This document provides an overview of Project Server 2013 for SharePoint architects. It discusses the architecture of Project Server, including how it is implemented as a service application with various Windows services. It highlights key features like portfolio analysis, task aggregation across systems, and workflows. The document also reviews changes in Project Server 2013 like Active Directory synchronization improvements and database consolidation. It discusses options for training and certification and announces an upcoming Project Server conference.
CPS - Transitioning from SharePoint to Project Server 2013 for Enterprise Pro...Giles Hamson
After attending this session you will understand the different tools for Project Management offered with SharePoint and Project Server, including the advantages / disadvantages of each method.
In addition you will also takeaway:
A high level understanding of how SharePoint / Project Server work together
The benefits of enterprise project management
Project management maturity expectations as solutions become more complex
Epm demonstration projerct online and project server 2013Jerome Quinton
Microsoft uses the term Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to refer to a group of components that includes Microsoft Project Professional, Project Server and Project Web App.
It is also used for Project Online combined with Project Pro which is its Office 365 cloud offering . Both of these offerings are integrated into SharePoint Server 2013, delivering a common collaboration and information platform available to everyone involved in a project. This combination provides a proven, centralized solution for successful, enterprise-wide project and portfolio management. It offers a flexible, end-to-end PPM platform, used by organizations across a broad variety of industries to automate primary PPM processes as can be seen on the slide, most of which we will be touching on today time permitting.
How many times your project was jammed because it depended on other project, shared resources with other projects, or simply waiting for something that others from your company had to provide? It’s like you are driving a car on the roads with no signs, no rules, but with police to blame you.
How many times did you tried to implement rules from the book? It like reading Grunf’s (Alan Ford) advices “If you want to win, you must not lose”.
So: How to do it? Which is the right way? How much it will cost? How long it takes? What we will gain? Come to share ideas and experience
Microsoft Project Online for Project ManagersLeon Gallegos
This course is designed to teach project managers how to effectively manage projects and resources in the Microsoft Office 365 PPM (Project Online) environment. Participants will learn how to initiate projects in the Project Web App (PWA) and Project Professional, collaborate with project sites, interact with the ribbon in the Project Online Project and Resource centers. Students will also learn how to manage task assignments and timesheet updates. Creating, saving, publishing and managing projects and resources will be covered. We will also work with Reporting and Power BI.
This course also available On Site or In the Cloud. Group discounts also available. Call us to learn more (972-996-1895)
CPS - Transitioning from SharePoint to Project Server 2013 for Enterprise Pro...Giles Hamson
After attending this session you will understand the different tools for Project Management offered with SharePoint and Project Server, including the advantages / disadvantages of each method.
In addition you will also takeaway:
A high level understanding of how SharePoint / Project Server work together
The benefits of enterprise project management
Project management maturity expectations as solutions become more complex
Epm demonstration projerct online and project server 2013Jerome Quinton
Microsoft uses the term Project Portfolio Management (PPM) to refer to a group of components that includes Microsoft Project Professional, Project Server and Project Web App.
It is also used for Project Online combined with Project Pro which is its Office 365 cloud offering . Both of these offerings are integrated into SharePoint Server 2013, delivering a common collaboration and information platform available to everyone involved in a project. This combination provides a proven, centralized solution for successful, enterprise-wide project and portfolio management. It offers a flexible, end-to-end PPM platform, used by organizations across a broad variety of industries to automate primary PPM processes as can be seen on the slide, most of which we will be touching on today time permitting.
How many times your project was jammed because it depended on other project, shared resources with other projects, or simply waiting for something that others from your company had to provide? It’s like you are driving a car on the roads with no signs, no rules, but with police to blame you.
How many times did you tried to implement rules from the book? It like reading Grunf’s (Alan Ford) advices “If you want to win, you must not lose”.
