Compare Project Online and Project Server 2013

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Compare the differences between Project Online and Project Server 2013 installed in an on-premises environment.

Project Online and Project Server 2013 on-premises are based on the same set of features and functionality, but there are differences between the two. The following table provides an overview of the differences between Project Online and a Project Server 2013 on-premises environment.

Feature/function comparison of Project Online and Project Server 2013

Feature/function comparison of Project Online and Project Server 2013

Project

Feature/Function Area

Feature/Function

Project

Server

Notes

Details

Online

2013 On-

Premises

Get started in minutes. Setup new

Ease of Setup

Yes

users in seconds.

No training needed. Use Office

tools your team knows.

7x24, 365 days/year

99.9% Guaranteed Uptime

Yes

43 minutes/month, 8 hours 46

minutes downtime per year.

No internal IT involved in

Zero server footprint

Yes

backup/recovery, maintenance,

updates, disaster recovery.

Evergreen service

Yes

Latest, most stable Service Packs

and Cumulative Updates.

88 countries and regions, 32

Multi-national

Yes

languages.

Get virtually anywhere-access on

nearly any device (Access from

Work anywhere on any

mobile devices requires Wi-Fi

Yes

capability or depends on carrier

device

network availability).

Work on your Office files online or

offline.

SharePoint Task Lists Sync

Yes

Yes

Notifications and			Yes
Reminders
Administrative Backup &			Yes
Restore
Project for Office 365		Yes	Yes
Project Professional
Characteristics:
	Project Pro 2013
	Access to Project	Yes	Yes
	Server 2013
	Project Pro 2010
	Access to Project
	Server 2013
	Project Pro 2007
	SP2 Access to
	Project Server 2013
	Save as Project Pro	Yes	Yes
	2010
	Save as Project Pro	Yes	Yes
	2007
	Save as Project Pro	Yes	Yes
	2000-2003
	Save as Excel 2010	Yes	Yes
	Save as Excel 2007	Yes	Yes
	Save as Excel 97-	Yes	Yes
	2003
	Save as PDF	Yes	Yes
	Save as XPS	Yes	Yes
	Save as Text	Yes	Yes
	Save as CSV	Yes	Yes
	Save as XML	Yes	Yes
Project Web App		Yes	Yes
Project Sites		Yes	Yes
Migration:
	Manually Save
	2003 .mpp from	Yes	Yes
	Project Pro 2013
	Manually Save
	2007 .mpp from	Yes	Yes
	Project Pro 2013
	Manually Save
	2010 .mpp from	Yes	Yes
	Project Pro 2013

	Partial Automation
	through VBA	Yes	Yes
	custom dev
	3rd Party:
	FluentPro	Yes	Yes	Project Server Configuration
				Migration
	Metalogix	Yes	Yes	Project Site Migration
	Content Matrix
	MetaVis
	Migrator Online /	Yes	Yes	Project Site Migration
	Office 365 Suite
				Step 1: Project Server 2003 to
				2007 using VME (i.e. PS2007 SP2 w/
				Oct 2009 CU)
				Step 2a: Project Server 2007 to
				2010 Database-attach Upgrade or
				Step 2b: Project Server 2007 to
				2010 In-place Upgrade
				Step 3: Project Server 2010 to
				2013 Database-attach Upgrade
				For more information about step
	Project Server 2003		Yes	1, see Migrate your Project Server
				2003 data by using the VMW.
				For more information about step
				2a, see Project Server VME: Plan to
				upgrade data to Project Server
				2010.
				For more information about step
				2b, see In-place upgrade to Project
				Server 2010.
				For more information about step
				3, see Upgrade to Project Server
				2013.
				Step 1a: Project Server 2007 to
				2010 Database-attach Upgrade or
				Step 1b: Project Server 2007 to
				2010 In-place Upgrade
	Project Server 2007		Yes	Step 2: Project Server 2010 to
				2013 Database-attach Upgrade
				For more information about step
				1a, see Database-attach full
				upgrade to Project Server 2010.

