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