So: How to do it? Which is the right way? How much it will cost? How long it takes? What we will gain? Come to share ideas and experience
Microsoft Project Online for Project ManagersLeon Gallegos
This course is designed to teach project managers how to effectively manage projects and resources in the Microsoft Office 365 PPM (Project Online) environment. Participants will learn how to initiate projects in the Project Web App (PWA) and Project Professional, collaborate with project sites, interact with the ribbon in the Project Online Project and Resource centers. Students will also learn how to manage task assignments and timesheet updates. Creating, saving, publishing and managing projects and resources will be covered. We will also work with Reporting and Power BI.
This course also available On Site or In the Cloud. Group discounts also available. Call us to learn more (972-996-1895)
Deploying and Managing Project Online and Project Server 2016Rolly Perreaux, PMP
In this session, we will present how to deploy Microsoft Project Server 2016. We will specifically explain how Project Server 2016 works with SharePoint and how to create and configure a new Project Web App (PWA) instance in your SharePoint Farm. The session finishes up with a Q&A period so that we can answer all your questions.
On May 3rd, C/D/H hosted a webinar with New Horizons Computer Learning Centers on SharePoint and Project Server – and why they are the right tool combination for managing your projects—no matter how big—or how small.
Attendees learned an overview of Microsoft Project and SharePoint, Project Server architecture, SharePoint and Project integration, and reporting. David Tappan, a SharePoint consultant at C/D/H, also provided his insights on Microsoft Project from a SharePoint administrator’s perspective, including adding Project Server to your existing farm and how Project Server changes SharePoint administrative procedures.
View C/D/H’s SharePoint and Project Server slide deck and find out why Project Server, combined with SharePoint, can be useful in almost every project management office.
And for more information on this or other project management topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Years of recession, business austerity and highly competitive environments have increased the requirement for managing and delivering projects with fewer and fewer resources. Now is the time to leverage the time and cost value of online PPM.
Microsoft Project Online offers a flexible, powerful, comprehensive solution for Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and everyday work. Join us for a special presentation as we review the top five drivers in the PPM market and how Microsoft Project Online addresses them to meet your often-shifting business needs. Topics include:
Project Management Market Overview
Project Management Evolution
Top Benefits of Project Online
Selling Project Online to the Rest of the Organization
Project Online Demo
What’s New in Project 2016, Project Server 2016, Project Online and Office 36...Rolly Perreaux, PMP
In this session, we will present what’s new with Microsoft Project 2016/Project Server 2016, Project Online and Office 365 Planner. We will specifically discuss the new client and server features, requirements, deployment and migration considerations that you will need to know. We will also compare the features of Office 365 Planner, Project Online and Project Server 2016. We will finish the session with a Q&A period so that we can answer all your questions.
Microsoft Project Online is a flexible online solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work. Delivered through Office 365, Project Online enables organizations to get started, prioritize project portfolio investments and deliver the intended business value—from virtually anywhere on nearly any device.
Join Jerome Jooste, Microsoft Certified Enterprise Project Management Consultant, at Pcubed for this webinar and demonstration to:
• Learn about the sharing and collaboration options provided by Project 2013, including scheduling and reporting.
• Get a demonstration on how Project 2013 enables different types of collaboration from the ad-hoc and informal right through to the fully formalised structured collaboration demanded by tightly controlled Project Management Solutions.
• Hear the latest on Project 2013 and the sync with Sharepoint 2013 and why SharePoint and Project Online is the perfect partner for project managers.
Introduction to Microsoft Project 2013 Online from AtidanDavid J Rosenthal
Project Online enables organizations to get started, prioritize project portfolio investments, and deliver with the intended business value. It's the flexible solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work, delivered through Office 365—which brings together cloud versions of Microsoft's familiar productivity applications.
