How to Add Holidays in Microsoft Project

Quick summary

Adding holidays in Microsoft Project ensures your project schedule automatically accounts for non-working days, preventing inaccurate task deadlines. You do this by creating calendar exceptions in the Change Working Time dialog under the Project tab.

Steps

1. Open Microsoft Project and go to the Project tab in the top ribbon.
2. Click Change Working Time.
3. In the For calendar dropdown, select Standard.
4. Click the Exceptions tab below the calendar.
5. Enter the name, start date, and finish date for the holiday.
6. Click Details to configure additional settings.
7. Set the working times to match your requirements.
8. Click OK to save the added holidays.