This guide describes how to migrate Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 from one environment to another one. This scenario is frequently used to duplicate a production environment as a QA or Development environment.
This guide describes the Gateway functionality for syncing Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 with Microsoft Office Project 2007.
This guide describes the workflow functionality and configuration for Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 and provides examples for the workflow setting.
I just wanted to pass on word that starting October 1st, 2008, Michael Jordan (Lead Architect – MCS EPM Global Practice | WW COE for EPM) will present a series of Project Server 2007 webcast on TechNet targeted at IT Professionals.
These 60 minutes webcasts will present in details key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007 specifically:
· Solution Overview and System Elements
· Solution Elements and Data Flow
· Workload Scenarios and Reference Architecture
· Network Communication
· Server Administration
· Maintenance and Monitoring
· Deployment into a SharePoint Server Intranet Farm
· Disaster Recovery
· Virtualization
You need to register for the free of charge webcast by clicking the link; then you get emailed a link to sign on and participate in the web cast on its date and time (please note only the first two webcast are available for registration at this stage).
Each TechNet webcast is recorded for later viewing which should be through the same registration URL.
For a listing of all EPM webcasts on TechNet check the following: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Solution Overview and System Elements
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In this webcast, we introduce the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 solution and the main product components. We describe key concepts such as high availability and scalability, which should be taken into account when planning and deploying Project Server 2007. This introductory webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007. We discuss the main considerations when planning for high-availability deployments—when to scale up and out, points of failure, and software/hardware boundaries.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Solution Elements and Data Flow
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In this webcast, we describe the elements of the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 solution (Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Application Server, Microsoft SQL Server), and we cover Data Flow components and key areas for scalability. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007. We discuss the main considerations when planning for high-availability deployments—when to scale up and out, points of failure, and software/hardware boundaries.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Workload Scenarios and Reference Architecture
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Workload Scenarios and Reference Architecture to help you plan your deployment. We discuss typical product operations broken out by user roles and how it affect performance. We present typical reference architecture based on key capacity planning characteristics. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Network Communication
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Network Communication and specifically ports, protocols and network traffic. We present network considerations when deploying Project Server and Project Professional 2007, this includes an overview of the Project Professional's Active Cache mechanism. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Server Administration
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Server Administration best practices. We discuss SharePoint's Central Administration, Shared Service Provider Administration and Project Web Access Administration. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Maintenance and Monitoring
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Maintenance and Monitoring best practices. This session will cover maintenance plans that should be put in place as well as performance counters that should be monitored. We also discuss how to deploy software updates for both Project Server and Project Professional 2007. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Deployment into a SharePoint Server Intranet Farm
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Deployment best practices into a SharePoint Server intranet farm (out of the box Project Server 2007 is deployed on top of Windows SharePoint Services V3). We discuss SharePoint Server deployment pre-requisites, deployment scenarios and best practices. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Disaster Recovery
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Server Disaster Recovery options and best practices. We discuss how to recover from a catastrophic failure on your SharePoint/Project Server far;, this includes what are the options to recover from a loss of any component of your SharePoint/Project Server farm: SQL server, Application Server, Disk etc … We present farm and database restore options. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 - Virtualization
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This webcast covers Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Server Virtualization best practices using Windows Server 2008's Hyper-V. We discuss deployment best practices with respect to virtualization, including optimum architecture configuration (which component should be deployed on a virtual environment and which ones should be deployed on a physical environment), and how to architect a high availability virtual farm. This webcast is part of a webcast series targeted at IT professionals. In the series, we present in detail key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
11:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. Pacific Time |
Michael Jordan’s Biography
Michael Jordan is the Lead Architect for Microsoft Services’ EPM Global Practice and member of the World Wide Center of Excellence. Michael has been with Microsoft for 8 years serving in technical roles from Application Development, Systems Engineering, SQL Database and Project Management. He has been working with EPM for the last 4 years architecting, troubleshooting and implementing large deployments at priority customer sites. As a member of the EPM Global Practice he performs a role as an extension to the Product Group by providing field feedback, spec reviews, product guidance and running customer programs for marketing initiatives.
Create a custom field
Use this article to learn how to create, import, insert, and rename a custom field.
Watch this: Create a custom field
This video walks you through the process of creating a custom field that is associated with a list, and that uses graphical indicators.
Work with the Gantt Chart view
This article provides information on how to use each part of the Gantt Chart view.
Project Server Quick Reference Guide for project managers
This quick reference guide displays all the tasks a project manager is likely to do with Project Server. A team member version is due out soon.
Podcast: Britney Spears, the ultimate project manager
This is a link to an external podcast about Britney Spears as the ultimate project manager. It is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but makes good points about project management skills in general.
What’s all this talk about Web 2.0
This Office Hours article discusses Web 2.0 and software plus services model.
This is the latest white paper by Chris Vandersluis in the "From the Trenches — Deploying the EPM Solution in the Real World" column on the Project Server TechCenter page.
This downloadable, 37-page document provides IT administrators with information about how to set up Project Server 2007 in a Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environment.
This chapter describes best practices for creating database maintenance plans for Project Server 2007 databases.
Plan for using Project Server 2007 in a Hyper-V virtual environment
This article compares virtual server environments to physical server environments and explains special considerations for deploying and using Microsoft Office Project 2007 in a virtual server environment.
