Introduction

The goal of this five-day, instructor-led course is to provide systems engineers with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively plan, deploy, and manage a Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 solution.

Audience

Candidates for this course are IT professionals who operate in medium to very large computing environments that use the Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 operating system. Typical environments in which they work have these characteristics:

• Supported users ranging from 200 to 5,000 or more
• Multiple physical locations

Typical products and technologies include Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Windows® SharePoint™ Services, Microsoft SQL Server™, Project Server 2003, Microsoft Project Professional 2003, SQL Analysis Services, Office Web components and messaging and collaboration platforms, and network security products and technologies.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe an Enterprise Project Management solution.
• Plan a Project Server infrastructure.
• Install and configure Project system servers.
• Implement Project Server 2003.
• Plan the Project Server deployment.
• Plan client software distribution.
• 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.
• Migrate project data.
• Plan the testing of a Project Server 2003 deployment.
• Troubleshoot Project Server 2003.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Completed M2279: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure.
• A working knowledge of basic project management concepts.

Course Outline

• Overview to Project Server 2003 Deployment
  - 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
  - Configuring IIS 6.0
  - Configuring SQL Server for Project Server 2003 Installation
  - Configuring Windows SharePoint Services
• Implementing Project Server 2003
  - Lesson: Installing Project Server 2003
  - Lesson: Migrating SQL Analysis Services Repository
• Planning the Deployment of Project Server 2003 Clients
  - Selecting Client Software
  - Planning Client Software Deployment
• Deploying Client Software
  - 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 Outlook Integration for Project Server 2003 Clients
• Planning Project Server 2003 Operations
  - Planning the Project Server 2003 Security Structure
  - Integrating 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 Resource and Project Data into the Enterprise
  - Creating Generic Resources
  - Associating Resources with the Enterprise 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 Enterprise Project Management Solution
  - Managing Project Server 2003 Features
  - Configuring Tracking Settings
  - Managing Windows SharePoint Services
• Migrating Project Data
  - Migrating Project Data from Previous Versions of Microsoft Project
  - Migrating SharePoint Team Services Data
• Planning Testing
  - Monitoring Role-Based Performance
  - Creating a Test Plan for Project Server 2003
• Troubleshooting Project Server 2003
  - Lesson: Project Server 2003 Data Flow Paths
  - Lesson: Introduction to Project Server 2003 Troubleshooting Tools
  - |Lesson: Troubleshooting Project Server 2003 Issues

Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

• Exam 70-281: Planning, Deploying, and Managing an Enterprise Management Solution

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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