In Project Plan 365 app you can share a project as a link, as a PDF or as MPP file.

For more information about the Share functionality and its benefits, please see the Share Project Plans with Others page, which also includes a video.

Is the real-time collaboration feature available only for the Business Subscription or also with the Standard Subscription?

The real-time collaboration mode is possible only with the Business Subscription. Each team member that wants to collaborate needs to have the Editor role in organization and must have access to that project (if the project belongs to a division).

In order to format the rows in Real-Time Collaboration, select a task/multiple tasks or a cell/multiple cell, then go to the Format menu – Font option. Another way to access “Font” dialog is to select a task/multiple tasks or a cell/multiple cell, right click on them and from the contextual menu select "Font" option. A dialog will appear from which you can make the desired format changes.

Why I can't use the"Real time collaboration" feature?

First, you need to Sign In with your email and password inside Project Plan 365 application. You can get a link to your project only if it is saved on a cloud platform by clicking menu Team Share - Share or menu File – Share. Viewing and updating the project require authentication on the cloud platforms or SharePoint, respectively, and permissions need to be granted there, otherwise, the application will warn the team members that they do not have enough rights to view/update the MPP file. 

To enter in Real-Time Collaboration mode, first, you need to Sign In with your email and password inside Project Plan 365 app with an Editor account. Go to the menu Share – Real-Time Collaboration or click on the Real-Time Collaboration Toggle in the Quick Access Toolbar. If your file is not saved in Drive 365 cloud, you will be asked to save the file in Drive 365 and then the mpp file will be opened in Real-Time Collaboration mode.

In order to evaluate the real-time collaboration feature, please start a 30 days Business Trial on our Project Plan 365 Portal. Then, Sign In with your email and password inside the Project Plan 365 app and open a file previously saved in My Projects - Drive 365 cloud service. Then, enable the Collaboration by going inside the application to menu Share - Real-Time Collaboration.

The list of users who are in real-time collaboration mode at the same time is shown above the grid.

You can customize the inactivity period before the file in real-time collaboration mode closes. In order to do that, go to the File menu and select Options. Select the Advanced tab and from General Options, customize the Collaboration Timeout as you desire. For changes to take effect, click OK. The minimum value for the collaboration timeout option is 5 minutes and the maximum is 120 minutes.