Project Online End of Life – Sep 30th, 2026

Microsoft Project Online will retire on September 30, 2026, according to a confirmed announcement from Microsoft. Onplana, an AI-native project management platform powered by Claude and Azure OpenAI, positions itself as a direct alternative, offering .mpp file import, AI agents, and enterprise features. The platform allows users to assign tasks to AI agents, collaborate via comments, and ratify drafts before execution.

Project management, rebuilt for the AI era AI-native project management for PMOs and portfolios. Onplana is a cloud-agnostic, AI-native project management platform built as a Microsoft Project Online alternative, powered by Claude and Azure OpenAI. Import your .mpp files, keep your workflows, and ship projects faster. Sign up with email, Google, or Microsoft · No credit card required Audit your schedule /tools/schedule-health-check · Compare to Microsoft Project /ms-project-alternative · Free tools /tools The migration deadline 2 months until Project Online retires. 2 months 72 days Sept 30, 2026 Microsoft confirmed Put a human and an AI agent on the same project Assign a task to an AI agent the way you would a teammate, in-app, or to Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor over MCP. Talk to it in task comments. It does the work and proposes a draft; you ratify before anything ships. Assign work to AI In-app agents and external agents Claude Code, Codex, Cursor each show up as a real org member you can assign a task to. Collaborate in comments Comment on a task an agent is working and it picks your feedback up on its next sync. The conversation lives on the work, like with a human teammate. You ratify the drafts Every output is a draft in the review inbox. Nothing is sent, published, or executed on an agent's say-so. The human keeps the authority. Everything you need Built for project managers Not a glorified to-do list. Onplana ships with enterprise-grade features out of the box. AI Project Kickstart Describe your project in plain English. Onplana generates tasks, subtasks, milestones, and a timeline in seconds, no empty-canvas paralysis, no weeks of manual setup. AI, built in Risk detection, plan generation, task suggestions, NL parsing, and a streaming chat panel, powered by Claude Anthropic or Azure OpenAI. Switch providers from the admin panel. AI agents & MCP Hand a task to the in-app "Run with Onplana Agent" to draft deliverables for review, or connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other MCP clients to work your projects directly. On every plan. Gantt + critical path Interactive Gantt with 4 dependency types FS/SS/FF/SF , lag times, baseline snapshots, and automatic critical path highlighting. Sprints & agile boards Full Scrum: sprints, epics, backlog, burndown charts, and drag-and-drop Kanban, all inside the same project. Custom dashboard builder 22 drag-and-drop widget types, stats, charts, task lists, governance widgets, and saved reports. Role-based templates on Enterprise. Whiteboards & wikis Excalidraw-powered collaborative whiteboards and BlockNote real-time wikis, per project, in the same workspace. Office editing in the browser Create, edit, and live co-edit .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx in the project or org-wide Workspace. Real Office files with version history, no download-and-re-upload. Project mailbox Every project gets an inbound email address. Emails auto-create tasks or comments, great for client feedback and issue intake. Deploy anywhere Cloud-agnostic Docker deployment. Run on AWS, Azure, GCP, or your own servers. Enterprise+ includes full self-hosting with customer-managed keys. MPP, Project XML & OData import Upload .mpp binaries or Microsoft Project XML exports MSPDI , or connect directly to the Project Online OData API. Built-in field mapper with preview, no manual re-entry. Enterprise governance 12-stage proposal pipeline, multi-reviewer gate reviews, Change Control Board, scenario planning, SSO/SCIM, audit logs, and IP allowlists. Included in every plan, even Free AI that reads your schedule, not just your prompts Onplana embeds the leading AI models, Claude by Anthropic and Azure OpenAI via Azure OpenAI, directly into your workflows. Enable either, both, or switch any time. Enterprise customers can point Onplana at their own Azure OpenAI deployment so AI inference stays inside their tenant. Or skip the in-app chat entirely and connect Onplana to Claude Desktop, Gemini CLI, ChatGPT, or any other MCP-aware agent via our public MCP server /mcp . - Risk detection, schedule, budget, scope, resource - Plan generation from a goal description - Natural language → structured task type it, don't click it - Task recommendations, assignee, due date, priority - Status summaries, "what changed since Monday?" - AI report generation, executive summaries in seconds AI Risk Analysis, in the app Typical use cases Built for teams migrating off MS Project From PMOs managing 50+ projects to lean teams running their first sprint, Onplana is built for project managers ready to move off aging tooling. Enterprise PMO Managing 50+ active projects with governance, resource planning, and portfolio tracking. Migrating off Project Online before the September 2026 deadline. Growing PM team 10-50 project managers needing modern collaboration, AI-assisted planning, and real-time visibility, without the complexity of enterprise PPM. IT operations Deploying a cloud-agnostic PM platform, AWS, Azure, or self-hosted. Needs SSO/SCIM, audit logs, and customer-managed encryption. Simple pricing From one PM to the whole PMO No forced seat minimums. No surprise bills. Cancel any time. Free $0 forever - 5 members · 2 projects - Kanban + calendar - MPP, Project XML & OData import - Working calendars - Recycle bin & 2FA Get started free https://app.onplana.com/register Starter $7 /seat/month - 25 members · 25 projects - Everything in Free - Project templates - 2 free guest seats Sign up for Starter https://app.onplana.com/register?plan=STARTER&interval=monthly Professional $12 /seat/month - 100 members · 200 projects - Gantt + critical path - Sprints, epics & backlog - AI assistant + plan/report generation - Whiteboards & wikis - Custom dashboards - Workflow automation - Project mailbox Start with PRO https://app.onplana.com/register?plan=PRO&interval=monthly Business $20 /seat/month - 1,000 members · unlimited - Portfolios & OKRs - AI risk detection + portfolio insights - Cross-project reports - Webhooks + integrations - Custom roles - 5 free guest seats Start with Business https://app.onplana.com/register?plan=BUSINESS&interval=monthly See full pricing, 6 plans including Enterprise and self-hosted /pricing Formal project governance, not just approvals Onplana's governance pipeline takes ideas from proposal to approved project through a structured 12-stage workflow, with multi-reviewer gate reviews, weighted scoring, and automatic project creation on approval. 12-stage pipeline DRAFT → COMPLETED Multi-reviewer gates Quorum-based approval Weighted scoring Configurable criteria per gate Change Control Board Formal CCB per project Governance pipeline, in the app The teams migrating now sleep through September. Migrations take 3–6 months to plan, validate, and roll out. Start now and go live comfortably before the deadline, not in an emergency-rate Q3 rush. Got questions? Frequently asked questions Still have questions? Start for free https://app.onplana.com/register and explore the app, or view pricing /pricing . From the blog Read before you decide Honest deep-dives on AI, Microsoft migration, and how Onplana actually works. AI /blog/how-ai-runs-project-management-onplana How AI Actually Runs Project Management Inside Onplana Read post → AI /blog/day-in-the-life-ai-project-manager-onplana A Day in the Life of an AI-Augmented Project Manager Read post → AI /blog/onplana-ai-first-architecture Inside Onplana's AI-First Architecture Read post → Migration /blog/project-online-retirement-90-day-plan 90-Day Project Online Migration Plan Read post → Integration /blog/migrate-microsoft-planner-to-onplana-2026 Migrate Microsoft Planner to Onplana Read post → Comparison /blog/best-ai-project-management-software-2026