MICROSOFT PROJECTMODULE 10 – PROJECT SERVER

CLASS DETAILS

• JEREMY CALLINAN

• FRIDAY, 5/15/15

• FRIDAY, 5/22/15

• FRIDAY, 5/29/15

• ALL SESSIONS: 8:30 AM UNTIL 12:30 PM

PROJECT SERVER• MICROSOFT EXTENDS THE CAPABILITIES OF MICROSOFT PROJECT WITH PROJECT

SERVER AND PROJECT WEB APP (PWA, FORMERLY PROJECT WEB ACCESS). MICROSOFT PROJECT SERVER STORES PROJECT INFORMATION IN A CENTRAL SQL SERVER DATABASE, PROTECTED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND CORRUPTION. A PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR CAN CONTROL SECURITY DEFINING USERS AND ACCESS RIGHTS.

• THE PROJECT CENTER SUPPORTS REPORTS ACROSS AN ORGANIZATION AT THE PROJECT LEVEL. MANAGERS CAN DRILL DOWN INTO PROJECT DETAILS. TASKS, PROJECTS AND RESOURCES CAN HAVE ENTERPRISE CUSTOM FIELDS DEFINED (SIMILAR TO CUSTOM FIELDS IN THE MICROSOFT PROJECT DESKTOP APPLICATION).

• THE PROJECT MANAGER NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE PROJECT PLANS AND TO DISTRIBUTE TASK ASSIGNMENTS TO TEAM MEMBERS. THE ASSIGNMENT OF TASKS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO TEAM MEMBER HOME PAGES IN PWA. THEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE STATUS AND CHANGES TO KEEP THE PROJECT MANAGER UP TO DATE. PROJECT SERVER SUPPORTS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OVER THE WEB VIA PWA. TEAM MEMBERS CAN UPDATE THEIR TASKS' STATUS VIA PWA AND THE MY TASKS LIST OR VIA A TIME SHEET.

• RESOURCE WORKLOADS CAN BE ANALYZED BY PROJECT AND BY RESOURCE WITH THE RESOURCE CENTER, ALLOWING ORGANIZATIONS TO FORECAST FUTURE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES.

• THE VIEW DEFINITION IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND MORE ROBUST WITH PWA THAN WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT. VIEWS CAN BE PROTECTED TO ASSIST STANDARDIZATION. PROJECT SERVER STORES CUSTOM CALENDARS, VIEWS, TABLES, FILTERS, AND FIELDS, IN AN ENTERPRISE GLOBAL AREA WHERE USERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE LATEST VERSION EVERY TIME THEY RESTART MICROSOFT PROJECT.

• FOR EACH PUBLISHED PROJECT IN MICROSOFT PROJECT A PROJECT WORKSPACE CAN BE CREATED. A PROJECT WORKSPACE IS A MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT TEAMSITE WHERE THE PROJECT TEAM CAN SHARE DOCUMENTS, ISSUES AND RISKS.

BASIC TERMINOLOGY

Project Web App

Project Services Application

Project Databas

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Project Client Project Site

MINIMUM SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Lync 2010 (Optional)

Project Professional Windows 7 or 8

TechNet

IE8 or latest version of Firefox, Chrome or Safari

Exchange Server 2013 (Optional)

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

3 BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS

Web Front Ends (WFE)

Application Servers (App Servers)

Database Severs(SQL Servers)

WORKFLOW

WorkflowAuthor

User

Visual Studio

Visio

SharePoint Designer SharePoint Azure

Workflow

ProjectWeb App

CustomIdeationWorkflow

EVENT SERVICE

Web Front End

Web Front End

Web Front End

App

App

Event Service

Event Service

Azure/Local

Update Resource

Update Resource

Update ResourceUserUpdates a Resource

DATA MOVEMENT

Draft / Working

PM creates/saves

a project

Publish Reporting

Archive

Content

Project ClientProject Details

Task List on Project Site

Project CenterMy TasksTimesheets

ExcelSQL Reporting Services