Project Professional 2010 (Academic)

Called the most significant Project release in a decade. Try it and see what the buzz is about.

Project Professional 2010 is fresh, simple and intuitive. But don't let that fool you — it's got deep capabilities that simplify the most complex projects and programs.

What's New in Project Professional 2010?

Visually enhanced Timeline view Stay on top of key dates and deadlines — a clear view makes every plan its best.

A simple and intuitive Team Planner Visually select the right mix of people and resources — it's now as easy as drag and drop with Team Planner

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• User-controlled scheduling

• At-a-glance resource management

• Easier collaboration

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Poised for the ascent, Microsoft Project 2010 offers flexibility and choice for individuals, teams and the enterprise to effectively manage all types of work — from simple tasks to complex projects and programs. Project 2010 delivers innovative new capabilities:

• From a simple and intuitive user experience — plan, schedule and successfully complete important work.

• Enhance productivity using a sophisticated yet easy-to-use tool with built in reporting and powerful collaboration capabilities.

• Select the right projects, optimize scarce resources and manage costs with unified project and portfolio management.

• Built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010, choose a flexible and powerful work management solution that integrates, extends, and scales for the enterprise.

Effectively Plan, Collaborate & Deliver

Microsoft Project Professional 2010 offers a powerful, visually enhanced way to effectively manage a wide range of projects and programs. From meeting crucial deadlines, to selecting the right resources and empowering your teams, Project Professional 2010 delivers new and intuitive experiences to simply plan, manage and collaborate with individuals, teams and the enterprise.

Better, more productive experiences

New task-based graphical menus with familiar and essential functions make it easy to create and manage projects. Combining the ease of a tool like Microsoft Excel with the powerful Project scheduling engine, Project Professional 2010 puts you in control.

Easier to see and share

With a completely new and visually enhanced timeline view, you'll have a clearer view of tasks, milestones and phases. Expanded color palettes and text effects help you make every timeline visually effective to see and share important dates and deliverables.

Resource managing at-a-glance

See the right mix of people and resources — simply drag and drop to effectively plan tasks for your entire team and project. Quickly solve problems by identifying unscheduled or unassigned tasks and be visually alerted to potential problems.

Connect and collaborate

Connect your teams with Microsoft SharePoint® Foundation 2010 synchronization so team members can easily update task status. Add Microsoft Project Server 2010 and get the capabilities of end-to-end project and portfolio management.