					For more information about step
					1b, see In-place upgrade to Project
					Server 2010.
					For more information about step
					2, see Upgrade to Project Server
				2013.
					Step 1: Project Server 2010 to 2013
					Database-attach Upgrade
	Project Server 2010		Yes		For more information,
					see Upgrade to Project Server
				2013.
Resource
Definition/Synchronization
	Bulk upload via	Yes	Yes
	CVS
					By using the Microsoft Online
					Services Directory Synchronization
					tool, your organization’s
	Microsoft Online				administrators can keep your local
	Services Directory	Yes	Yes		Active Directory continuously
	Synchronization				synchronized with Office 365. This
	(with ADFS)				allows you to not only create
					synchronized versions of each user.
					For more details, see the Directory
					Synchronization Roadmap.
	Manual resource	Yes	Yes		Tenant administration
	definition
	Automation via	Yes	Yes
	VBA
	3rd Party:	Yes	Yes		Resource Migration
	FluentPro
Business Intelligence
	SSRS Integration		Yes
					For Project Online, note that there
					are limits to how many single-
					value custom fields, of each type,
					that get stored in the reporting
	ODATA Access to				schema. See Project Online:
		Yes	Yes		software boundaries and limits for
	RDB
					more information on this and
					other limits that can affect
					performance.
					Note:

				Refreshing OData reports
				through Excel Online is not
				available in Project Online for
				Government Cloud Community
				customers. To refresh reports so
				that they are viewable in Excel
				Online (browser-based), reports
				will have to be opened,
				refreshed and saved in the
				Microsoft Excel desktop client.
	Direct Access to		Yes
	RDB
	OLAP Cubes		Yes
	ODATA Access to		Yes
	OLAP
	T-SQL Access to		Yes
	OLAP
	Excel 2007 Access
	to OLAP
	Excel 2010 Access		Yes	PowerPivot Add-in
	to OLAP
	Excel 2013 Services		Yes
	Access to OLAP
	3rd Party:	Yes	Yes	FluentPro Project Dashboard 2013
	FluentPro
Demand
Management/Workflow
	Declarative –			Currently workflows are not
				available in Project Online for
	SharePoint	Yes	Yes
				Government Cloud Community
	Designer 2013
				customers.
				Currently workflows are not
	Visual Studio WCF	Yes	Yes	available in Project Online for
				Government Cloud Community
				customers.
Line of Business
Integration
	Custom Dev with	Yes	Yes
	SharePoint BCS
	Team Foundation		Yes	Team Foundation Server 2012
	Server Integration			integration with On-premise only
	Dynamics			Not yet available
	Integration
	SharePoint Online			Project Server 2013 must be in the
	(Dedicated)
				same farm as SharePoint 2013
	integration

	On Premises			Project Server 2013 must be in the
	SharePoint
				same farm as SharePoint 2013
	integration
Outlook/Exchange
Integration
	Calendar: Out-of-		Yes
	office integration
Extensibility
	ODATA	Yes	Yes
	CSOM	Yes	Yes
Timesheet and Task Status
	Simplified Single	Yes	Yes
	Entry Mode (SEM)
	End-User	Yes	Yes
	Improvements
	PM/Administrator	Yes	Yes
	Improvements
	Developer/Backend	Yes	Yes
	Improvements
Status Reports		Yes	Yes
Data Privacy				Office 365 Trust Center
				Office 365 does not build
				advertising products out of
				customer data. We do not scan
	No advertising	Yes		your email or documents for
				building analytics, data mining,
				advertising, or improving the
				service.
				Office 365 always allows you to
	No mingling	Yes		keep your customer data separate
				from consumer services.
				Office 365 customer data belongs
	Data portability	Yes		to the customer. Customers can
				remove their data whenever they
				choose.
				Know where the major data centers
				are located, and how data storage
				location is determined. Detailed
				information on who can access
	Transparency	Yes		your Office 365 customer data.
				Choose to receive updates
				regarding data center location
				changes, as well as security, privacy
				and audit information.
Industry Standards
Verification

				Office 365 is the first major
				business productivity public cloud
	Certified for ISO	Yes		service to have implemented the
	27001			rigorous set of physical, logical,
				process and management controls
				defined by ISO 27001.
				In addition to EU Safe Harbor,
				Office 365 is the first major
				business productivity public cloud
				service provider to sign the
	EU Model Clauses	Yes		standard contractual clauses
				created by the European Union
				(“EU Model Clauses”) with all
				customers. EU Model Clauses
				address international transfer of
				data.
				Office 365 is the first major
				business productivity public cloud
				service provider to sign
				requirements for the HIPAA-BAA
	HIPAA-Business			with all customers. HIPAA is a U.S.
				law that applies to healthcare
	Associate
		Yes		entities that governs the use,
	Agreement
				disclosure and safeguarding of
	(HIPAA-BAA)
				protected health information (PHI),
				and imposes requirements on
				covered entities to sign business
				associate agreements with their
				vendors that use and disclose PHI.
				Office 365 for Enterprise was
				granted the Authority to Operate
				(ATO) under the Federal
	Federal			Information Security Management
	Information			Act (FISMA) by the Broadcasting
	Security	Yes		Board of Governors. Office 365-
	Management Act			ITAR was granted ATO by the
	(FISMA)			United States Department of
				Agriculture. Both Office 365 for
				Enterprise and O365-ITAR received
				FISMA-Moderate level ATO.
				Microsoft offers a comprehensive
				standard Data Processing
				Agreement (DPA) to all customers.
	Data Processing	Yes		DPA addresses privacy, security and
	Agreement			handling of customer data. Our
				standard Data Processing
				Agreement enables customers to
				comply with their local regulations.

