Professional development/Project management/MS Project Guide

Getting the software

Lab computers

All lab computers in engineering have the Microsoft (MS) Project 2016 software which can be accessed through the Start menu.

Computer labs: https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-engineering/it-services

Personal computers

It can also be downloaded on Windows computers for free from the Azure portal:

  1. Go to https://portal.azure.com/
  2. Click on Education in the list of services.
  3. Select Software from the menu on the left.
     
    Azure education menu
  4. Click on the purple banner at the top of the page and register for the Azure for Students program (login with your uOttawa student email).
  5. Come back to the Software page if you were not redirected back (https://portal.azure.com/?Microsoft_Azure_Education_correlationId=6cb9980f-cd02-447e-b21e-2b1cb5904430#view/Microsoft_Azure_Education/EducationMenuBlade/~/software) and you should see a longer list of available softwares.
  6. Type 'project' in the search bar and select 'Project Professional 2019'.
     
    Search result in Azure softwares
  7. Download the software (you may need to be connected to eduroam if it does not work from home). When the download is complete install the software.
    1. You may need to reinstall Microsoft Office on your computer for the installation to work.

Learn to use the software