Who Needs to Attend
This course is intended for IT architects who need to help with Project Server 2010 implementation. “IT architect” is an overarching term to cover the following roles:

  • IT infrastructure lead
  • System administrator
  • Database administrator
  • Deployment specialist
  • Application developer (for this course, limited information)

This is NOT for business people, project managers, analysts, or PMOs, unless they manage the IT items of Project Server 2010.

Prerequisites

None

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Microsoft Project Server 2010 for Administrators
project_2007 Overview: This three-day course is designed to teach Project Server administrators how to setup, configure, maintain and troubleshoot a Microsoft Project Server 2010 deployment. Participants will learn how to install and configure the necessary components. They will also learn how to create custom fields, views/reports, and enterprise features as well as provide ongoing support and maintenance of the environment.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you have some working knowledge of Enterprise Application servers, TCP/IP, IIS, SQL Server 2005 and Windows 2003/2008 Server.


Duration: 3 Days

Agenda

Module 1:

Project Server 2010 Architecture

  • Infrastructure
  • Scalability

Module 2:

Installation and Setup

  • Pre-Installation Checklist
  • Post-Installation Options

Module 3:

Administering Project Server 2010

  • Program, Project and Resource Management
  • Feature Administration
  • Exchange and TFS synchronization

Module 4:

Managing Users and Groups

  • Add and managing users and groups
  • AD group and enterprise synchronization

Module 5:

Managing Security

  • Understanding Security Templates
  • Configuring Security Groups and Categories

Module 6:

Managing Enterprise Fields

  • Creating Enterprise Custom Fields and Lookup tables
  • Configuring the RBS

Module 7:

Managing Enterprise Calendars

  • Global Calendars
  • Resource and Task Calendars

Module 8:

Managing Views and Reports

  • Managing Views and Reports in PWA and Project Professional

Module 9:

Task and Time Management

  • Configuring Time and Task Management

Module 10:

Enterprise Global Template

  • Configuring Enterprise Settings
  • Configuring client grouping, filtering and reporting options

Module 11:

Managing Project Workspaces

  • Customizing the Project Workspace
  • Setting a new enterprise template

Module 12:

Demand Management

  • Customizing Demand Management
  • Understanding Lifecycle Management

Module 13:

Customizing PWA

  • Configuring Site Settings
  • Configuring Grouping and Gantt Chart Formats

Module 14:

Configuring and Customizing Business Intelligence and Reporting

  • Configure Business Intelligence (BI)
  • Understand and build custom reports in Project Server 2010

Module 15:

Queue Management

  • Understanding the Queue
  • Managing Queue Settings
Module 16:

Backup and Recovery

  • Understanding Backup and Recovery Strategies
  • Using the Project Server 2010 Archive Database for Content Backup and Restore
Module 17:

Troubleshooting & Maintenance

  • Using Project Server Tools for troubleshooting
  • Using Windows System Tools to Diagnose Problems
  • Patching and Updates