Microsoft 365 : New Feature – Microsoft Project usage data is available in Microsoft Admin Center

Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage Report - Microsoft Project - Project Activity detailed report
Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage Report - Microsoft Project - Project Activity detailed report

Hi All,

Greetings for the day!!!

Today small but useful new feature related to Microsoft Project

New Feature : Microsoft Project usage data is available in Microsoft Admin Center

Details:

  • Project usage data is included in the Microsoft Admin Center Customer facing usage reports
  • These reports are used to see the activity and usage of Project in our environment

What are usage reports:

  • Microsoft 365 usage reports show how our organization users are using Microsoft 365 services
  • These reports are available for the last 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, and 180 days
  • Data won’t exist for all reporting periods right away. The reports become available within 48 hours

Permissions required to view the usage reports

  • Users having following permissions can view the reports
    • Global Administrator
    • Global Reader
    • Exchange Admin
    • SharePoint Admin
    • Usage Summary Reports reader
    • Reports reader
    • Teams Administrator
    • Teams Communications Administrator

How to view Microsoft Project usage data in Microsoft 365 admin center

fig : Microsoft 365 - Navigating to - https://portal.office.com
fig : Microsoft 365 – Navigating to – https://portal.office.com
  • From office portal, from left pane click on “Admin” link as shown in above fig
  • On click of “Admin” link we will navigated to “Microsoft 365 admin center” as shown in below fig

fig : Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 admin center
fig : Microsoft 365 – Microsoft 365 admin center
  • To navigate to “Usage report” from Microsoft 365 admin center – from left pane – Expand “Reports” section as shown in above fig
  • Click on “Usage” link as shown in above fig
  • On click of “Usage” link we will be navigated to – reportsUsage page as shown in below fig
fig : Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage Report
fig : Microsoft 365 – Microsoft 365 admin center – Usage Report

  • On reportsUsage page , scroll down to bottom
  • On bottom of page we will see “Microsoft Project” section as shown in below fig

fig : Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage Report - Microsoft Project
fig : Microsoft 365 – Microsoft 365 admin center – Usage Report – Microsoft Project

  • On reportsUsage page, under “Microsoft Project” we will see report for “active users” as shown in above fig
  • We have an option to choose for both the platforms – Microsoft Project Desktop and Microsoft Project Web as shown in above fig
  • To have detailed report please click on “View more” button
  • On click on “View more” we will be navigating to “ProjectActivity” page as shown in below fig

fig : Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage Report - Microsoft Project - Project Activity detailed report
fig : Microsoft 365 – Microsoft 365 admin center – Usage Report – Microsoft Project – Project Activity detailed report
  • The above report shows following charts
    • Active users
      • Shows the daily active users on each day over time
      • Currently, this includes only Project for the Web and Project Online desktop client
    • Active users (by client)
      • Shows the daily active users on each day over time, broken out by client (Project for the Web vs. Project Online desktop client)
    • Project Activity
      • Shows the number of daily sessions of Project over time, for each client (Project for the Web and Project Online desktop client)
    • Task activity
      • Shows you the daily number of tasks created or edited over time in Project for the Web
  • The report also has a table that shows activity for each project user in your environment

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID93278

fig : Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Roadmap Id - 93278 - Microsoft Project: Usage data now in Microsoft Admin Center
fig : Microsoft 365 – Microsoft 365 Roadmap Id – 93278 – Microsoft Project: Usage data now in Microsoft Admin Center

Thanks for reading !!! Please feel free to discuss / suggestions / share thoughts !!!

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Prasham Sabadra

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