ProjectWise V8i Overview Part 2

ProjectWise V8i OverviewPart 2Gary Cochrane

Technical Director – Geospatial Sales NAOU

Review primary modules

• Each solution is comprised of one or more of the following server modules– PW Integration Server– PW Caching Server– PW Web Server– PW Web View Server– PW Publishing Server– PW InterPlot Server

PW “Classic” Configuration

ProjectWiseIntegration Server

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ProjectWiseExplorer Client

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ProjectWiseBrowser Client

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ProjectWiseBrowser Client

Internal LAN

INTERNET

Firewall

DatabaseServer

WindowsDomain Controller

ProjectWiseWeb Server

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DMZ

ProjectWiseCaching Server

ProjectWiseGateway Service

Firewall

User SynchronizationService

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Remote Site

ProjectWiseCaching Server

ProjectWise Web Server

• Optional component included in most deployments– Provides basic content management functionality

• Log-in, search, modify properties, simple check-out• No reference file support, title block support, workspace support,

etc.

– In order to view drawings from browser• Requires addition of ProjectWise Publishing Server

– Intended for “casual” users, not power users• Still requires PW Passport license to access

Multiple Web Configurations

• With V8i Edition, PW Web Server supports two configurations:– Standard Microsoft IIS Web Servers

• User organization designs their web pages, and incorporates PW Web parts using ASPX

– Microsoft SharePoint Web Servers• User Organization designs their web pages, and incorporates PW

Web parts using SharePoint design tools

• In either case, organization purchases PW Web Server

What SharePoint is…

• SharePoint is a collaboration tool from Microsoft– Allows an organization to quickly/easily build

interactive web collaboration sites– Included with Windows 2003 Server

• So basically, it’s free for internal use

– For External Use• Must purchase SharePoint Portal server

– As a collaboration tool, SharePoint provides:• Calendars, lists, tasks, discussions…• And yes, it also provides limited document management

What SharePoint is not…

• SharePoint is not an Engineering Content Management solution– No MicroStation or AutoCAD integration– No Integration with Bentley vertical applications– No plotting integration– No Indexing / full text search (for CAD files)– No distributed storage

• All files stored on SharePoint server

– No publishing / web viewing of CAD documents

Our goal with SharePoint

• Keep the engineering content stored in ProjectWise– And allow it to be accessed from a SharePoint

collaboration site• But, don’t do it by copying (duplicating) the files to SharePoint

Microsoft IIS Web Configuration

ProjectWise Integration Server


ProjectWise Browser User

Windows Server Operating System

Windows Server Operation System

Windows XP, or Vista

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Microsoft Internet Explorer


ProjectWise Publishing Server


SharePoint Web Configuration





Windows XP O/S




SharePoint Web Configuration



ProjectWise Webparts Client



Windows XP or Vista

Microsoft SharePoint Web

Server


ProjectWise WebParts Server


ProjectWise InterPlot Server


Demo

• Overview of 2 clients– ProjectWise Explorer– ProjectWise SharePoint Web client

Introducing ProjectWise StartPoint

• ProjectWise “Lite”– No ProjectWise Server technology involved

• Therefore no advanced functionality

– Uses Microsoft SharePoint as the back-end• Allows MicroStation to edit files stored in SharePoint• Also supports AutoCAD

– Intended for very small workgroups

PW StartPoint Positioning

• No ProjectWise Server technology– Therefore no server cost

• Client requires PW Passport– MicroStation users on SELECT get PW Passport

• Therefore no client cost for MicroStation users

– Possible revenue opportunity for AutoCAD users• Since they don’t have a PW Passport

PW StartPoint Configuration



ProjectWise Browser Client



Windows XP O/S


Server










Windows XP O/S


Server








Windows XP or Vista


Server


MicroStation or AutoCAD

Demo

• ProjectWise StartPoint

Summary

• This should help you understand common ProjectWise Web configuration scenarios– In the last session, we will also look at Geospatial

components of ProjectWise

ProjectWise V8i Overview Part 2

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