Authentication Method

[Steve Lundwall]

On page 233 of 'Managing Enterprise Projects' by Chefetz and Howard it
states, " Users who access Project Web Access with Project Server Accounts
are not able to access these services [Risks, Issues and Documents] through
Project Web Access". My novice level of experience is going to show here. I
set up a Resource Pool using Project Accounts. I went back in and changed my
own account to Windows Authentication and made sure this user name and
password were on the Windows Server 2003 box. I am getting an invalid User
Name and Password error on the PWA log in screen. (We are not using AD.)

First, is the quote true?
Second, if it is, what else should I be looking at to get Window's
Authentication to work?

Thanks.

Steve

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Steve --

When you created the resources in the Enterprise Resource Pool, if you did
not specify a Windows Account for each resource, then the system
automatically creates PWA user accounts for them using Project Server
authentication. Therefore, the quote from the book holds true, and these
resources cannot access Risks, Issues, or Documents. If you specified a
Windows Account for any resource in the Enterprise Resource Pool, then the
system automatically creates PWA user accounts for them using Windows
authentication.

Since your own account uses Windows authentication, when you attempt to log
into PWA you need to access the Project Server URL in the following form:

http://domain/projectserver

When you do this, the system will automatically log you into PWA. You are
probably attempting to use the longer URL that accesses the login page for
those who use Project Server authentication. Hope this helps.