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John Bailey
Starting with Microsoft Project 2003, email collaboration is no longer
included with Microsoft Project. Although you can add this to MS Project
2003 with a web download, the stance currently being taken by Microsoft is
that this will not be included in future versions, making everyone rely on
Project Server for collaboration in the future.
This is ridiculous. This means that if you collaborate with outside parties
on a project, you will need to have an internet facing server to support this
collaboration. Furthermore, contrary to what the MS Project team seems to
think, Project Server just doesn't offer enough benefits for most smaller
teams to warrant going to the trouble of setting it up and maintaining its
web server and paying licensing fees for the project server. For smaller
teams, the email solution is just better and more cost effective.
I sincerely hope the MS Project product team reconsiders its stance on
removing this very useful feature.
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included with Microsoft Project. Although you can add this to MS Project
2003 with a web download, the stance currently being taken by Microsoft is
that this will not be included in future versions, making everyone rely on
Project Server for collaboration in the future.
This is ridiculous. This means that if you collaborate with outside parties
on a project, you will need to have an internet facing server to support this
collaboration. Furthermore, contrary to what the MS Project team seems to
think, Project Server just doesn't offer enough benefits for most smaller
teams to warrant going to the trouble of setting it up and maintaining its
web server and paying licensing fees for the project server. For smaller
teams, the email solution is just better and more cost effective.
I sincerely hope the MS Project product team reconsiders its stance on
removing this very useful feature.
----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...8a0f-53c9b54ed3f0&dg=microsoft.public.project