3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Project Web App Project Services Application Project Databas e Project Client Project Site

6. Lync 2010 (Optional) Project Professional Windows 7 or 8 TechNet IE8 or latest version of Firefox, Chrome or Safari Exchange Server 2013 (Optional) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

8. Project Web App

10. Project Client Project Details Task List on Project Site Project Center My Tasks Timesheets Excel SQL Reporting Services