Wellingtone Ltd is one of the UK’s leading Microsoft Gold Partners offering consultancy, training and support in Project Online / Server. To find out more about a free trial or to book a discovery session, please click here - http://www.wellingtone.co.uk/apm-trial/
Practical Tips for Migrating SharePoint Customizations to Office 365Haniel Croitoru
When planning a migration of SharePoint on-premises environment to Office 365, the first thing that comes to mind is organizations often focus mainly on their content - all the documents and items stored across their libraries and lists. Of course, why wouldn't they? It's the reason that they started using SharePoint anyways. But in many cases, the SharePoint environment that has been well adopted and his highly use will include some level of customizations to help meet specific business needs. These may include forms and workflows, scheduled timer jobs, custom look and feel, business logic to interface with other line of business solutions, to name a few.
This presentation takes a look at ways to create a SharePoint Online environment that will provide a similar experience for your users. We will look are various technologies, including CSOM Scripting, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Forms, LogicApps, and Azure Functions.
Deploying and Managing Project Online and Project Server 2016Rolly Perreaux, PMP
In this session, we will present how to deploy Microsoft Project Server 2016. We will specifically explain how Project Server 2016 works with SharePoint and how to create and configure a new Project Web App (PWA) instance in your SharePoint Farm. The session finishes up with a Q&A period so that we can answer all your questions.
On May 3rd, C/D/H hosted a webinar with New Horizons Computer Learning Centers on SharePoint and Project Server – and why they are the right tool combination for managing your projects—no matter how big—or how small.
Attendees learned an overview of Microsoft Project and SharePoint, Project Server architecture, SharePoint and Project integration, and reporting. David Tappan, a SharePoint consultant at C/D/H, also provided his insights on Microsoft Project from a SharePoint administrator’s perspective, including adding Project Server to your existing farm and how Project Server changes SharePoint administrative procedures.
View C/D/H’s SharePoint and Project Server slide deck and find out why Project Server, combined with SharePoint, can be useful in almost every project management office.
And for more information on this or other project management topics, visit our blog at www.cdhtalkstech.com.
Years of recession, business austerity and highly competitive environments have increased the requirement for managing and delivering projects with fewer and fewer resources. Now is the time to leverage the time and cost value of online PPM.
Microsoft Project Online offers a flexible, powerful, comprehensive solution for Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and everyday work. Join us for a special presentation as we review the top five drivers in the PPM market and how Microsoft Project Online addresses them to meet your often-shifting business needs. Topics include:
Project Management Market Overview
Project Management Evolution
Top Benefits of Project Online
Selling Project Online to the Rest of the Organization
Project Online Demo
What’s New in Project 2016, Project Server 2016, Project Online and Office 36...Rolly Perreaux, PMP
In this session, we will present what’s new with Microsoft Project 2016/Project Server 2016, Project Online and Office 365 Planner. We will specifically discuss the new client and server features, requirements, deployment and migration considerations that you will need to know. We will also compare the features of Office 365 Planner, Project Online and Project Server 2016. We will finish the session with a Q&A period so that we can answer all your questions.
Microsoft Project Online is a flexible online solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work. Delivered through Office 365, Project Online enables organizations to get started, prioritize project portfolio investments and deliver the intended business value—from virtually anywhere on nearly any device.
Join Jerome Jooste, Microsoft Certified Enterprise Project Management Consultant, at Pcubed for this webinar and demonstration to:
• Learn about the sharing and collaboration options provided by Project 2013, including scheduling and reporting.
• Get a demonstration on how Project 2013 enables different types of collaboration from the ad-hoc and informal right through to the fully formalised structured collaboration demanded by tightly controlled Project Management Solutions.
• Hear the latest on Project 2013 and the sync with Sharepoint 2013 and why SharePoint and Project Online is the perfect partner for project managers.
Introduction to Microsoft Project 2013 Online from AtidanDavid J Rosenthal
Project Online enables organizations to get started, prioritize project portfolio investments, and deliver with the intended business value. It's the flexible solution for project portfolio management (PPM) and everyday work, delivered through Office 365—which brings together cloud versions of Microsoft's familiar productivity applications.
