Importing a Project from MS Project

Bringing projects into Office from Microsoft Project allows project plans that already exist to be easily leveraged and shared with a team.

1. Click on the Project icon to open the Project Portfolio.
2. Click on the More Options“…” icon in the top navigation to access the More Options menu, and select Import Project from the dropdown menu.
   
   
   
3. The Import Project screen will open.
   
   
   
4. In the Project Scope section, select if this is a Personal, Team, or Enterprise project.
5. Click the Project Owner & Team to display a list of owners. The Select Owner screen appears.
   
   

   a.	Select the appropriate owner or click Add Member.
   b.	Click the Back arrow to return to the Import Project screen.

6. Click the Import button.
7. The file explorer screen will open. Navigate to the MS Project file to upload, and click Open.
   
   
8. Office will then import the project file, and display the Project Importing… screen.  The process could take several minutes.  Select OK, and a notification will be sent when import is complete.
   
   
9. When import is complete the Project Import Complete screen will display. Select yes to view  the project in the portfolio, or no to open later.
   
   NOTE: If No is selected, you may need to refresh your browser before the project will be visible in Office.