Microsoft 365 Is Dropping Its Project Usage Report, and Admins Need to Act Before November 20

Microsoft is retiring the Project usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center on December 4, 2026. Administrators who rely on the report to track Project activity will need to export their historical data and switch to alternative reporting tools.

According to Microsoft 365 Message Center notification MC1539001, Microsoft recommends using the Planner usage report to monitor Planner and Planner Premium activity.

Microsoft 365 Project usage report will disappear in December

The Project usage report currently provides activity data for the Project desktop client, Project Online, and Project for the web. Starting December 4, administrators will lose access to the report through the Microsoft 365 admin center, including its historical usage data.

The retirement affects Worldwide and Government Community Cloud (GCC) tenants. Microsoft has not clarified whether the change will also affect GCC High and Department of Defense (DoD) environments.

Administrators should export Project usage data before November 20

Microsoft recommends exporting any required Project usage data before November 20, 2026, to avoid losing access to historical reporting information.

Administrators should also transition to the Planner usage report for Planner and Planner Premium activity and update any internal documentation or reporting processes that reference the retiring Project report.

However, the Planner usage report does not necessarily replace every metric previously available in the Project usage report, particularly data relating to older Project products.

Microsoft Project desktop will remain supported

Microsoft has clarified that the retirement only affects the Project usage report, not the Project desktop application.

The Project desktop client will continue to work as before, with its existing features, project files, and support lifecycle unaffected. The Planner usage report will also remain available.

In other Microsoft news, recent Canada time zone changes have caused Microsoft 365 login problems, while a Microsoft Paint security flaw has raised concerns. Microsoft has also had to address an Excel copy-and-paste bug that returned after an October update.

Via Neowin