Wellingtone Ltd is one of the UK’s leading Microsoft Gold Partners offering consultancy, training and support in Project Online / Server. To find out more about a free trial or to book a discovery session, please click here - http://www.wellingtone.co.uk/apm-trial/
Practical Tips for Migrating SharePoint Customizations to Office 365Haniel Croitoru
When planning a migration of SharePoint on-premises environment to Office 365, the first thing that comes to mind is organizations often focus mainly on their content - all the documents and items stored across their libraries and lists. Of course, why wouldn't they? It's the reason that they started using SharePoint anyways. But in many cases, the SharePoint environment that has been well adopted and his highly use will include some level of customizations to help meet specific business needs. These may include forms and workflows, scheduled timer jobs, custom look and feel, business logic to interface with other line of business solutions, to name a few.
This presentation takes a look at ways to create a SharePoint Online environment that will provide a similar experience for your users. We will look are various technologies, including CSOM Scripting, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Forms, LogicApps, and Azure Functions.
In this session using Visio 2010 and SharePoint Designer, Penny explores the options available when automating business process in the cloud with SharePoint Online (Office 365), and how such processes can be extended using Visual Studio 2010.
Practical tips for migrating SharePoint Customizations to Office 365Haniel Croitoru
When planning a migration of SharePoint on-premises environment to Office 365, the first thing that comes to mind is organizations often focus mainly on their content - all the documents and items stored across their libraries and lists. Of course, why wouldn't they? It's the reason that they started using SharePoint anyways. But in many cases, the SharePoint environment that has been well adopted and his highly use will include some level of customizations to help meet specific business needs. These may include forms and workflows, scheduled timer jobs, custom look and feel, business logic to interface with other line of business solutions, to name a few.
Join me as we take a look at ways to create a SharePoint Online environment that will provide a similar experience for your users. We will look are various technologies, including CSOM Scripting, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Forms, LogicApps, and Azure Functions.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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3. Background
• BS Computer Science, Math, Business
• 5 years at IBM in Sales and Distribution
• 10 years in Seattle at various startups
– Large volume transaction processing (Credit, Debit, Loyalty)
• Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) since 2007
– CISSP, CCNP, JAVA, MCSD, SharePoint 4x
• CEO ACS, leading SharePoint courseware provider to
Microsoft Certified Training centers
– Top selling titles in Development, BI and Search
• SharePoint Sr. Architect
– eBay
– General Atomics
5. Overview
• Project Server is a provides an Enterprise Project Management
(EPM) solution
– Demand Management
• Understand what the business needs
– Portfolio Selection and Analytics
• Prioritize and run “what if” scenarios
– Resource Management
• Know who is over utilized, and what resources you need to complete the
projects
– Schedule Management
• Timesheet and automated task updates
– Financial Management
• Know what projects give the most bang for the buck
• Understand what projects are the most expensive and why
• Do variance reporting on project costs based on baselines
6. Architecture
• Project Server is implemented as Service
Application
– WCF Service
• Project Server Interface (PSI)
• Various assemblies work hand and hand with
SharePoint APIs
– Windows Services
• Calculation Service
• Events Service
• Queue Service
7. Project vs Project Server
• Project Pro alone can be used to managed
projects
– .mpp files
• Project Server provides many more features
that span across projects
– Resource management
– Portfolio Analysis
– Still requires Project Pro for several tasks
• Calendars, master project editing
8. Setup Basics
• Install Project Server
– Create a Service Application and PWA site
• Create Cost Types and Departments
– Departments are a slicing mechanism
• Create Fiscal Year Periods
– Used for timesheets and time reporting
– Define task work measurement metrics
• Create Resources
– Work, Cost, Material
– Defines basic costs
• Create Projects
– Scratch or import from Project Pro
• Create and assign Tasks
• Setup Business Drivers
9. Awesome Feature #1
• Portfolio Analysis
– Define Business Drivers
• Increase Revenue, Decrease Costs, etc
– Define Perspectives
• CEO, COO, CIO
– Do “What If” Analysis
• Lose half your budget
• Lose half your staff
• Hire more staff
• Lose an important resource
10. Awesome Feature #2
• Task Aggregation into single user interface
• SharePoint provides the Work Management
Service Application
– Provides synchronization of tasks across
SharePoint, Project Server, Outlook and Exchange
• No more browsing sites or projects to find the
Task you need to update!
