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