Authentication problem with Project Server 2003 and collabration.

[CS]

Hi,

I have Microsoft Project 2003 Server installed on Windows 2003 Server.
Now, I can access microsoft project server 2003 via internal website fine:
for ex: http://mymachine.projectserver.com/projectserver it works fine via
this - but when I use Microsoft Office Project 2003 Professional client and
use the collabration from there it gives me an error saying it can't connect
to project server 2003. Now, I have noticed that when I click on Anonymous
Aceess on Directory Security for the project server directory under IIS -
the collabration part of Microsoft Office Project 2003 professional works
but then I can't login through internal website:
http://mymachine.projectserver.com/projectserver .

I think there is something in Authentication somewhere but I can't seem to
figure it out.

Can anyone please help me out with this?

Thank you,
CS

 

[Aaron Tamblyn]

To set up access for the Project Professional using Windows
Authentication the following need to be set on the client:
1. The site is added to 'Trusted Sites' (Tools > Internet Options >
Security)
2. The security for 'Trusted Sites' is set to 'Automatic logon with
current username and password'. This is set by clicking 'Custom
level...' button on the 'Trusted Sites' settings form. (Tools >
Internet Options > Security)
3. Test that you can open the site in the web browser without any
prompts for authentication. Authentication prompts are not displayed
using Project Professional, the connection just fails.

I would not suggest changing to Anonymous Access in IIS. The install
guide does have a section on setting up logon with a different user
account. This involves setting up basic authentication. There is also
a section on setting up Extranet access that details authentication
changes. Outside of this I would say you are going into
uncharted/unsupported territory.

Hopefully this helps.