Project Server 2007 

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General information
The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution can help your organization more effectively manage and coordinate work from simple projects to complex programs across the entire project lifecycle. The Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution helps you align people, investments, and work with business priorities; automate project management processes, manage portfolios, and create effective communication and collaboration across the organization; and manage work from ad-hoc projects to complex programs across the entire project lifecycle.

The EPM Solution is based on Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Windows Server. Users access EPM Solution functions through the desktop client Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, the Web interfaces Microsoft Office Project Web Access (which requires Client Access Licenses (CALs) to Project Server 2007) and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Web Access (which requires CALs to Project Portfolio Server 2007), or through integration with other Microsoft Office system or line-of-business applications.

With the Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution, your organization can more effectively manage and coordinate work ranging from one-time projects to complex programs across the entire project life cycle.

Benefits Microsoft Office Project server

Gain Visibility and Insights

  • Budget Tracking and Cost Resources permit better financial insight and tracking.
  • The Proposals capability in Microsoft Office Project Web Access manages plans and activities prior to project approval.
  • The Activity Plan capability of Office Project Web Access helps manage ongoing operations activities after project completion.
  • The Reporting Data Service permits easy user reporting with common business reporting tools such as Microsoft Office Excel.
  • With the Cube Building Service, users can build portfolio analyzer cubes with more data options, for sophisticated analysis and reporting.
  • Build, analyze, and optimize portfolios with Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007.

Easier to Get Started

  • For simple task tracking, use the new Project Task List in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology as part of the EPM Solution.
  • Enterprise Templates and the Project Guide establish repeatable processes that capture best practices.
  • Use familiar tools such as entering the progress through Microsoft Office Outlook or creating dynamic reports in Office Excel or Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007.
  • Office Project Web Access and Project Workspaces enable your team to collaborate over the Web.

Enterprise Ready

  • Get information about high-level resource allocation for proposed projects with Resource Plans.
  • Individuals other than the assigned resource can provide status updates on assignments by using the Assignment Owner feature.
  • Timesheets now support fiscal periods, take advantage of new financial fields such as cost codes, enable you to report hours spent separately from progress made on tasks, and much more.
  • The Active Cache makes possible more efficient transfer of data from Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and provides a better offline work experience.
  • The Queuing Service provides controlled use of server resources, which means better performance for users.
  • With Server-Side Scheduling, users can build a custom Web user interface without requiring process schedule changes to be made in Office Project Professional 2007.
  • Programs enable easy management of multiple sub-projects and their cross-project dependencies in a coordinated fashion.
  • Deliverables help track and manage cross-project dependencies.

Extensible and Programmable

  • Office Project Server 2007 now uses the Microsoft .NET Framework to offer your developers a more flexible experience.
  • The move of the scheduling engine to the server means that custom front ends no longer require the full winproj.exe on each machine.
  • The Event Model in Office Project Server 2007 supports use of the Windows Workflow Foundation to integrate business processes with your project work.
  • The application programming interface, Project Server Interface, exposes all of the functionality and data that your client applications need to integrate fully with Office Project Server 2007 or extend its functionality.

More information on: htTp://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/servers/pps/

Licensing
Office Project Server 2007 follows the Server - Client Access License (CAL) licensing model:

  • Office Project Server 2007 license (a license for each server)
  • Office Project Server 2007 CAL (a Client Access License to access the server)

Please note that the Office Project Server 2007 CAL provides users with access to Office Project Server 2007 only. If you need to access functionality in Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, you will need to purchase a separate Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 CAL.

System Requirements - 2007 Microsoft Office System Servers

Windows Server 2003 SP1; supports 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003 operating system

  • Single box installation: Server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz; RAM capacity minimum of 1 GB, 3 GB recommended; disk space: up to 2 GB for installation; 5 GB or more of Farm deployment: Web server with a processor speed of at least 2.5 GHz, minimum 2 GB of RAM; application server with dual processors of at least 2.5 GHz, minimum 2 GB of RAM; Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a (or later) or SQL Server 2005 with dual processors of at least 2.5 GHz, minimum 2 GB of RAM
  • Broadband connection, 128 Kbps or greater, for download and activation of products

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Refer to the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Product Guide for details on the system requirements for the EPM Solution which includes Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office Project Web Access, Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Web Access.


Availability
English language : mid November 2006
Swedish / Danish / Finnish / Norwegian language : mid-end February