Project Online is retiring. Move with confidence.

Microsoft retires Project Online on 30 September 2026*. Migrate your projects, portfolios and reporting to a modern, Microsoft-native PPM platform - inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant, on a fixed price.

This is end of life, not just end of support

Microsoft retires Project Online on 30 September 2026 - and this is end of life, not just end of support. Unless you have secured an extension from Microsoft, after that date the application is gone and your data is no longer accessible.

End of sale for new users already passed on 1 October 2025. Until retirement, Project Online runs as normal; after it, a rushed migration risks lost history and disrupted reporting. A planned move now protects your portfolio - and improves it.

Microsoft has no migration path for your data

Microsoft points you to Planner Premium, Project Server Subscription Edition or Project desktop. None offers feature parity with Project Online, and there is no Microsoft tool to migrate your existing data. Closing that gap is exactly what we do.

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*Unless you have already secured an extension from Microsoft

Our Migration Accelerator

We have been ready for this for years - Microsoft has signalled it since at least 2022. Our Migration Accelerator is a set of migration tools, built as a Power Platform solution, that kick-starts the move. Two things matter about that: we tailor the accelerator to your build and your process, and - most importantly - your data never leaves your Microsoft 365 tenant at any point in the migration.

• Project sites and documents: your project sites move to a supported site collection, with documents linked into Context& xPM through the SharePoint integration.

• Risk and issues: Microsoft limits clean export of these by design - there is no consolidated access. Our toolset consolidates and exports them into xPM, where they stay consolidated.

What you get

• Your data, safely moved - projects, tasks, assignments migrated cleanly.

• Your own Microsoft 365 tenant - nothing leaves your Microsoft environment.

• Better than before - Power BI dashboards and refreshed PMO governance built in.

• Fixed price, no surprises - one quote, confirmed before we start.

How it works

• Free assessment - a 30-minute call to scope your portfolio and confirm a fixed quote.

• Migrate & configure - we move your data and configure Context& xPM in your tenant.

• Train & go live - role-based training, go-live support and hypercare.

Why NextGen PPM

• Specialists, not generalists - Microsoft PPM and Context& xPM is all we do, 15+ years of it.

• Founder-led delivery - you deal directly with the people doing the work.

• Process, not just data - we refresh your governance so the new platform actually gets used.

• Local delivery across the UK and Ireland.

How to prepare

Three things to do now: tell your users and update your internal documentation; evaluate your options and plan the move; and make sure your Project Online data is backed up before the retirement date.

FAQ

Q. Can I get an extension?

A. Some of our clients have managed to secure an extension for Project Online

Q. What happens if we do nothing before September 2026?

A. Project Online retires and your data becomes inaccessible - end of life, not just end of support. Planning now avoids a rushed, riskier migration and the loss of your history.

Q. Is anything else affected?

A. No. Only Project Online is retiring. Project desktop, Project Server Subscription Edition and Planner (Project for the web, Planner and To Do) are unaffected.