Microsoft provides MPP import for transferring data from Project Online to Planner Premium (Project for the web), however, there is a large number of associated limitations and data quality issues with MPP import that are solved by FluentPro Project Migrator.
The table below represents the comparison of the supported features for data migration between these two systems using the Microsoft MPP import feature and FluentPro Project Migrator.
Capability |
Microsoft MPP Import |
FluentPro Project Migrator |
Automatic Migration |
X |
Y |
Migrating Multiple Projects |
X |
Y |
Migrating Directly from Microsoft Project Online |
X |
Y |
Project Update / Re-migration |
X |
Y |
O365 Groups Provisioning Mode |
X |
Y |
Automatic Resource & User Mapping to existing Resources |
X |
Y |
Creating Local Resources |
X |
Y |
Accurate Handling for Manual Tasks |
X |
Y |
Flexible Task Fields Mapping |
X |
Y |
Support of the Task Custom Fields in Planner Premium |
X |
Y |
Support of Calendar Time zones |
X |
Y |
Automatic Project Calendar Mapping |
X |
Y |
Handling of Planner Premium Platform Limitations |
X |
Y |
Offered at a very affordable price level, Project Migrator is superior to the manual Microsoft Planner Premium MPP file import. Project Migrator will save you 90% of the time on your migration while providing outstanding data error handling, resource, task and calendar mapping.