Microsoft Office Project 2003 Resource Kits James Scott & Roy Riley Technical Content Development Microsoft Corporation

Agenda Project 2003 Resource Kit Project Server 2003 Resource Kit Demo Coming Soon Q & A

Project 2003 Resource Kit Project Professional and Project Standard Integrated into the Office 2003 Resource Kit Everything you need to deploy Project desktop applications in a large environment 03/default.htm 03/default.htm

Project Server 2003 Resource Kit Project Server, Project Web Access, EPM Five downloadable books Administration Tools Performance Testing Tools Available in the Download Center Query “Project Server 2003”

Project Server 2003 Resource Kit Online Books Configuration Planning Guide Installation Guide Disaster Recovery Guide Application Configuration Guide Administrator’s Guide

Project Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools for various activities and users Assist the administration of Project Server Provide performance validation during deployment Tools to improve specific areas of project file management

EditSite Simplifies the process of creating hosted and partitioned deployments Creates the registry settings required to support deployment

Restore Single Project Restore any project that has been previously backed-up Runs from the command-line

SetTracing Utility Configures the Project Server Tracing Service Log application errors to the Event Viewer

Project Server Cleaner Remove unwanted projects and resources Project managers can delete their own projects Resource managers can delete their own resources

View Backup and Restore Back up and restore Assignment, Project Center, Resource Center, Timesheet, Project, and Portfolio Analyzer views Can be used to move views to a new server

View Effective Rights Identify the projects and resources to which any user has access Identify permissions assigned to a user Filter by object, object type, and permission Screen Shot

Health Monitor Monitor up to three ViewDrop folders Monitor the PDS on up to four servers

Rename Project Rename one or more projects in the Project Server database Access to projects is based on user’s logon account

View Populator Publish projects without having to use Project Professional 2003 Troubleshoot the Views Notification Service Bulk republish after restoring data

Project Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools for performance testing Quickly add large amounts of data for testing Validate Project Server configuration Capture data for use in trend analysis Simulate system load from multiple users and multiple computers

Data Population Load tasks, assignments, projects, resources, and outline codes Simulate data normally created by Project Professional 2003

Smoke Test Verify installation; report results and performance times Verify installation; report results and performance times Use results for trend analysis Reports performance for: Log on Opening projects Opening resources Viewing projects

Stress Test Validate Project Server configuration Simulate load from multiple users and multiple client computers Workflow scripts simulate numerous tasks using both PWA and Project Pro

Performance Testing Project Test Team Project Business Unit

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