M ICROSOFT EXTENDS THE CAPABILITIES OF M ICROSOFT P ROJECT WITH P ROJECT S ERVER AND P ROJECT W EB A PP (PWA, FORMERLY P ROJECT W EB A CCESS ). M ICROSOFT P ROJECT S ERVER STORES PROJECT INFORMATION IN A CENTRAL SQL S ERVER DATABASE, PROTECTED FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND CORRUPTION. A P ROJECT A DMINISTRATOR CAN CONTROL SECURITY DEFINING USERS AND ACCESS RIGHTS. T HE P ROJECT C ENTER SUPPORTS REPORTS ACROSS AN ORGANIZATION AT THE PROJECT LEVEL. M ANAGERS CAN DRILL DOWN INTO PROJECT DETAILS. T ASKS, P ROJECTS AND R ESOURCES CAN HAVE E NTERPRISE C USTOM F IELDS DEFINED ( SIMILAR TO C USTOM F IELDS IN THE M ICROSOFT P ROJECT DESKTOP APPLICATION ). T HE PROJECT MANAGER NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE PROJECT PLANS AND TO DISTRIBUTE TASK ASSIGNMENTS TO TEAM MEMBERS. T HE ASSIGNMENT OF TASKS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO TEAM MEMBER HOME PAGES IN PWA. T HEY NEED TO COMMUNICATE STATUS AND CHANGES TO KEEP THE PROJECT MANAGER UP TO DATE. P ROJECT S ERVER SUPPORTS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OVER THE WEB VIA PWA. T EAM MEMBERS CAN UPDATE THEIR TASKS ' STATUS VIA PWA AND THE M Y T ASKS LIST OR VIA A T IME S HEET.
R ESOURCE WORKLOADS CAN BE ANALYZED BY PROJECT AND BY RESOURCE WITH THE R ESOURCE C ENTER, ALLOWING ORGANIZATIONS TO FORECAST FUTURE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE MORE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES. T HE VIEW DEFINITION IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND MORE ROBUST WITH PWA THAN WITH M ICROSOFT P ROJECT. V IEWS CAN BE PROTECTED TO ASSIST STANDARDIZATION. P ROJECT S ERVER STORES CUSTOM CALENDARS, VIEWS, TABLES, FILTERS, AND FIELDS, IN AN E NTERPRISE G LOBAL AREA WHERE USERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE LATEST VERSION EVERY TIME THEY RESTART M ICROSOFT P ROJECT. F OR EACH PUBLISHED PROJECT IN M ICROSOFT P ROJECT A P ROJECT W ORKSPACE CAN BE CREATED. A P ROJECT W ORKSPACE IS A M ICROSOFT S HARE P OINT T EAMSITE WHERE THE P ROJECT TEAM CAN SHARE DOCUMENTS, ISSUES AND RISKS.
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