Microsoft Office Project Server

Microsoft Office Project Server 2013

Microsoft Office Project Server 2013 represents the centralized storage for the publication of data on the project and resources, allowing the companies to organize data in the approved and compatible type thanks to what the reports created on their basis contain up-to-date and useful information.

The solution supports the scaling options, security and high-speed performance meeting the requirements of the organizations connected with increase in effective management of projects and resources. Microsoft Office Project Server allows groups of a message joint work over the project, to get an access to the information of the project and to update it via the Microsoft Project Web Access web portal (the licenses CAL are necessary).

The version of Microsoft Office Project Server 2013 has the new interface and also offers a number of additional opportunities, such as data mapping of the project by means of a new set of the configured graphic reports, communication with a command directly in Project by means of the built-in functions of Lync, tracking of ways of tasks for simplification of work with Gant's charts and many others.

Features of Microsoft Office Project 2013

• Quick start of work. Instead of creation of the empty Project 2013 file starts the center to start work with the project. Employees can browse in advance prepared templates, import data from Excel or from the website SharePoint and also just select "The new project" to receive the blank chart Ganta. Function of work with the previous projects saved on the computer or in SkyDrive is available.

• Data mapping in graphic reports. Using Project 2013, it is possible to create professional reports without export of data to other program: add drawings, charts, animation, links and other elements which will help to inform clear and well interested persons and a command of project state-of-health data.

• New set of reports. The updated packet of the preset reports gives all opportunities of formatting and graphics. It is convenient to replace large volumes of data with charts and images which do the project more visual and clear. Employees can add and delete elements in reports and also change their colors.

• Reports on development. In the reports on development of value planned, completed and the remained labor costs are displayed in the form of lines on the chart which allows the head to define instantly whether the project will be complete in time. Now reports on development are allowed to be created directly in Project 2013 (without export of data).

• Communication with a command. Thanks to Project 2013 users can always stay in touch with team members – to receive updates about performance of work, to ask questions and to discuss strategic issues. Guide a mouse pointer addressed to contact enough to begin a session of instant messaging or a video chat, to send the e-mail message or to call the addressee (work of function requires the Lync 2010 or more program of the late version).

• Tracking of ways of tasks. During operation over difficult projects the chart Ganta can turn into a ball of segments and relationship lines. The user can select a chain of communications – a so-called way of a task – for any task to make it more visual. When choosing a task all her predecessors will be highlighted in one color, and followers – to others.

• Planning of long projects. Project 2013 supports dates of tasks and projects till 12/31/2149 now.

• Shared access to meetings. When exporting reports, project schedules or data from Project to other programs of Office it is necessary to use a new feature of shared access. Employees can join meetings on network and provide shared access to PowerPoint slides, Word documents, spreadsheets of Excel and notes of OneNote from any supported device even if on it Office packet is not set.

• Preserving of files in a cloud. Now users can easily save files of Office in the SkyDrive folder or on the website of the organization where it is convenient to browse schedules of Project, spreadsheets of Excel and other files of Office and to provide to them shared access.

• Work from any place. If in the organization there is a Project Online service, employees can get access to the complete version of Project 2013 almost from everywhere, even from computers on which it is not set to software. Only connection to the Internet and the computer with Windows 7 OS will be required (or later version). Thanks to automatic updates users will always have the newest version of a product.

Main opportunities of Microsoft Office Project Server

• Centralized operation by projects and resources. On the Microsoft Office Project Server server it is possible to publish plans of projects from Microsoft Office Project. Thus the centralized and coordinated management is provided with projects and resources.

• Right choice of software tools for effective joint work. Microsoft Office Project Server allows members of groups and interested persons to get an access to the information of the project, to update and analyze it using the Microsoft Project Web Access web portal. Thanks to integration of services Microsoft SharePoint Team Services with Project Server the group can perform uniform storage and sharing of documents and also on a centralized basis to trace problems, arising when implementing the project.

• Distribution of opportunities of use of Microsoft Office Project Server on the organization in general. Microsoft Office Project Server offers the expanded technology platform. Application of industry standards, such as XML and SOAP, provides easy integration of Project Server with other business applications and databases and information exchange with them.