Connecting Project 2007 Client to Project Server

[ContactAleem]

Hello, I have setup poject server and this is how I access it on the web
http://projectserver/companyname/IT/default.aspx and I can log in just fine.
However, when I try to connect a project 2007 client it doesn't work.

 

[Jack Dahlgren]

Try leaving off the "default.aspx" part and see what happens.

Can you give more information about what "it doesn't work" means? What error
message is displayed?

-Jack Dahlgren

 

[ContactAleem]

Thanks for your prompt response, I have tried the following for
troubleshooting so far:

- Added the website to my trusted zone
- Disabled and enabled annonomous logon within IIS
- Confirm that autologon to intranet pages is checked within IE
- Tried to enter the url in different manners within project such as
http://projectserver, http://projectserver/companyname,
http://projectserver/companyname/it,
http://projectserver/companyname/it/default.aspx

Here is the way I am test out client connections:
- I open Project Professional 2007
- Go to tools > enterprise options > Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts
- I click on add, and in the account name field, I put in my username all
lower case, project server url I put in what I mentioned above, I click on
the radio button that says use windows user account, select set as default
and click ok.
- On the warning that comes up saying it is not an https connect, I press
yes to continue.
- I confirm that "automatically detect connection state is checked and I
click on "ok"
- I then close out of project, reopen it and I recieve en error stating
"login failed. Project could not connect to server, Please check your
username and password and try again, I click ok, I enter my credentials in
manually and try again and recieve the same error. Under profile, if I pick
computer I can log on successfully. If I take the same URL and copy and paste
it in I.E I can logon to the site successfully.

Thanks for all your help and let me know if I have missed anything!

 

[Sarfaraz]

Hello Aleem, check out the site www.learnmsprojectserver.com. You will
find a great collection of videos there for project server. under the
free videos section you will find a video on connecting your project
professional client to project server.

good luck.

regards,
Sarfaraz.

 

[ContactAleem]

Thank you, I will check it out, meanwhile I am still open to other
suggestions on here

 

[Sarfaraz]

Thank you, I will check it out, meanwhile I am still open to other
suggestions on here

With the link that you have shared seems a wss site rather than a
Project Access site. If you have created the instance of Project
Server with the name "PWA", just type "http://projectserver/PWA",
thats all you need to provide. If your instance carries a different
name, replace the name with "PWA" and you should be doing fine.

regards,
Sarfaraz.

 

[ContactAleem]

Is there a way to find out what name was used at the time of installation, if
not PWA?

 

[Sarfaraz]

On the wss central administration, go to SSP Administration and under
Project web access sites, you will find a list of all instances of
project server.

you will not find the 'Project Server" tab if you have not installed
the binaries of the project server.

regards,
Sarfaraz.

 

[ContactAleem]

Sarfaraz,

Thank you so much for providing me with the link for
www.learnmsprojectserver.com . It was well worth the $20 I spent on it.
Your videos walked me through setting up the Project Server step by step and
I was able to get it integrated with the client. Now the only question I
have is, lets say my company has many different departments, will I create a
PWA for each department, or does everyone share one? What if I did not want
sales to see the Finance projects?