How Information is Synchronized

When you synchronize Microsoft Project with Project Management, you are updating information in Microsoft Project with information from Project Management. The information that is updated depends on the synchronization mode. In Project Management-controlled mode, both planned and actuals information in Microsoft Project is updated with information from Project Management. In shared control mode, only actuals information in Microsoft Project is updated with information from Project Management.

When you synchronize Project Management with Microsoft Project, you are updating information in Project Management with information from Microsoft Project. The information that is updated depends on the synchronization mode. In Microsoft Project-controlled mode, both planned and actuals information in Project Management is updated with information from Microsoft Project. In shared control mode, only planning information in Project Management is updated with information from Microsoft Project.

In some cases, fields in Project Management are not mapped exactly to fields in Microsoft Project or vice versa. The following sections, broken down by information type (planned or actuals), provide additional considerations about the mapped fields during synchronization.