Work Management Service	Yes	Yes
Performance	Yes	Yes
Improvements

Browser:				Software requirements for
				PS_2nd_CurrentVer
	Internet Explorer 8	Yes	Yes
	Internet Explorer 9	Yes	Yes
	Internet Explorer	Yes	Yes
	10
	Internet Explorer	Yes	Yes
	11
	FireFox	Yes	Yes	Latest released version
	Mac Safari	Yes	Yes	Latest released version
	Google Chrome	Yes	Yes	Latest released version
Server-side scheduling	Microsoft Project
	Server Calculation	Yes	Yes
engine
	Service 2013
SharePoint and Project		Yes	Yes
App model
New Enterprise Project
Types:
	SharePoint Tasks	Yes	Yes
	List
	Enterprise Project	Yes	Yes
Authentication and
Authorization:
	Claims	Yes	Yes
	Authentication
	Classic	Yes	Yes
	Authentication

		Office 365 mapping of CSA
Office 365 Security:		Security, Compliance and Privacy
		Cloud Control Matrix requirements
Greater than 15
years of experience
in providing	Yes
security for online
data
		The Security Development Lifecycle
		(SDL) is a software development
Secure		security assurance process
		consisting of security practices
Development	Yes
		grouped by seven phases: training,
Lifecycle
		requirements, design,
		implementation, verification,
		release, and response.

				For more information,
				see Microsoft Security
				Development Lifecycle.
				Moving productivity services to the
				cloud requires a serious
				consideration of security and
				privacy issues and technologies.
				Office 365 is designed to deliver
				the enterprise-grade security you
				require to move to the cloud with
				confidence. Our data centers are
	5 Layers of Security	Yes		designed, built, and managed using
				a defense-in-depth strategy at both
				the physical and logical layers, and
				our services are engineered to be
				secure using the Security
				Development Lifecycle.
				For more information, see
				the Security in Office 365 White
				Paper.
	Proactive	Yes
	Monitoring
	Operations Access	Yes
	Restriction
Application Security:				Plan user access in Project Server
				2013
				SharePoint Permission Mode
				creates SharePoint groups that
				directly correspond to the default
				security groups found in Project
				Permission Mode. In SharePoint
				Permission Mode, you cannot edit
				the default permissions assigned to
				any of these SharePoint groups.
	SharePoint			Also, you cannot create additional
				custom groups, categories,
	Permissions
				Resource Breakdown Structure
	Mode:
				(RBS) nodes, or edit the default
				permissions assigned to any of
				these objects. If you need more
				management of your user
				permissions in Project Server 2013,
				you can change to Project
				Permission Mode.
				For more information, see Plan
				user access in Project Server 2013.
		Yes	Yes

	Unified security
	management
	through SharePoint
	Server
	Permissions
	inheritance for	Yes	Yes
	PWA and
	Workspaces
	Direct
	authorization
	against Active	Yes	Yes
	Directory security
	groups
	Claims-based	Yes	Yes
	authorization
	Manage
	authorization by	Yes	Yes
	role-based groups
	Extensible and	Yes	Yes
	customizable
	Project Server			Plan groups, categories, and RBS in
	Permissions
				Project Server 2013
	Mode:
	Claims-based	Yes	Yes
	authorization
	Manage
	authorization by	Yes	Yes
	role-based groups
	Extensible and	Yes	Yes
	customizable
	User delegation	Yes	Yes
	Ability to secure	Yes	Yes
	work resources
	Impersonation	Yes	Yes
	Security filtering
	using the Resource	Yes	Yes
	Breakdown
	Structure
	Custom Security	Yes	Yes
	Categories
Microsoft Excel:
	PWA Import to	Yes	Yes
	Excel 2013

	PWA Import to
	Excel 2010
	PWA Import to
	Excel 2007
Microsoft Word:
	PWA Import to	Yes	Yes
	Word 2013