MS-900 Describe Microsoft 365 apps and services Practice Question
A project manager needs to create a visual timeline of project tasks, dependencies, and milestones to share with stakeholders. The timeline should be embedded in the project team's SharePoint site. Which Microsoft 365 app should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse Planner's 'Board view' and 'Charts' (which show simple bar charts) with a true Gantt timeline, but Planner cannot display task dependencies or milestones in a timeline format.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Microsoft Project for the web
Microsoft Project for the web is the correct choice because it is designed specifically for creating Gantt charts that visualize project tasks, dependencies, and milestones over a timeline. It integrates directly with SharePoint, allowing the timeline to be embedded as a web part on a team site for stakeholder viewing.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Microsoft Planner
Why it's wrong here
Planner is a Kanban-style task board that organizes work into buckets, cards, checklists, and assignments within a Microsoft 365 group. It lacks a Gantt-chart timeline view, does not support defining task dependencies or successor chains, and cannot calculate a critical path. Because the question specifically asks for a visual timeline of project task dependencies, Planner's board-only model is insufficient.
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Microsoft Project for the web
Why this is correct
Project for the web is the Microsoft 365 solution that provides a true interactive timeline (Gantt) view of tasks, where you can set predecessor/successor dependencies and milestones, and it calcs scheduling automatically. It is cloud-based and can be embedded in a SharePoint page for broader visibility, making it the only listed tool that fulfills the requirement of visualizing task dependencies over time.
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Microsoft To Do
Why it's wrong here
To Do is a personal task management app designed for an individual’s daily checklists and reminders, such as My Day and flagged emails from Outlook. It does not create a shared project workspace, cannot represent multiple team members’ assignments on a timeline, and has no concept of dependency-driven scheduling. Therefore it is not a project timeline tool at all.
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Microsoft Lists
Why it's wrong here
Lists is a flexible data-tracking service for custom lists of records, like inventories, issue logs, or event schedules, often displayed in grid, calendar, or board views. While you could manually create a list of dates, Lists lacks a Gantt visualization and has no built-in capability to model task dependencies or compute a schedule, so it is not a project-scheduling tool.
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