11. Awesome Feature #3
• Workflows
– Stages and Phases can be built to implement a
project flow
– SharePoint Designer can be used to managed the
stages
– Custom Project Details Pages can be hidden along
the way
– Project Custom Fields can be exposed to workflow
12. Project Server 2013 Changes
• Active Directory Synchronization
• Database Consolidation
• Windows Azure Workflow
• OData for Reporting
• Exchange Integration
• Project Server Queuing System
• Mobile Support
• SharePoint task list projects
• Task Aggregation
• SharePoint Permission Mode
• Project Server Online
13. Active Directory Synchronization
• Improvements have been made to
synchronization and timer job performance
• Example - 6100+ users, with 12+ nested
groups:
PS 2010 PS 2013
Initial Sync 20:01 7:43
Recurring Sync 14:07 0:24
14. Database Consolidation
• In Project Server 2010, there were four
databases
– Draft
– Publish
– Reporting
– Archive
• In Project Server 2013, there is only one
– Makes managing project server much easier
– Total cost is lower with less databases to manage
15. Windows Azure Workflow
• SharePoint 2013 uses a new Workflow engine
– Project Server 2013 also uses this engine
• Much more robust and feature rich workflow
capabilities
• Declarative Workflows can be built using
– SharePoint Designer
– Visual Studio
16. OData For Reporting
• Users and Applications can use the new
OdataREST api to gain visibility to reporting
data
– Implemented for Office 365, but available to on-
premise installs
17. Exchange Integration
• New features include:
– Server to Server Open Authorization (OAuth)
standard
– Connections between SharePoint Server 2013,
Exchange Server 2013, and Lync Server
– Task data integrated in to "All My Work in One
Place"
18. Mobile Support
• Mobile device support is provided for several
devices
– Windows Phone 7.5
– iPhone
– Android
• Mobile tasks include
– Edit and submit tasks
– Check task assignments
– View rollup of project status
– Manage projects
19. SharePoint Task List Projects
• Project Server 2013 introduces a new project
type
– SharePoint Task List
• Can be converted to an Enterprise Project
• Allows for rich reporting on the task data
20. Project Server Queuing
• Timesheets do not use separate queue system
• Single queue system
– Greater queue performance
• Jobs are started when posted, no polling
21. SharePoint Permission Mode
• Project Server 2013 provides a much more
simple permission model
– Integrated with SharePoint permissions
22. Project Server Online
• Project Online Benefits
– No IT Pro Administration needed
– Easy startup
• No infrastructure costs (Remember SharePoint 2013 is
needed)
– Security
• Disaster recovery, backups, privacy, spam and virus
protection
– Guaranteed uptimes
• Financially backed uptimes
23. Project Server Online
• Drawbacks
– No direct access to reporting database tables
• Must utilize the REST APIs
– You still need Project Professional 2013 installed
• Has always been the case with Project Server anyway,
continues to be the same MO
24. Training and Certification
• Two exams available
– 74-343 Managing Projects with Microsoft Project
2013
– 74-344 Managing Programs and Projects with
Project Server 2013
• Official Course (by ACS)
– 55034 – Project Server Inside Out (5-day)
– Available at any Microsoft Training Center
• May need to ask for it specifically
25. Microsoft SharePoint Courses
• 20331 – Core Solutions of Microsoft SP 2013 (5 day)
• 20332 – Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SP 2013 (5
day)
• 20488 – Developing MS SP 2013 Core Solutions (5 day)
• 20489 – Developing MS SP 2013 Advanced Solutions (5
day)
• 55050 – SP 2013 End User Level I (3-day)
• 55052 – SP 2013 End User Level II (2-day)
• 55037 – SP 2013 Search (5-day)
• 55014 – Upgrade End User Skills to 2013 (3-day)
• 55026 – Upgrade Developer Skills to 2013 (5-day)
