Deploy Project Server 2003 with e-directory

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p.o

Hi
Is it possible to install Project server 2003 (one server is app server and
another is SQL database) wihtout Active Directory. Client has only novell
e-dir.

Thanks.
 
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Ben Howard

Yes, but you'll have to make sure the accounts used by the services (OLAP
etc) are named the same on the app and sql server, and you won't get any WSS
functionality.

Also, obviously, all users will be Project Server accounts and not NTLM
authenticated.

This is a much better story in PS2007 as you can use forms authentication,
and therefore you could use an ldap provider provided by Novell, and you get
WSS functionality in this scenario.
 
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p.o

Ok but could you get me some hints (links to documentation), I couldn't find
any. I found that is possible to use some ldap providers, but there is
nothing about instalation.
 
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Ben Howard

All the documentation is either on the technet site for Project Server or on
the technet site for WSS (as forms auth is a WSS function). If you're a
regular viewer of this site, you'll know that currently some of the
documentation is lacking, and what you probably won't find is a step by step
manual for exactly your scenario. Forms authentication of the SQL provider
has at least been partially documented or blogged - try Brian Smith's blog in
the 1st instance.

In terms of PS2003, installing in a Novell env is just the same as an NTLM
env, except of course all the references to domain need to be "adjusted" so
that they are references to local computers. An IT savvy person should be
able to help in that instance.
 
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