Installing Project Server 2002

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K.V

Hi, out of the blue my management wants me to install Project server 2002 in
our environment. The main purpose to begin with, will be for all amangers to
access/post their project status to/from a central location...similar to what
we can do with Project central..according to one of the VP's

We have few licenses for project 2000 which i am planning on using on the
client side.

How hard/easy is it to do this ? Any good resources where i can start.

Thanks
K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K.V said:
Hi, out of the blue my management wants me to install Project server
2002 in our environment. The main purpose to begin with, will be for
all amangers to access/post their project status to/from a central
location...similar to what we can do with Project central..according
to one of the VP's

We have few licenses for project 2000 which i am planning on using on
the client side.

How hard/easy is it to do this ? Any good resources where i can start.

Thanks
K.V
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If you do not already own any Project Server licenses then dont do
2002. Do 2003. It is a much better product.

Then check out the Project home page: www.microsoft.com/project there
are several Gudes there: Configuration Planning, Installation,
Application Configuration, Administration and Disaster Planning. These
are excellent resources for your use.

You might also think about working with a consulting partner that has
background planning and configuring project server.

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Brian K
Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
 
K

K.V

Thanks Brian. We have Project server 2002 license. Once we install and start
working with 2002, how hard is it upgrade to 2003 or higher?

Thanks Again.
K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K.V said:
Thanks Brian. We have Project server 2002 license. Once we install
and start working with 2002, how hard is it upgrade to 2003 or higher?

Thanks Again.
K.V
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It is not very hard at all. I just thought I would check since it is a
more stable product. Make sure you install Service Pack 1 though. :)

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Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
 
K

K.V

Brian, i tried searching the documents you mentioned. I could find Project
server 2003 installation guide but not for project server 2002.

If possible can you please provide me with links to these documents.

I appreciate any help you can provide.

Thanks
K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K.V said:
Brian, i tried searching the documents you mentioned. I could find
Project server 2003 installation guide but not for project server
2002.

If possible can you please provide me with links to these documents.

I appreciate any help you can provide.

Thanks
K.V
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Installation:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c1307c4c-3c2d-4
1ce-bbaa-da2a753eaebf&DisplayLang=en

EPM Deployment Guide
(I wrote this with another guy from QuantumPM. It is based on 2002.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ba2dc7c4-ee06-4
39c-83c0-6bd2eb98e87a&DisplayLang=en

Admin Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cfc4f8df-3417-4
f04-9f80-fed80d2aba4b&DisplayLang=en

Disaster Planning Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b6fc49fc-3380-4
3e4-9e2b-bb6b0e28fc2b&DisplayLang=en


SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d64ea65b-9519-4
061-9b3a-32af1a9bf888&DisplayLang=en

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Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
 
K

K.V

I will check these out. Thanks Brian.

K.V

Brian K - Project MVP said:
Installation:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c1307c4c-3c2d-4
1ce-bbaa-da2a753eaebf&DisplayLang=en

EPM Deployment Guide
(I wrote this with another guy from QuantumPM. It is based on 2002.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ba2dc7c4-ee06-4
39c-83c0-6bd2eb98e87a&DisplayLang=en

Admin Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cfc4f8df-3417-4
f04-9f80-fed80d2aba4b&DisplayLang=en

Disaster Planning Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b6fc49fc-3380-4
3e4-9e2b-bb6b0e28fc2b&DisplayLang=en


SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d64ea65b-9519-4
061-9b3a-32af1a9bf888&DisplayLang=en

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Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
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K

K.V

Brian, thanks for pointing me to the right resources. I am in the process of
reading the deployment guide at this time. Havea quick question

I am planning on installing Project server 2002 on our internal webserver
which runs our Intranet. Its a powerfull server. Will this create any
problems.

I am planning on using our Database (SQL 200 std.) server, which is
different machine as the SQL server for project installation.

Do i HAVE to install MS Share point team services ?

Its gonna be 15 users accessing this server probably using Project 2002 ( i
installed this on my PC and its doesn't tell me standard or professional in
help and about), i am sure they will not access it simultaneously. Also they
are all new to Project.

Thanks again
K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K.V said:
Brian, thanks for pointing me to the right resources. I am in the
process of reading the deployment guide at this time. Havea quick
question

I am planning on installing Project server 2002 on our internal
webserver which runs our Intranet. Its a powerfull server. Will this
create any problems.

I am planning on using our Database (SQL 200 std.) server, which is
different machine as the SQL server for project installation.

Do i HAVE to install MS Share point team services ?

Its gonna be 15 users accessing this server probably using Project
2002 ( i installed this on my PC and its doesn't tell me standard or
professional in help and about), i am sure they will not access it
simultaneously. Also they are all new to Project.

Thanks again
K.V
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With this small number of users it should be fine. You do not need STS.
It is an optional part of the installation. But Issues and Documents
features will be disabled as they rely on STS.



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Brian K
Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
 
K

K.V

Thanks Brian. I will let you know how the install went, if i don't post any
more questions untill then.

Thanks again.
K.V
 
K

K.V

Brian i installed project 2000 on my computer. Unfortunately it doesn't tell
me its standard or professional on the CD. I can't find this information in
help and about either. I am assuming thats it's standard edition. Am i right.
Is there a way to confirm this.

Thanks
K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K.V said:
Brian i installed project 2000 on my computer. Unfortunately it
doesn't tell me its standard or professional on the CD. I can't find
this information in help and about either. I am assuming thats it's
standard edition. Am i right. Is there a way to confirm this.

Thanks
K.V
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Project 2000 does not have a standard or professional.

To get the most out of Project Server 2002 you should use project
professional 2002.

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Brian K
Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
 
K

K.V

Will project 2000 work with Project server 2002. If yes, then i am assuming
it will be more at the standard level than the professional level. Am i right
?

K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K.V said:
Will project 2000 work with Project server 2002. If yes, then i am
assuming it will be more at the standard level than the professional
level. Am i right ?

K.V
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It can work but I dont even remember what the limitations are beyond
the obvious of not being able to edit the global, using the resource
sub wizard, etc.

Best case you use Project 2002

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Brian K
Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com

Project Server Consultant
http://www.quantumpm.com
 
K

K.V

Ok..i finally installed Projet server 2002 on our intranet server yesterday.
I have to access it yet. To my knowledge our managers will be using this
service primarily to track projects and resources. Like a VP will post a
project plan and schedule and managers will be provinding update via project.
Hope this is possible with the setup we have - project server 2002 + Project
2000, i just found out that we 10 licenses for Project web access.

After the install i have a few questions

1. I skipped the webserver information, selecting "will configure later".
now how do i acccess the project server web interface? I tried
http://servername/projectserver after adding this URL to trusted sites on my
IE. Didn't work! Help!

2. At the step choose version of project used to access the server, i chose
"project 2002 prof./project 2000 which doesnot require users to authenticate
when posting stuff to the server, can i change this option later ?

Thanks
K.V
 
K

K.V

Adding to what i just posted..during the install i installed it under the
Administrators website, i had other sites/applications under default website
i didn't wanna disturb them!

Thanks
K.V
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

K

K.V

I got it working..but

2. At the step choose version of project used to access the server, i chose
"project 2002 prof./project 2000 which doesnot require users to authenticate
when posting stuff to the server, can i change this option later ?

during the install i installed it under the
Administrators website, i had other sites/applications under default website
i didn't wanna disturb them!..do you know if this is gonna hurt the way
project works in anyway ?

Thanks
K.V
 

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