The My Tasks feature allows users to see an aggregation of their SharePoint, Project Server, and Outlook/Exchange tasks in a single location — the My Tasks page in a user's personal site. Instead of navigating to different lists, sites, and site collections to view and edit both SharePoint Server and Project Server tasks, users simply have to go to their My Tasks page to see a single collection of all the things they need to do. The My Tasks page allows you to update existing Project Server assignments, and the results are synchronized to Project Server 2013. For example, if you change the assignment status of an active Project Server 2013 task to Complete, the change is forwarded to Project Server 2013. The Work Management Shared Service in SharePoint Server 2013 provides the functionality for the My Tasks page. The Work Management Service is responsible for aggregating SharePoint tasks through Enterprise Search and Project Server task assignments through the Project application service. Tasks are not only collected to the My Tasks page, but they are also pushed to other applications in which they are configured to be viewed, such as Outlook, or by mobile devices that synchronize to Exchange Server.You can synchronize tasks from SharePoint Server, your My Site, and Project Server into your Exchange Server mailbox and your Windows Phone tasks hub. Additionally, Exchange Server tasks can be synchronized into your My Tasks page.
This slide presents a brief overview of new and significantly updated functionality in Project Server 2013. These include the following:Project Online in Office 365Project Server 2013 architecture changesMulti-tenancy supportDatabase consolidationProject site availability in SharePoint Server 2013Project mobile availabilityDemand Management improvementsOData service for better reportingImprovements in Exchange integration with Project ServerSharePoint task-list projects and enterprise projectsMy Tasks: All tasks in one locationAdministrative Settings user interface changesSharePoint Permission ModeProject site permissionsActive Directory synchronization improvementsBetter logging and monitoringProject Server 2013 upgrade changes
In Project Server 2013, big improvements have been made to synchronization and timer job performance. Changes were made to improve the time required for synchronization of users in the Active Directory directory service with Project Server Enterprise Resource Pools (ERPs) and to Project Server security groups. These changes include the following: Introduced smarter scheduling: Synchronization jobs now run more during low usage times. Active Directory sync timer jobs can be scheduled through the Central Administration site.Reduced the number of RDB updates: Reporting synchronization jobs are more expensive to run than other job types. Reductions have been made in the number of jobs being run, and also in the types of jobs that are run. The result of these changes is marked improvements in the time required for synchronization jobs to run. The above table compares test results for Active Directory synchronization job times for a large group of users between Project Server 2010 SP1 and Project Server 2013
In Project Server 2013, the Project Service provides project management functionality not only to Project Web App (PWA) but also throughout the SharePoint Server 2013 farm in which it resides. One major change is the use of a single Project Web App database for Project Server 2013.In Project Server 2010, each Project Server 2010 instance was supported by a set of four Project Server databases (Draft, Publish, Reporting, and Archive). For Project Server 2013, all four Project Server 2013 databases are consolidated into a single database, the Project Web App database (default name: ProjectWebApp). The Reporting tables retain their previous names, and the Draft, Published, and Archived table names have the prefixes draft., pub., and ver. Direct access is not supported for the Draft, Published, and Archive tables and views. Reports should only use the Reporting tables and views.These changes are driven by the need to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) for using Project Server 2013, especially when you are implementing an environment in which you may have multiple PWA instances in your environment. A reduction in the number of databases required to use Project Server 2013 reduces the costs associated to maintain the data (update, backup, disaster recovery, and so on).
