What is an MPP file? An MPP file is a project created by Microsoft Project, a program for organizing, tracking, and maintaining projects. It contains a timeline, a list of tasks, budgets, resources assigned to tasks, and other project information. MPP files are often utilized to store workloads, schedules, and finances.

More Information MPP file open in Housatonic Project Viewer 365 Microsoft released Project in 1984 to manage projects, develop schedules, set budgets, and allocate resources. The MPP format is the native file type associated with Microsoft Project and stores project information when saving a project. Since 1984, Microsoft has released different versions of Project and the MPP format. You can view the following list to check the versions of MPP files supported by different versions of Project: MS Project 98 can open Project 4.x and Project 98 files. MS Project 2000 can open Project 98 and Project 2000 files. MS Project 2002 can open Project 98, Project 2000, and Project 2002 files. MS Project 2003 can open Project 98, 2000, 2002, and 2003 files. MS Project 2007 can open Project 98, 2000-2003, and 2007 files. MS Project 2010 can open Project 98, 2000-2003, 2007, and 2010 files. MS Project 2013 can open Project 2000-2003, 2007, 2010, and 2013 files. MS Project 2016 can open Project 2000-2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 files. MS Project 2019 can open Project 2000-2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 files.