Can I make Project 2003 Pro link to a resource pool on a web serve

[Doug Talotta]

I need to know if it is possbible to get MS Project 2003 Pro to be able to
link
to a Resource Pool file that is housed on a Web server. I am using MS
Sharepoint hosted on a web server by my company. Both the resource pool file
and the multiple project files will be on the SharePoint server. I need the
ability to open the project files for editing in MS Project 2003 with them
refernecing the resource pool file located on sharepoint. Right now is says
that Project cannot support web server resource pooling. Is there any way to
do this?

Thanks for your help
Doug

 

[Rick Roszko]

Short answer:

No

Long Answer:

Basically you can't do what you want to do as you have explained it.

Just use MS Project Server and that will solve your problem...

MS Project Server uses two services, IIS6 and MS SQL Server 2000
with Analysis Services. It also comes with SharePoint Services.

MS Project Server uses one integrated Enterprise Resource Pool.
All of your resources are entered into this resource pool which
resides in the MS SQL database.

All MS Project users connect to MS Project Server via a client-server
interface. Everyone uses the same pool for all projects.

All resources on the project uses Internet Explorer to get to the data,
or PWA, which stnads for "Project Wevb Access".

 

[Doug Talotta]

Rick, thanks for the detailed info. I know I can go the Project server
route, but costs and other issues where making us avoid this.

I guess what I don't understand is if I can create multiple workplan files
and one resource pool file on my hard drive or shared LAN drive, why can't MS
Project be changed (settings, add-on, 3rd-party module, hack) to look at the
project files and resource pool file both stored on the same web server?

Thoughts?