At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced a new vision for modern work management with Microsoft Project. The future of Microsoft Project will allow organizations to work the way they want to work, whether they are creating waterfall projects, agile boards or even portfolio roadmaps. Join us in this session to learn what's coming in Microsoft Project and find out why now is the time to move online. Building a plan to adopt new features at the right speed is critical for team success. We'll get you prepared for the exciting new road ahead as Microsoft leads the way to the future of Project Management. Topics include: 1. New Project Home 2. New Project Service (Project Desktop online) 3. New Roadmap 4. New OnePlan Resource Scheduler 5. Benefits to moving to Project Online Professional

1. New Chapter for Project
Why You Can’t Afford To Miss The Wave
Reimagine Project Portfolio Management
Digital Productivity Solutions
Built for the Microsoft Cloud

2. The journey to a new chapter for Project
• Teams work the way they want. Executives get the results
they needVision
• To empower companies to achieve better results by
aligning investment with projects and resources, working
with agility and flexibility, and collaboration globally… all
using intuitive, consistent tools in the Microsoft Cloud.
Mission

3. Modern Work Management
Modern Problems
Work is happening
everywhere all the time
– we lose track
Our teams choose their
own tools to work the
way they want
Our accidental PMs and
millennials want simple,
visual tools
Our business processes
cross functions and
systems
A single compliance
security, or platform issue
can disrupt business
Transparent
Get the big picture: all work,
from tasks to portfolio,
across multiple services
Versatile
Collaborate on projects with
flexible methodologies and
familiar Microsoft tools
Intuitive
Start fast with simple
interfaces and modern
web experience
Integrated
Run your end-to-end
business process on a
single platform
Compliant
Innovate with confidence
on a highly compliant,
secure, scalable platform
Modern Solutions

4. Get the big picture
A modern PPM solution should help enterprises…
Align investment to strategy
Identify, select and deliver project portfolios that
best align with business strategy to maximize ROI
Choose projects objectively
Prioritize project–based opportunities with built-
in intelligence to plan for successful outcomes
Monitor progress toward business goals
Monitor progress toward business goals using
integrated business intelligence dashboards
Gain visibility across work
Quickly understand status and investments for all
work efforts, from portfolios and programs to
projects and tasks

5. Work how you want
A modern PPM solution should help teams..
Work their way
Mange projects using the team’s preferred
methods, like agile, waterfall, ad hoc, or a hybrid
Use tools that match their work style
Familiar capabilities and coloration through native
Office 365 tools help eliminate traditional project
team silos
Manage tasks and time from anywhere
Enable teams to report on and own tasks until
completion anywhere, anytime, on any device
Maintain governance
Quickly understand status and investments with
built-in governance tools, like workflows

6. Start fast
A modern PPM solution should help teams..
Empower all information workers
Enable everyone, from accidental to
professional project managers, to manage
projects
• Accidental and occasional PMs can benefit
from simple task boards for managing
smaller projects
• Professional PMs can use advanced tools for
a more nuanced and complete approach
Boost productivity with familiar tools
Get project teams started fast with intuitive
PPM tools and modern web experiences that
resonate with user

7. Model your processes across functions and systems
A modern PPM solution should help teams..
Customize their PPM experience
Get the PPM solution you need with native Office
365, Dynamics 365, and VSTS capabilities
Easily extend functionality
Use PowerApps and Flow to create custom apps ad
automatic workflows – no coding experience
required
Collaborate with integrated tools
Foster great collaboration and avoid tool
proliferation with a PPM solution that includes
integrated solutions for simple task management,
scheduling, communications and more

8. Focus on business, not technology
A modern PPM solution should help teams..
Scale automatically
Manage up to 30,000 projects and resources on a
single platform while maintain enterprise-grade
performance
Forget about infrastructure
Automatically meet the highest levels of security
and compliance requirements, including regional
and industry standards
Work Securely
Get enterprise-grade security, privacy, and
transparency through Microsoft 365
Meet compliance requirements across industries
and regions, including HIPAA, FedRamp, EU
Model Clauses, GDPR, ISO 27001 & ISO 27018 and
more

9. New Modern Work Management Ecosystem

10. Introducing “Project Home”
• Easily access all projects and
roadmaps from across the
ecosystem through a centralized
hub
• Create new projects and choose
the preferred methodology – all
within the hub
• Drill into individual projects for
more details no matter where it’s
being managed (i.e. Azure
Boards, Project Online, Planner,
or Dynamics PSA

