Licensing Issue

[Elizabeth]

There are 5 people in the project team who needs to add
tasks to Project, and about 20 people need to have view
access only to Project. We're trying to put Project in
our Intranet Server. Could anyone help me to see if I
need Project Standard? Professional? Project Server?
Project Web Access? And what kinds or how many license do
I need to purchase? I'm quite confused now as I've never
used Project before.

Thanks for any help!

Elizabeth

 

[Elizabeth]

I forgot to mention that I'm using Windows 2000
Professional. Don't know if it's going to make a
difference. Thanks.

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

If you want to see project data over the web, then you need project server.
Anyone scheduling projects need Project Professional and everyone else needs
Project Web Access licenses (to view the project data on Project Server.

However, if you only want people to see information for a project file, then
consider one of the project viewers whose details are in
www.mvps.org/project

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[Steve House]

You have a couple of options. You do need a license for every copy of
Project installed and I may be wrong but I don't think there is a way to
install a single copy on a central shared server and open it from different
workstations (probably would violate the EULA in any case). Like Office,
you will need a license for each workstation. As you describe it, if you go
with Project Standard you'll need at least 25 copies of Project, 25
licenses, since there is no way to open and view project files without it.
Another route would be 5 licenses and send or post reports and views saved
as PDF file "electronic hard-copy" to the people who only need view access.
OR, you could go with 5 copies of Project Professional (Standard doesn't
talk to Server- that's the basic difference between the two versions) for
the PM's actually modifying the project plans, Project Server as the
distribution medium (remember it also requires Windows Server, IIS, SQL
Server, etc) and Project Web Access with enough CALs for the other 20 who
need to view the plans.

Hope this helps