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heading Technical Training - Planning, Deploying & Managing an Enterprise Project Management Solution

Course No: M2732 Course Lengh: 5 Days
Who Should Attend: This course is intended for IT professionals who operate in medium to very large computing environments that use the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. Pre-Requisites: Delegates must have:
  • Completed Course 2279: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure

and have a working knowledge of basic project management concepts.

Topics Covered:

  • Plan a Project Server infrastructure.
  • Install and configure Project system servers.
  • Implement Project Server 2003.
  • Deploy client software.
  • Plan Project Server 2003 operations.
  • Configure and manage resource and project data.
  • Configure and manage views and security.
  • Administer Project Server 2003.
  • Plan the testing of a Project Server 2003 deployment.
  • Troubleshoot Project Server 2003.

Overview of an EPM Solution

  • Introduction to Project Server 2003
  • Deploying Project Server 2003

Planning the Project Server 2003 Infrastructure

  • Introduction to the Logical Architecture of Project Server 2003
  • Analyzing Current Infrastructure
  • Planning for High Availability and Scalability
  • Planning the Physical Architecture for Project Server 2003
  • Planning Security for System Servers

Installing and Configuring Project System Servers

  • Creating Service Accounts
  • Installing and Configuring IIS 6.0 Servers
  • Configuring SQL Server for Project Server 2003 Installation
  • Configuring Windows SharePoint Services

Implementing Project Server

  • Installing Project Server 2003
  • Migrating Analysis Services Repository

Planning the Deployment of Project Server 2003 Clients

  • Selecting Client Software
  • Planning Client Software Deployment

Deploying Project 2003 Clients

  • Deploying Project Professional 2003
  • Creating a Custom Installation of Project Professional 2003
  • Connecting Project Professional 2003 to Project Server 2003
  • Configuring Project Web Access Client Computers
  • Configuring Microsoft Outlook® Integration for Project Server 2003 Clients.

Planning Project Server 2003 Operations

  • Planning the Project Server 2003 Security Structure
  • Planning to Integrate Project Server 2003 with Active Directory
  • Planning to Import Existing Data
  • Planning Project Data Migration
  • Planning Disaster Recovery

Configuring and Managing Resource and Project Data

  • Configuring Enterprise Custom Fields
  • Configuring Enterprise Outline Codes
  • Creating Enterprise Calendars
  • Importing Projects and Resource Data into the Enterprise
  • Creating Generic Resources
  • Associating Resources with the Enterprise Custom Fields and Outline Codes
  • Custom Fields and Outline Codes
  • Editing Resource Calendars

Configuring and Managing Views and Security

  • Configuring Enterprise Features
  • Creating and Configuring OLAP Cubes
  • Creating Portfolio Analyzer Views
  • Creating Project, Resource, and Assignment Views
  • Configuring Project Server Security
  • Configuring Account Synchronization

Administering an EPM Solution

  • Managing Windows SharePoint Services
  • Configuring Project Server Features
  • Configuring Tracking Settings

Migrating Project Data

  • Migrating Project Data from Previous Versions of Project
  • Migrating SharePoint Team Services Data

Planning for Testing

  • Monitoring Role-Based Performance
  • Creating a Test Plan for Project Server 2003

Troubleshooting Project Server 2003

  • Project Server Data Flow Paths
  • Project Server 2003 Troubleshooting Tools
  • Troubleshooting Project Server
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