11. Coming Soon “Roadmap”
• See all portfolio roadmaps and
proposed/current projects in
one place
• Create roadmaps and define
key dates at the portfolio level
for more accurate portfolio
planning
• Connect to key project tasks
and milestones from VSTS,
Project Online, Planner, and
Dynamics PSA to get the latest
health status
• Prioritize projects inside
roadmap to achieve top down
planning

12. Coming Soon “Project Service”
• Modern User Experience
• Groups Security for Collaboration
• Co-Authoring
• New Scheduling Service
• Built on PowerApps platform
• Integrated with Dynamics Apps

13. The journey is being made in a new platform
We have adopted
Microsoft Common Data
Service (CDS) for Apps as
our new vehicle for
Project. Together with
PowerApps and Flow,
CDS for Apps delivers
more power in terms of
scalability, performance
and with the highest
levels of compliance and
security

14. Dynamics 365
Office 365
Project
Microsoft
Power platform
Azure
Common Data Service for Apps
Data Connectors

15. Microsoft has already started the journey
Agile in Project desktop client New Project Online Home experience

16. Wicresoft has already joined the journey

17. demo

18. The journey does not deviate from current SKUs
New Project Online
Home experience
Portfolio - Roadmap
New Project Management
experience

19. Project Cloud Subscription
User Subscription License (USL) Basics

20. Transitioning to Cloud
On premise offers Cloud offers Project Server access1
g Project Online Professional P
g
Project Online Premium
(Portfolio Management)
P
g
Project Online Essentials
(Team Member)
P
1Customers must have licenses providing rights to access the rest of the Project Server stack (Windows, SharePoint, SQL Server)

21. Online
Services
Shared Workstation
Project Pro for O365
is installed but not activated
Project user logs in,
Project temporarily activates
Project user logs out,
Project is not activated
Non-Project user logs in,
Project doesn’t activate
Shared Computer Activation
A benefit of Project Online subscriptions

Customers using RDS or shared physical or virtual computers may switch to Project Pro for Office
365. Shared Computer Activation does not count against a user’s 5 PC install limit

22. Project Cloud Add-ons
EASY
The underlying
agreement does not
change.
SA benefits are
retained, including
rights to new versions.
GREAT PRICE
Pricing recognizes
existing investment in
Project.
Preserves applicable
discounts for
on-premises and
volume discounts for
online services.
FLEXIBLE
Add Project cloud plans
at any time, for any
number of users, to any
workload.
A simple, low-cost way for customers to
add Project cloud services at any time,
while maintaining current
EA and SA benefits
*Available in: EA, EAS, org-wide OV, OVS, or MPSA

23. Comparing Add-ons Versus Full USL

24. Customer Commitment
Continuity
To use Project Online confidently while
planning for the start of the new
service
Principle of transparency
Release roadmap
Side-by-side approach
With native migration and partnership
with Wicresoft

25. More Resources
https://www.microsoft.com/en-
us/microsoft-
365/blog/2018/09/25/a-new-vision-
for-modern-work-management-
with-microsoft-project/
https://techcommunity.microsoft.
com/t5/Project-Blog/A-letter-to-
our-Microsoft-Project-
community/ba-p/260891
https://techcommunity.mi
crosoft.com/t5/Project-
Blog/Q-and-A-on-the-
Future-Vision-of-
Project/ba-p/262109
Learn more about the changes from the official Microsoft channels (click to be redirected)
A New Vision Community Letter Q&A

26. Learn more and stay connected
M365 Blogs
Visit the M365
Blogs site for major
Project announcement
CLICK HERE
Project Blog on
Tech Community
Find all Project news &
regular updates
CLICK HERE
WW Project Partners
on Yammer M365
Partner Community
Join our webcasts to
learn about specific
capabilities
CLICK HERE
UserVoice
Submit and vote on
ideas for new Visio
capabilities
CLICK HERE
Follow us on social
media for the latest
updates
@project msftproject

27. Special Offer (Included with Project Online Professional)
https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/SA000000111
OnePlan Resource Scheduler is
designed for resource managers and
teams who are looking for more
transparency.
• Gain insight into your project
team’s availability and dynamically
manage resource schedules for your
project with the ease of drag & drop.
• Proactively solve scheduling
conflicts.
• Give your team the information
they need to make autonomous
decisions that keep the project
moving forward.

28. Special Offer – Free PPM Health Check
Sign up today at https://www.project-online.com/healthcheck/

29. Next Steps
• FREE – PPM Health Check
• FREE - Project Online Trial & Wicresoft Support
• Personalized 1:1 demo for your organization
Email Wicresoft
contactus@wicresoft.com
Jim Patterson
jpatterson@wicresoft.com
On-Demand and Upcoming Webinars:
www.wicresoft.com/webinars