Archiving old projets

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Avi

Hello,

How do we go about archiving obsolete projets in MS Project Server 2003?

Can they be deleted only via the "Clean up Project Server database"? How do
we select multiple projects for an all-at-once delete?

Thanks for your help.
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Avi --

The answer depends on your organization's desire to maintain historical data
on completed projects for analysis purposes. If your organization doesn't
need the historical data, you can delete old completed projects using the
Clean Up Project Server Database feature in Project Server 2003. If you
need to perform a mass deletion of projects, you can use the Project Server
Cleaner tool, available from Microsoft for free download at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...FamilyID=c5566da4-ada5-4aa7-ad98-2e7681d69beb

If your organization needs to maintain the historical data in all completed
projects, there is no default way to archive them in Project Server 2003.
But you can use a methodology that our company recommends, as documented in
the following FAQ:

http://www.projectserverexperts.com/ProjectServerFAQKnowledgeBase/ArchiveCompletedProjects.aspx

The methodology documented in the FAQ "hides" the completed projects from
most users in Project Server 2003, but makes the data available for
historical purposes. If your company is willing to spend a little money,
you can use the Physical Archive Tool to transfer the completed projects to
another database and then remove them from the Project Server 2003 database.
Refer to the following link for information about this tool:

http://www.projectmadeeasy.com/archive.htm

Hope this helps.
 

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