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Altus: Your AI-enabled, enterprise PMO platform, purpose-built for Microsoft 365.

If you’re looking for a modern, Microsoft based, AI-enabled PPM platform but want to keep using tools like MS Project Desktop, Altus gives you the best of both worlds. Built on the Microsoft Power Platform, with two-way native integration to MS Project Desktop and Microsoft Planner, Altus unifies all your projects and schedules, giving you organisation-wide visibility and access in one, secure place. 

With Altus you get: 

  • A native, secure Microsoft 365 experience 
  • Inbuilt AI and Microsoft Copilot capabilities 
  • Adaptive project management 
  • Strategic portfolio management 
  • Advanced scheduling 
  • Comprehensive resource management 
  • Real-time reports and dashboards 
  • Configuration, customisation and business systems integration 

 

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Leverage your full Microsoft ecosystem

Sensei has an exclusive commitment to the Microsoft platform because we choose to partner with the best and bring this value to our clients.

If you are looking to implement Microsoft work and project solutions or want to leverage the investment you’ve already made in Microsoft technology, Sensei is here to work with you, bringing our experience, thought leadership and best practice to help your organisation make the best decision for now and into the future. And we’ll get you up and running quickly.

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Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner is well known as an entry level collaborative work and task management tool with a user-friendly interface, suitable for lightweight work delivery and simple, task-based projects. It’s ideal for informal project managers and small teams that need to collaborate.

Features include:

  • Microsoft Teams integration
  • List and board views
  • Simple filters and task buckets
  • Ability to sort by individual tasks or plans
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Meet the new Microsoft Planner Premium

Microsoft Planner Premium is a single, unified, collaborative work management experience. Built on the Microsoft Power Platform, it brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, the power of Microsoft Project for the web, and the intelligence of Microsoft Copilot into a single, simple solution that spans individual task management to professional project management needs. 

Project execution

  • Collaborative work management 
  • Project goals
  • Backlog and sprints
  • Roadmaps
  • Baselines and critical path
  • Advanced dependencies, lead and lag
  • Timeline (Gantt view)

Project & portfolio management

  • Resource requests, management & allocation
  • Project financials, budgets, costings
  • Configured templates
  • Real-time reports
  • Program & portfolio views

Microsoft integration

  • Access all work in Microsoft Teams
  • Harness the power of Copilot in Planner
  • Microsoft 365 security, compliance, data privacy,
    accessibility and customer support
These capabilities make it ideal for project managers, team leaders, and organisations aiming to enhance productivity and collaboration by leveraging their Microsoft technology investment.

Sensei has implemented Planner Premium for a range of organisations and is happy to discuss how this latest Microsoft solution could work for you.
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Integrate and upgrade with Altus

Sensei implements the full range of Power Platform solutions recommended by Microsoft for replacing its legacy project platforms. If you used Microsoft Project Online or are using Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition (PSSE), Altus is your modern, 1:1 replacement platform. 

Altus also fully integrates with Microsoft’s current project toolset including Planner Premium and MS Project Desktop to provide the next logical step in your PPM maturity journey. 

Whether you’re ready to step up to more advanced Microsoft tools, want to explore an enterprise build, or integrate AI into your processes, we can give you a seamless transition, delivering a solution that meets your needs today, leverages your Microsoft technology investment and sets you up for future growth.

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Transitions from Project Server Subscription Edition

Project Server Subscription Edition (PSSE) is Microsoft’s legacy on‑premises PPM platform for organisations that need full data residency control and mature scheduling and resource management. 

If your organisation is using PSSE or migrated to it from Project Online as an interim step, Sensei can work with you to upgrade to a modern, AI-enabled Microsoft365 solution. Capabilities like advanced capacity planning, strict governance, granular permissions, and predictable performance for bespoke integrations can be transitioned alongside all required data, information and in-flight projects.   

Sensei ensures you maintain delivery continuity, have access to historical project information and keep working in familiar toolsets, while gaining the benefits of a modern PPM platform designed to support future growth. 

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Dynamics 365 Project Operations

Built for project-centric businesses using a single AI-powered application, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations is an end-to-end solution that integrates sales, resource management, project management, and accounting into a single platform built on the Power Platform.  

It manages the entire project lifecycle, from winning deals and planning projects to delivering them and reconciling effort and income. Key features include resource scheduling, cost and revenue tracking, time and expense management, and integration with other Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications and Microsoft Teams for enhanced collaboration and insights.

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Upgrades and migrations

Time to review your current tools? We partner with you to determine your next steps and how to achieve them. Whether you are using a long-time solution, like Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition, or a range of spreadsheets, legacy tools and platforms, Sensei works with you to achieve the right outcome for your organisation, ensuring your systems are secure, future ready and optimised for your needs. 

Whether exploring Planner, Planner Premium or Altus, which integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Project Desktop, we guide you through the process of assessing and selecting the right replacement solution and step out an effective data and project migration plan.

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Get the whitepaper: The next generation of Microsoft PPM

Prepared by our PPM and Microsoft technology experts, this whitepaper provides an in-depth exploration of Microsoft’s PPM toolkit, to help organisations make informed decisions about selecting the right tools. 

You will find detailed comparisons for legacy products – Microsoft Project Online and Project Server Subscription Edition (PSSE) – as well as current options including Planner, Planner Premium and Altus. Also find out more about Dynamics 365  Project Operations for organisations that earn their revenue from a project-centric operational model, and at the Agile technology delivery end, DevOps.

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