Microsoft Office Project 2007 allows you to use the robust project management tools that blend usability and flexibility to manage projects more effectively. The interactive Project Guide in Project Standard 2007 gives you step-by-step instructions for quickly mastering project management fundamentals. You can also save valuable time by converting existing task lists in Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Outlook into project plans. And you can generate templates for Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 diagrams and Excel 2003, or higher, charts easily based on Project 2007 data, or choose from a list of customizable, ready-to-use report templates.

Office Project Professional 2007 is the desktop client that is used to connect with Office Project Server 2007 as part of the EPM Solution. Office Project Professional 2007 offers all the tools found in Office Project Standard 2007, and when used with Office Project Server 2007, it also provides powerful EPM capabilities such as collaboration, management of shared resources, portfolio management, and reporting across projects and programs run by different project managers.