Manage Active Directory synchronization in Project Server 2007
This article has been updated to include additional best practices and resource references.
I just wanted to leave a note on here for readers that we are currently working on getting a Project Server Hyper-V guide published within the next couple weeks.
This week expect to see a "newly published" post that includes a link to a new article on TechNet titled "Using Project Server 2007 in a Hyper-V virtual environment".
Watch this: Use lag and lead time
This demo shows how to use lag and lead time to create gaps and overlaps between tasks in a project.
Watch this: Show the critical path
This demo shows you several ways to display a project’s critical tasks. It also shows how to display multiple critical paths in a single project.
Create work breakdown structure (WBS) codes
This topic has been updated with more information about basic view usage.
Set lead or lag time (float) between tasks
This topic has had a number of terms added to make it more searchable from the perspective of the PMBOK.
Use templates in Project 2007
More information on templates.
Report Data Service optimizations for custom fields
This article provides some tips and examples that can help optimize custom reporting solutions built for the Reporting Database (RDB) of Office Project Server 2007. If you are interested in building custom views or applying custom indexes on any views in the RDB, read this article for some helper stored procedures that can be used in conjunction with your solutions.
Best practices for viewing proposals
This article describes best practices for configuring the Proposals and Activities page in Project Web Access, including tips for obtaining best performance.
Connect with other Project users
Connecting with the community of Project users has now gotten more interesting with the addition of more community resources.
Project functions for custom fields
Examples have been added to this popular article to you customize Project functions and fields.
Use Project 2007 on Office Live
You can now use Office Live to share Project files.
Watch this: Create an inter-project dependency
Watch the video on creating relationships between groups in your organization through Project dependencies.
Watch This: Split a view
Work like the pros. Learn now to split a few for easy task and resource manipulation.
The Infrastructure Update for Project Server 2007 (and Project Professional 2007) has been released and is now available for download. For a thorough explanation of the Project Infrastructure Update including download information, installation instructions, FAQ's, and links to knowledge base articles, I suggest reading Christophe Fiessinger's Blog or the Office Project Blog.
Published the week of July 14, 2008
Project Server 2007 Infrastructure Update Release
This white paper covers the new features and changes associated with the Project Client and Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project 2007.
Deploy the Infrastructure Update for Office Project Server 2007
This article describes how to install the Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.
Report Data Service optimizations for custom fields
This article provides some tips and examples that can help optimize custom reporting solutions built for the Reporting Database (RDB) of Office Project Server 2007. If you are interested in building custom views or applying custom indexes on any views in the RDB, read this article for some helper stored procedures that can be used in conjunction with your solutions.
Updated the week of July 14, 2008
Back up and restore your farm (Project Server 2007)
With the new Infrastructure Update, the globally unique identifier (GUID) and change log of each content database are retained when you restore or re-attach the database. Therefore, if you are reattaching a recent database version, Search does not need to perform a full crawl to integrate the reattached content database. This is a substantial improvement over the RTM release of the product.
TechNet Content
Best practices for managing the Microsoft Office Project Server Queue Service
This article describes best practices for managing and troubleshooting the Queue system in Office Project Server 2007.
View the ULS logs for queue job entries
This article describes how to view Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 queue job entries in the ULS logs. It can be used in conjunction with the Manage Queue page in Project Web Access Server settings to help troubleshoot queue job issues.
Configure maximum job processor threads for the Project Server Queue service
This article provides guidance about how to configure the maximum job processor threads for each queue type for the Project Server queue service.
WhitePaper: A phased approach to deploying Enterprise Project Management
This whitepaper by Chris Vandersluis provides business decision makers, network administrators, and Project Server administrators guidance about various challenges you can face when planning to deploy the Enterprise Project Management solution in your environment. It is the feature article of the From the Trenches – Deploying EPM in the Real World column available on the Project Server 2007 TechCenter.
Back up and restore the Shared Services Provider
This article gives you an overview of the task of backing up and restoring the Shared Services Provider for Project Server 2007, and includes task requirements and best practices.
Back up the Shared Services Provider
This article provides procedural steps for backing up the Shared Services Provider for Project Server 2007, and includes task requirements.
Restore the Shared Services Provider
This article provides procedural steps for restoring the Shared Services Provider for Project Server 2007, and includes task requirements.
Demo Videos
Watch this: Use lag and lead time
This demo shows how to use lag and lead time to create gaps and overlaps between tasks in a project.
Watch this: Create a project
This demo shows how to create a project, set project properties, and set file properties.
Watch this: Set up a recurring task
This demo shows how to create a task that repeats on a set schedule throughout a project.
Watch this: Split a task
This demo shows how to interrupt a task, creating a gap between two portions of the task. It also shows how to move the entire split task, adjust the length of the gap created by the split, and rejoin the split portions of the task to remove the gap.
Watch this: Insert a task
This demo shows how to insert a new task between two existing tasks in a project.
Watch this: Group tasks or resources
This demo shows how to group tasks, remove the grouping, and create a new resource group using multiple criteria.
Watch this: Create a cross-project link
This demo shows how to create task dependencies across separate Project 2007 files.
Watch this: Link tasks in your project
This demo shows how to create task dependencies within a single project, and how to adjust the link type for the dependency.
