MS Project Integration with Outlook

[Shaheens]

I need to know how can i integrate MS Project 2003 with Outlook 2003
without using Project server, i need this so i can send automatic
e-mail notification to my resources?

 

[JulieS]

Hi Shaheens,

Please see the following Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818337/en-us

As the article states, the Workgroup message handler is an unsupported
feature in Project 2003. Please also note it does require editing the
Windows registry.

You may also like to read through some additional information on e-mail
team collaboration from the following Knowledge Base article about MS
Project 2002:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329827/en-us

This article gives some additional guidance about using email for team
collaboration.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

 

[Shaheens]

Thank you Julies,

it Adds new feature to my MS-Project 2003 but when I send a task from
Project the resource receive it as MTM file type !!

How can the resource open this file, it's not recognized in any
software?

 

[Shaheens]

Julies it's working now thank you ...

but i need if a resource update their task (e.g. % complete) it will
update my project plan !?

 

[JulieS]

Hi Shaheens,

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.

I have not used the workgroup feature in Project 2003, but used to use
it in Project 2002. If I recall correctly, when the resource updates
the task assignment with tracking information and sends the email back
to the project manager, there is a button in the message for "update
project". If the PM click that button, it will update the project plan.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional information
about Microsoft Project

 

[Shaheens]

Mmmmm... what am looking for is, if the resource go to his/her tasks in
the Outlook and update the task (e.g. complete %) i get the updates on
my MS Project.

 

[Steve House]

The add-in installer for Outlook has to sent to each resource and run on
their machine to enable their copy of Outlook to recognize the MTM files you
send them from Project.