How to Add Users to Project Online

ARTICLE SUMMARY

This article outlines the steps on how you can add users to Project Online.

First, you need to add the user to a group called  "O365 Project Online - Resource Pool."

Please note users with E1 license can still be added to Project online.

This AD group is linked to project manager groups on project online and synchronize with PWA every day, however, you can synchronize it manually by doing the steps below:

• Go to the project online site,
• From the top right-hand corner choose the setting gear,
• Then choose PWA setting,
• From the setting page, under Operational Policies choose " Active Directory Resource Pool,"
• Click on "Save and Synchronize Now" and it will synchronize the group to the system.

After synchronization, the users should be added to the users' list. However, you can also add users manually by going to PWA setting and choosing to manage users from the Security category. 

How to add a user to a project/ build the Team

The steps above are to add the users to the project online environment. In order to add a user to a project, for which they are not an owner of the project, manager for that project, or an administrator, follow these steps:

• One of above mentioned titles needs to go into that project.
• Next, from the menu on the top of the page go to the Project tab, and choose Build Team button.
• Then, from the resources column on the left side of the page, choose the user and move it to the right side panel and save the changes.

Please see the screenshots below: