Editing Microsoft Project (section)

{{Short description|Project management software}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Microsoft Project
| logo = Microsoft Project (2019–present).svg
| screenshot = Microsoft Project screenshot.png
| caption = Microsoft Project 2021 screenshot, showing a blank project
| released = {{start date and age|1984}}
| ver layout = stacked
|license=Proprietary
| latest release version = {{Latest stable software release/Microsoft Office}}
| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| platform = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[Project management software]]
| website = {{URL|www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software}}
}}

{{Infobox
| bodystyle        = width:314px
| title            = Native file formats
| image            = [[File:.mpp icon.svg|x75px]] [[File:.mpt icon.svg|x75px]]
| caption          = Icons for <code>[[MPP (file format)|.mpp]]</code> (left) and <code>.mpt</code> (right) files
| label1           = [[MPP (file format) | MPP]]
| data1            = Project
| label2           = MPT
| data2            = Template
| label3           = MPD
| data3            = Database
| label4           = MPW
| data4            = Workspace
| label5           = MPX
| data5            = Project Exchange (Discontinued<ref>[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270139 "PRJ: Description of the MPX Project File Exchange Format"]. Microsoft. Retrieved November 12, 2021.</ref>)
| label6           = MSPDI
| data6            = XML-based Project Data Interchange
}}

'''Microsoft Project''' is a [[project management software]] product, developed and sold by [[Microsoft]].  It is designed to assist a [[project manager]] in developing a [[schedule]], assigning [[Resource (project management)|resources]] to tasks, tracking progress, managing the [[budget]], and analyzing workloads.

Microsoft Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application. Within a few years after its launch, it became the dominant PC-based project management software.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} From 2015 to 2020 it was the most popular application for project management according to Project Management Zone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://project-management.zone/ranking/planning |title=Project Planning Tools – Popularity Ranking |publisher=Project Management Zone |access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref>

It is part of the [[Microsoft 365]] family but has never been included in any of the suites of [[Microsoft Office]] or Microsoft 365. It is available currently as a cloud-based solution with three price levels (Plan 1, Plan 3, or Plan 5): or as a on-premises solution with three editions (Standard, Professional, and Server). Microsoft Project's [[Proprietary format|proprietary file format]] is ''.mpp.''

Microsoft Project and [[Microsoft Project Server]] are the cornerstones of the [[Microsoft Office]] [[enterprise project management]] (EPM) product.