Microsoft Project, commonly abbreviated as MSP, MSOP or WinProj, is a project management software program, created and sold by Microsoft, which is intended to support a project manager in developing plans, managing budget, analyzing workloads, assigning resources to tasks and tracking progress. MS Project was the company's third Microsoft Windows-based application, and within a couple of years from its release, it became the dominant PC-based project management software. Microsoft Project 95 was the first to use common Office menus. Although branded as a member of the Microsoft Office family, it never has been included in any of the Office suites, like Visio. It is available presently in two editions, Standard and Professional; both editions are available either as 32 or 64bit options. MS Project's owned file format is .mpp. Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server are the foundations of the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) product. Microsoft Project 2010 features the Ribbon user interface.
The Microsoft Project Template is known of having .mpt file extension. It is classified as a data file template connected with the Microsoft Project. The default project template file bears the filename "Global.mpt." when it is saved. It is a master template file that contains formatting information of all projects, framework for a deadline schedule, a table utilized for delegating jobs or a ledger sheet that can hold budget information for a particular project. When a document is saved for a particular project, the file extension changes to .mpp and the .mpt file is ready for use again. It has a form that can be utilized for the same or different projects. The MPT file extension as being a marker, informing that the file is accessible with Microsoft Project or a compatible program. Files in the MPT file format can be accessed with Moos Project Viewer and MPXJ programs in Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux platforms.
MOOS Project Viewer is a document viewer for Microsoft Project that enables users to access and view in a dynamic way and prints any Microsoft Project file. It is working on any Java enabled platform including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. A viewer for Microsoft Project is a software application that anyone can use to access and view Microsoft Project files. However, Microsoft did not develop nor create a viewer for its Microsoft Project product; it is produced by Stand by Soft. A file with .mpp extension is connected to a data file format of Microsoft Project which was produced by Microsoft Corporation. This project management software program is created to support project managers in managing budgets, developing plans, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, and analyzing workloads. It is also utilized as a management tool in order to manage limited resources to foresee and lower down the possible shortfalls in resource allocation, also with the current statuses in both pictorial and numerical format for presentation updates. MPP files can be accessed with Moos Project Viewer and Stand by Rational Plan in Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux and Web platforms.