Declarative workflows (workflows that are defined in SharePoint Designer 2013) are offloaded to Windows Azure Workflow for processing. Windows Azure Workflow can run on a separate server in the SharePoint farm, on Windows Azure in the cloud, or on a single Project Server computer for testing or demonstrations. Coded workflows that are developed with Visual Studio 11 Beta are processed in the workflow runtime within SharePoint Server, as in Project Server 2010.
A key change in Project Server 2013 reporting is the use of the OData service to access the Project Web App database. The use of OData was driven by the move to create a Project Online offering. In Office 365, the Project Web App database for Project Online cannot be accessed directly, so an OData service is available. For online customers, Reporting tables and views are exposed only by the OData interface. Project Online is designed to provide a separate database for each instance of Project Web App. That is, multiple instances of Project Web App each have their own Project Web App database. The OData service internally runs SQL queries on the Reporting tables and views in the Project Web App database associated with the specific instance of Project Web App. In Project Server 2013, users can also access the on-premises Reporting tables through the OData interface.The Reporting tables, views, and fields in the Project Web App database are documented in an HTML Help file in the Project 2013 SDK. The OData XML schema for the Reporting data will also be documented online on MSDN, in an update of the SDK. Queries of the Reporting tables and views that were created for Project Server 2010 will, in most cases, work with the Project Web App database in Project Server 2013. Users of Project Server 2013 on-premises can access the Project Server OLAP cubes in SQL Server Analysis Services, as they currently do. In Project Online, OLAP cubes are not available.
Exchange integration with Project Server was introduced in Project Server 2010. It provides the ability for team members or resources on a project to view, update, delete, and report status on their published tasks in Outlook, Outlook Web App (OWA), or any other application that is capable of syncing tasks from Exchange Server.The Exchange integration feature in Project Server 2013 allows you integrate project task management by using SharePoint Server 2013 with Exchange Server 2013. This allows team members anywhere that have access to Exchange Server to interact with task management data in Outlook or Outlook Web App and even using an Exchange-connected mobile device (by using either Windows Phone 7.5 or Apple IOS v5).
A new addition in Project Server 2013 is support for mobile access to your project data. A web-based mobile site is now included, which enables team members and project managers to view project status at a glance on a mobile device. By using the touch-enabled mobile site, you can access and edit relevant project documents and do lightweight editing of project plans from your Windows Phone 7.5 (using the Internet Explorer 9 browser), Apple iPhone, or Android device.
The Project Application Service in Project Server 2013 can be associated with a SharePoint site collection in which the project sites are SharePoint task-list projects. When the project site is a SharePoint task-list project, SharePoint maintains the project site in a site collection. Project Professional can synchronize with and update the task lists. A project site can include an independent SharePoint task list or a task list that is synchronized with an .MPP file; the .MPP file can be stored locally or in a SharePoint library. SharePoint task list projects can be converted so that Project Server maintains them as enterprise projects. In this case, Project Professional saves data directly to Project Server. The feature comparison table below compares the behavior of task lists, the Schedule Web Part, and other functionality for SharePoint task list projects and enterprise projects. The Schedule Web Part contains the grid on the Project Web App page where you can edit a project schedule.
In Project Server 2013, timesheet jobs do not use the queue system (no Timesheets queue). All sites served by the same application service share the same queue service. Several key changes have greatly improved queue performances. When a job is posted to the queue table, the system will be notified that a job is available, instead of periodically having to poll for queue jobs.
To both simplify Project Server permissions and more closely align the permissions configuration with SharePoint Server, the new default SharePoint Permission Mode has been created in Project Server 2013. It provides users an alternative to the “classic” Project Server permissions model (Project Permission Mode). A new installation of Project Server 2013 automatically starts you in SharePoint Permission Mode. If you require more detail in managing permissions, you can easily switch to the Project Permission Mode by using a Window PowerShell command. Because SharePoint Permission Mode does not require synchronization between Project Server users and SharePoint sites, SharePoint Permission Mode uses fewer system resources and allows for greater scalability.