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Microsoft Project Online Is Retiring: Risk and Opportunity for Utilities
Microsoft announced in the fall of 2025 that it would retire Project Online in September 2026. For many organizations, this may seem to be just another technology sunset. However, for electric and water utilities, this is more than a system change: It’s a moment that demands immediate strategic attention.
Across the utility industry, Project Online has become deeply embedded over the last decade in how teams plan and deliver capital programs, track operational work, and report on portfolio performance. In many cases, it also underpins governance processes, funding decisions and regulatory reporting. Yet many utilities have yet to fully assess what this retirement means for their project data, workflows, integrations and overall project management information system (PMIS) landscape.
