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Objectives: This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to upgrade, administer and maintain Microsoft Project Server 2007 at the pilot, departmental, and enterprise levels and troubleshoot problems that occur in Project Server 2007. The course assumes that the student has already had 2003 training and experience. The course covers Project Server 2007 but has minimum content on WSS 3.0. A separate course is available for maintaining and administering this product.

Who should attend: People that are familiar with MS Project 2003 and with Project Professional, with the overall responsibility of upgrading, maintaining or administering the Microsoft EPM 2007 solution. These are the people responsible for working with the stakeholders to define and implement the enterprise standards.

UPGRADING, ADMINISTERING AND MAINTAINING MICROSOFT PROJECT SERVER 2007 TRAINING COURSE CONTENT
DURATION - 5 DAYS

Next Scheduled Course Date

Module 1: Overview of new features of Project Server 2007
Introduction to Project Server 2007 – Core Components
Architecture overview
Project Server data flows

Module 2 Project Professional 2007 key feature changes
Collaboration Features
Reporting
Resource planning features/
Resource Breakdown Structure
Creating custom fields

Module 3: New Features of Project Server 2007
New features of Project
Project Workspaces
Enterprise settings
New Customisation Options
New Reporting Features
New EPM features
Lists
Timesheet options
MS Office integration
Resource Optimisation options and customization
New Security Features and Permissions
Overview of the new Project Server Queue System

Module 4: Upgrading Project 2003 to Project Server 2007
Planning the upgrade process
Planning roll back processes
Back up and recovery options
Upgrading options
Assess user Impact
Preparing for the upgrade
Install Service Packs
Install Migration Tool
Migrate Enterprise Resources
Use and Run Migration Tool
Post Upgrade Tasks
Upgrade Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Reporting
Known Upgrade Issues

Module 5: Project Server 2007: Project Data and Resource Data
Review of Project data considerations

Module 6: Security
Overview of Security in Project Server 2007
Security Templates
Field Access Control
Category Permissions
Global Permissions
Changes in Permissions from 2003 to 2007
Template Permissions
Default Permissions
Project Server and WSS security

Module 7: Planning for Growth
Monitoring Role-Based Performance
Creating Growth Plans for Project Server 2007
Growth Configuration Options
Scaling up

Module 8: Administration and Configuring
Review

Customisation Options:
-Customizing Task and Timesheet Tracking Settings
-Customizing Gantt Chart Formats
-Customizing Grouping Formats
-Customizing the Home Page Format
-Configuring Notifications and Reminders
-Customising Views
-Configuring SharePoint for Project Server 2007
Managing SharePoint services in Project Server 2007
Connecting to SharePoint from Project Server 2007
Administrating Queues

Module 9: Project Server 2007: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Project Server
Testing Project Server 2007
Match Project Server 2007 test plans to their functions
Measuring Project Server 2007 performance
Recognize how to measure Project Server 2007 performance
Monitoring Project Server 2007 performance
Establish a Project Server 2007 test plan and performance metrics in a given scenario
Review of Troubleshooting tools for Project Server 2007
New tools in 2007
Describe the features and infrastructure of Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS)
Explore the SMS Site Architecture
Deploy SMS clients
Discover SMS resources
Collect inventory and monitor software usage
Query and report data
Distribute software
Implement Software Update Tools
Use SMS Remote Tools for client support
Work with SMS Hierarchies
Project Server 2007 troubleshooting
Identify how to troubleshoot problems in Project Server 2007
Tracing and troubleshooting Project Server 2007

Module 10: Disaster Recovery (DR)
This module reviews the Disaster Recovery scenarios, establishes criteria for assessing the situation and recommending solutions.
DR Overview
Fault Tolerance Strategies
Assessing Recoverability
View Backup and Restore Tool
Recovering SQL Server and Project Server 2007 services
Recover SQL Server 2000 and Project Server 2007 services
Managing Project Server 2007 migration and recovery
Import a project to Project Server 2007 and recover all Project Server 2007 services
Project Server 2007 disaster recovery
Recognize how to back up and set recovery for a Project Server 2007 deployment in the event of a failure

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