Project
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Availability
Use the chart below to see which Project products are available with which programs.
| Product | MPSA | Program Attribute |
| Project Essentials (User SL) |
| Project Essentials Add-on (User SL) |
| Project Plan 3 (User SL) |
| Project Plan 3 Add-on (User SL) |
| Project Plan 5 (User SL) |
| Project Plan 5 Add-on (User SL) |
Point Value Chart
The value assigned to a Product used to calculate the volume pricing level applicable to Customer’s volume licensing agreement.
| Products | Points |
|---|
| Project Essentials (User SL) | 1 |
| Project Plan 3 (User SL) | 1 |
| Project Plan 5 (User SL) | 1 |
Product Conditions:
Provides additional information related to acquiring the Product, such as prerequisites for purchase, prior versions, and the applicable Product Pool.
| Product Conditions - General |
|---|
| Terms of Service | Universal License Terms for all Online Services |
| Product Pool | Server, MPSA - All Application only |
| Promotions | None |
Deployment Rights for Project
Project Plan 3/5 licensed users may install and use a copy of Project Standard/Professional 2016 or a prior version on devices licensed for and running Office Standard/Professional Plus. Devices licensed for Office Professional Plus by way of the Microsoft 365 From SA Office Professional Plus user entitlement are also eligible.
General Service Terms
Notices
The Communication Services Notices apply (refer to Notices). Any onboarding, migration, or deployment services provided to Customer are subject to the Professional Services terms (refer to Professional Services terms).
Core Features for Office 365 Services
During the term of Customer’s subscription, the Office 365 Services will substantially conform to the Core Features description provided (if any) in the Office 365 service-specific sections, subject to Product restrictions or external factors (such as the recipient, message rate, message size and mailbox size limits for e-mail; default or Customer-imposed data retention policies; search limits; storage limits; Customer or end user configurations; and meeting capacity limits). Microsoft may permanently eliminate a functionality specified in the Office 365 service specific sections only if it provides Customer a reasonable alternative functionality.
Administration Portal
Customer will be able to add and remove end users and domains, manage licenses, and create groups through the Microsoft Online Services Portal or its successor site.
Office 365 Education
If Customer is provisioned outside of the EU or EFTA, and Customer has an Office 365 Education subscription but has not purchased an Advanced Data Residency for Education add-on, then notwithstanding the “Location of Customer Data at Rest for Core Online Services” section of the Product Terms, Microsoft may provision Customer’s Office 365 Education tenant in, transfer Customer Data to, and store Customer Data at rest anywhere within Europe or North America. If Customer is provisioned in the EU or EFTA, and Customer has an Office 365 Education subscription but has not purchased an Advanced Data Residency for Education add-on, then notwithstanding the “Location of Customer Data at Rest for Core Online Services” section of the Product Terms, Microsoft may provision Customer's Office 365 Education tenant in, transfer Customer Data to, and store Customer Data at rest anywhere within the European Union.
Service Encryption with Customer Key
Customer assumes all risks of data deletion, inaccessibility, and service outages that result from any unavailability of an encryption key caused by Customer.
Microsoft Threat Experts
Any services provided to Customer through the Microsoft Threat Experts service are subject to the Professional Services terms (refer to Professional Services).
Endpoint Compliance Features
If Customer does not have an active subscription to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, an instance will automatically be provisioned for the limited purpose of enabling the endpoint features of the Compliance Services.
Viva Engage
For Office 365 Services that include Viva Engage, External Users invited to Viva Engage via external network functionality do not need User SLs.
Service Specific Terms
Installation and Use Rights for Project application
Each user to whom Customer assigns a Project Plan 3 or Plan 5 User SL must have a Microsoft Account in order to use the software provided with the subscription. These users:
- may activate the software provided with the SL on up to five concurrent OSEs for local or remote use;
- may also install and use the software, with shared computer activation, on a shared device, a Network Server, or on Microsoft Azure.
- must connect each device upon which user has installed the software to the Internet at least once every 30 days or the functionality of the software may be affected.
- may use Internet-connected Online Services provided as part of these licenses [and governed by these terms]. Additionally, if permitted by Customer, users may elect to use connected services subject to terms of use other than these terms and with respect to which Microsoft is a data controller, as identified in product documentation.
- The Online Services will permit Customer to enable or disable these optional connected services; and
- Customer is responsible for evaluating, enabling or disabling the availability to its users of optional connected services.
Customers may deploy eligible products on Amazon WorkSpaces. See Amazon WorkSpaces Deployments for more information.
Use of SharePoint Online
Rights to the SharePoint Online functionality provided with a Project Plan 3 or Plan 5 SL are limited to storing and accessing data in support of Project.
Universal Resource Scheduling
Customers with a Microsoft Planner Plan 1 or a Microsoft Project Plan 3/5 license(s) are only permitted to use Universal Resource Scheduling to schedule Project and Task tables within the context of a project.
Add-ons
Customer may acquire Add-ons subject to the following conditions:
- Customer must have active SA or an active User SL for the corresponding Qualifying Licenses
- Customer may acquire one Add-on SL for each Qualifying License(s), unless provided otherwise in these terms
- Customer may acquire add-on SLs between true-up dates in advance of the acquisition of the Qualifying Licenses
Add-ons expire upon the earlier of the expiration of the SA coverage for the Qualifying License or the Add-on SL term, unless provided otherwise in these terms. Add-ons may only be reassigned to users or devices with Qualifying Licenses.
Project
| Qualifying License(s) | Add-on User Subscription License(s) |
|---|
| Project Professional | Project Plan 3 Add-on |
| Project Plan 5 Add-on |
| Project Standard | Project Plan 3 Add-on |
| Project Plan 5 Add-on |
| Project Server CAL | Project Essentials Add-on |
| Project Plan 3 Add-on |
| Project Plan 5 Add-on |
Related Resources
Please note these resources are provided for reference purposes only and are not considered to be part of the Product Terms.
