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2. Goals and Agenda Learn: What is New for Office Project Server 2007 How Office Project Server 2007 Addresses Pain Points Found in the Current Version Agenda: What is Office Project Server 2007? How Microsoft Solve Current Version Pain Points Investment Areas Overview

3. What is Office Project Server 2007? Key Component of the Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution Project, Program, Portfolio Management Centralized Resource Management Enterprise Business Intelligence Collaboration

4. The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution Today Easily Create Enterprise Project Plans Line of Business Systems Project Documents, Issues/Risks & Tasks More Productive Projects Get more from your IT Investments Centrally Store Projects, Resources & Reporting Team Participation

5. User Feedback - The Growing Pains Project Desktop behavior is hard to understand Latency-sensitive client  WAN issues Peak arrival rates cause problems Infrastructure is visibly complex Troubleshooting is time consuming Customization is expensive and hard Reporting isn't fully "joined up" Data extraction is hard

6. Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Solution Key Areas Align all work with your strategic objectives Enable faster and broader adoption Easily integrate and automate your processes Scale to support distributed organizations

7. In 2007, an Enterprise Solution Timesheet ReportingResource Plans Data Warehouse Security Event/Notifications Task AssignmentScheduling Budgeting Capabilities Portfolio Selection Portfolio Gov LOB: ERP CRM Platform Front-end Services Capabilities

8. Easier to Get Started Enable faster and broader adoption Features Scenario Deep 2007 Office System Integration Visual Reports Outlook Add-in Integrate with familiar end-user tools Share best practices and accelerate use Project Guide Enterprise Templates Simplify resource planning Resource Substitution Wizard Build Team Online help and training Smart Tags Assistance Center Microsoft Office Online Help Pane Microsoft SharePoint Based Projects Microsoft SharePoint Task Lists Promotion to Project Server Simplify Task Scheduling, Project Creation

9. Beta software screenshots Communication and Collaboration Project Management in Windows SharePoint Services Project Task List in SharePoint sites for ad-hoc projects Promote to Project Server Gantt Chart Simple List of Tasks and Dependencies

10. Connect to Teams Beta software screenshots

11. Communicate Results: Visual Reports Beta software screenshots Create library of custom reports Integration with Microsoft Office System

13. Visibility and Insights Align all work with your strategic objectives Analytics for end-users with Microsoft Office tools Project Center Visual Reports PWA Portfolio Analyzer Budget Tracking Cost Resources Multi Currency Financial control Cube Building Service Reporting Data Service Enterprise reports with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Wizard Enterprise Reports PWA Proposals Organizational visibility Operations Work Resource Plans Microsoft Portfolio Server (UMT) Builder Optimizer Dashboard Change Highlighting Task Drivers Transparent scheduling Background Cell Highlighting Multiple Level Undo Features Scenario

14. Multiple Level Undo Beta software screenshots Select set of actions to Undo

15. Transparent Scheduling Beta software screenshots Improved Gantt bars Task Drivers Background cell formatting

16. Top down budgets Financial analytics Beta software screenshots Control Finances

17. Microsoft Office SQL Server Portal (Microsoft SharePoint) End-user Analysis (Microsoft Office) Team and End User Tools Scalable Reports (Reporting Services) OrganizationalTool Business Performance (Business Scorecard Manager) Data Warehouse (SQL Database Management System) Integrate (Integrated Services) Analyze (Analysis Services) BIPlatform Report (SQL Server Reporting Services) Microsoft’s BI Framework Complete, accessible, designed for broad usage

18. Risks Issues Deliverables WSS ProjectOLAPDatabase Timesheet Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Timesheet Timesheet Project Non Timephased Assignment Non Timephased Task Non Timephased Resource Non Timephased Assignment Timephased Resource Timephased Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management Project Server 2007 OLAP Cubes

20. Features Scenario Enterprise Ready Scale to support distributed and larger organizations Better support for WAN and offline scenarios Active Cache Server Side-queue Programs Deliverables Custom Fields Support for larger, more complex projects Timesheets Enable time tracking for all work Assignment Owner Resource Contract Resource Management Centralized Administration Easier Installation & Deployment Enterprise Deployment & Operations

21. Project Server 2007 Architecture Server Eventing System Server Queuing System DraftPublishedReportingArchive Project Server Platform PSI Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Web Services UI Tier HTTP/SOAP SOAP Cache Project Web Access

22. Project Client Local Cache Microsoft Project Pro reads/writes to cache Cache service sends differences to/from Project Server Differences sent as SOAP messages Messages are transacted Results Project Pro performs as if opening or saving a file = FAST! Cache synchs to server as available = JUST WORKS! Messages are transacted = RELIABLE! All messages are over HTTP = SECURE!

23. Updates on Project Server 2007 Update via Project Server 2007 or PWA View submitted actuals Preview impact on project schedule Server-side Scheduling Server-Side Formula Field Updates Notifications of updates on project open

24. Deployment Topologies Standalone Small Farm Medium Farm Large Farm Extranet Hosting

26. Extensible and Programmable Easily integrate and automate processes Features Scenario Rich development & integration possibilities ASP.NET ADO.NET Eventing Service Windows Workflow Foundation Workflow and business process integration User Interface Customization Microsoft SharePoint Web parts Microsoft SharePoint Templates Project Server interface (PSI) Server side Scheduling Integration AD Synch Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Pack PWA Server Settings

27. Project Server 2007 Programmability New Server API Web Services Server Side Events Reporting Database Server Scheduling Engine Windows Sharepoint Services Platform Continued support for Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications in Project Professional

28. Microsoft Office Project Server Interface (PSI) New server API – replaces Project Data Service (PDS) Web Services Full Functionality Eventing Model Managed code (.NET Framework 2.0) Uses Datasets Intellisense Strong Types

29. Customizing the Project Server Interface Built on Windows SharePoint Services V3 ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts: Usable in WSS and in non-WSS ASP.NET 2.0 applications SharePoint Web Parts: Client side scripting & connections Web Part data caching Work Item infrastructure Where possible, build on base ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part model

30. A lot of improvements have been made There’s a lot you can do with this Get the 180 day evaluation copy and try it out! Conclusion

31. Resources Technical Chats and Webcasts http://www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/default.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/default.asp Microsoft Learning and Certification http://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx MSDN & Project Developer Portal http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ms376609(msdn.10).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/program/project/ Virtual Labs http://www.microsoft.com/technet/traincert/virtuallab/rms.mspx Newsgroups http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx Technical Community Sites & Blogs http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/program/project/community/ User Groups http://www.microsoft.com/communities/usergroups/default.mspx

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