Confused: Installation Problem (Office Project Server 2007)

[CJM]

I've just tried to install an MSDN copy of Project Server 2007 on my
development server. That is, the development server hosts the main
applications and a different server hosts the DB.

I followed the basic installation wizard, followed by the configuration
wizard, and then I addressed each Administration Task in turn.

Eventually, I'd finished everything (at least I think so) and I now have
the following Farm Topology:

DBServer - Windows SharePoint Services Database

MailServer - Windows SharePoint Services Outgoing E-Mail

DevServer - Central Administration
- Windows SharePoint Services Incoming E-Mail
- Windows SharePoint Services Search
- Windows SharePoint Services Web Application

So far so good... But where is Project Server??

According to Technet
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197677.aspx) The Project
Application Service should be listed on the Services on Server page, but
only services list above are (apart from the unconfigurable Timer and
Administration services).

I've managed to create a site under Shared Services Administration,
using the Microsoft Office Project Template, and it allows my to enter
Project Tasks etc. I thought that this might be *it*, the end product...
Maybe I had done everthing right, after all...?

I then tried to link my standalone copy of Project to the server, but I
couldn't connect to the server. With such a proliferation of servers and
services created, it was hard to know which one. But then I wondered if
the 'missing' Project Server Service might expose another Server which
my local copy of Project can connect to.

So here I am. I have a basic Sharepoint site with some basic PM
capabilities, and a local copy of Project that I can't connect to my site.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Rolly Perreaux]

Hi CJM,

It sounds like you haven't provisioned the PWA Site in the SSP Admin site

Have you reviewed the following TechNet article:
Deploy Project Server 2007 to a server farm environment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197479.aspx#section6

Start at the section called: Create Web applications
(it's about 2/3 the way down on the page)

You'll need to create 2 web applications to host the:
Shared Services Provider site
Project Web Access site

Then you'll create the Shared Services Provider
Then provision the Project Server 2007 site
Then create a site collection for project workspaces

Good Luck

 

[CJM]

Have you reviewed the following TechNet article:
Deploy Project Server 2007 to a server farm environment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197479.aspx#section6

Thanks Rolly. I'll take a look at this and see how far it gets me.

Chris