Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Dean — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:39:05 GMT

We are currently using 2002 and considering moving to 2003. Should we just skip 2003 and wait for 2007?

Hi Dean - this really depends on what your company is interested in doing. We have made a lot of improvements from 2002 to 2003. You can read more about them at http://www.microsoft.com/project/ - there were performance improvements and many new features. So, there is a lot to gain from upgrading to 2003 now since we won't be shipping P12 until the second half of the year. If you would like to know more about an area in specific, please send a message directly to me and we can discuss it offline. I'd be happy to give you some guidance. Thanks, Lidiane

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Rinat Abdullin — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:01:20 GMT

Looks like P12 is going to be packed with the features. I've enjoyed working with P'03 and hope new experience would be even more rewarding.

Just a couple of questions:
1. Are there any improvements in Resource Leveling? Is the RL API going to be open (i.e. to customize behaviour).

2. Is Web access going to be tied to IExplorer only?

3. It would really help if there was a possibility to tie custom information to the Task dependencies (without messing with the DB and Add-ins). Are you going to provide that kind of functionality in P12?

Once again, thank you for the great product!

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Amir Kesten — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:26:56 GMT

Hi.

Is Project 2007 Web Access going to require a .NET 2.0 client, due to the fact that typed datasets are passed as return values ?

[Lidiane] Project 2007 will require .NET 2.0. The installation will not proceed until you have .NET 2.0 installed on the server.

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Jesse Murray — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:26:15 GMT

Will project Web Access function with alternative browsers (firefox and safari)?

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

zack — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:03:46 GMT

i have project server 2003, with .NET custom reports that retrieves its data from the database directly. will these reports be affected using update or migration to 2007?
thanks

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Oliver Lehmann — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:42:09 GMT

Project Server 2003 is only of limited use if your organization needs to comply with Sarbanes Oxley Act, and your management of strategic projects must support SOx sections 302 and 404. Even 409 (real-time issuer disclosure) may pose a risk.

An example: As a project manager the organization may exclude me from creating and manipulating baselines. As a trainer, I know the hidden doors which allow the project manager to get these data under control again.

Another one: Project 2003 documents the date and time when a baseline has been saved. SOx compliant strategic projects must also document who saved them. And who accessed them later. This documentation again must be stored at a place where it can not be manipulated.

A third one: Deleting tasks in Microsoft Project after baselining should no more be possible in such a protected environment. I am aware that the database in Project Server 2003 still maintains the task records, but they are no more accessible from
the Project desktop and are somehow "lost" in the system. From a users point of view, when you delete a baselined task, the baseline information is deleted as well.

A forth one: Data integrity and data quality must be secured to a certain degree by the softwares (server and desktop). Project 2003 has not sufficient functionality to do that.

Has this requirement - SOx compliance for strategic projects - been addressed in Project Server 2007?

Thanks a lot, Oliver F. Lehmann, PMP

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

jack — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:53:17 GMT

How do you move from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2003 on a new domain. Both project servers are installed each on a small business server 2003. Of course neither server can see the other. How do you transfer the user accounts, logons from old server to new server. once this is done what is procedure to migrate new project server 2003 to project server 2007.

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

S.G. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:36:05 GMT

I would also like to know if Microsoft Office Project 2007 web access will finally work in modern web browsers such as Firefox, Opera, and/or Safari?

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Andrey — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:55:08 GMT

Hi!

After migration from Project Server 2003 to 2007, in Security\Manage Users i can't view any user, but after search i see that user present and active.

How to make all users visible by default, sach as in 2003 server?

Thanks.

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Renee' — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:49:41 GMT

Just migrated to 2007. Some issues: propsed resources can see their tasks on My Tasks? Is this a bug? IS their a fix? Also, how do you asign multiple resources to an Activity Plan task? Also, a major problem - projects are migrated to 2007 with % complete changes (future tasks even). Run into this before? How do you fix?

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

fredy — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:21:56 GMT

hi,

Is there any migration of Project server 2003 to project server 2007 Step by step guide followed with screenshots ?

Thanks.

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Ignacio — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:34:30 GMT

As Andrey said, i can´t see any user on Security\Manage Users But i see them as a member of a migrated Project Server 2003 Group.

I got 2 questions:

1_ How do i see this users on Security\Manage Users (as Andrey Asqued).

2_ If my users exist even though i can´t see them, and they are also Enterprise resources. What happens if i create a PS2007 user with the same name?

Thanks.

Ignacio.

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Ignacio — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:34:33 GMT

As Andrey said, i can´t see any user on Security\Manage Users But i see them as a member of a migrated Project Server 2003 Group.

I got 2 questions:

1_ How do i see this users on Security\Manage Users (as Andrey Asqued).

2_ If my users exist even though i can´t see them, and they are also Enterprise resources. What happens if i create a PS2007 user with the same name?

Thanks.

Ignacio.

re: Firefox and other Standards compliant browsers

Robert Folkerts — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:58:32 GMT

I would like clarification on this as well. From http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/3/c23bc250-5f80-4d0c-a29d-877355ff91e8/Microsoft%20Office%20Project%20Server%202007%20VPAT.doc, it seems like Firefox should work. However, from http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/b782f9a5-054b-486b-b20b-52148466f0611033.mspx?mfr=true, it seems that only IE 6 & 7 are supported. If ActiveX really is required, I feel that the term "Web" should be removed from the name of the product. After all , it is still the World Wide Web Consortium that defines web standards. I'm working on projects that involve multiple platforms, so I ha hoped that I would be able to access the project schedules from any of the computer on the project. It seems perfectly reasonable to me to expect the server to be Windows, but web clients should work on any standards compliant platform ( where platfom = browser & OS)

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Rohan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:06:38 GMT

Nope, it does not support Firefox. If you go to the first link, http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/3/c23bc250-5f80-4d0c-a29d-877355ff91e8/Microsoft%20Office%20Project%20Server%202007%20VPAT.doc, you will see that the document states that all DOCUMENTATION should work in Firefox. It says nothing about the actual web access. It seems it won't work in non-IE browsers, since active-x controls are needed.

Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

Jai — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:24:06 GMT

It was useful. But i need some more details.

1)Advantages of upgrading to 2007?

2) Differences in how timesheets are handled? What would the workflow be, are there any controls so data is not changed once it is submitted?

3) Re-training requirement, which areas are different?

4) Process for upgrading, e.g. are there any issues with the current data?

5) How is custom field information transferred during the upgrade?

6) Does 2007 allow for direct access from multiple locations (without the use of Citrix)?

7) Does 2007 allow multiple servers to share the same database?

Thanks

Jai

re: Migrating from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007

carlo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:36:08 GMT

I have successfully migrated all the projects, but when i checked risks, issues, and documents in PS2007 pwa i can not see them. Is there anyway to migrate risks issues and documents from ps 2003 projects/workspaces to PS 2007 workspaces?