Microsoft® Office Project 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies®

Chapter 2. The Project Server Administrator

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✓	Understanding the structure of the Project Server database
✓	Working with users, views, the Enterprise Global template, custom fields, and calendars
✓	Setting up the Enterprise resource pool
✓	Loading projects into the Project Server database
✓	Managing timesheet and task settings
✓	Customizing Project Web Access
✓	Managing information in the Project Server database

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Initially, the Project Server administrator needs information technology (IT) skills to install Project Server. When the design and implementation processes described in Chapter 1 of this minibook are complete, setting up the Project Server database for use in your organization requires both IT skills and the skills of a person familiar with project management and your organization’s needs while managing projects. This chapter describes the administrative tasks involved in customizing the Project Server database.

Understanding the Structure of the Project Server Database

Using the term “Project Server Database” is a bit misleading because each installation of Project Server actually consists of four databases: the Draft database, the Published database, the Archive database, and the Reporting database.

We continue to refer to the collection as “the Project Server database” throughout this book, just to make things easier.

You can think of the ...