moving existing projects to project server

[billd]

Hi,

I'm about to setup a project server. We currently have about 5 users in the
company that are already using project.

A. do their current project licenses allow them to connect to a project
server?

B. can I move their current projects to the project server?

Thanks for your help

 

[TGG]

For question A, it depends. It depends on what version of Project, how you
handle licensing with Microsoft, etc. So, more information would be needed.

For question b, yes but... If you are upgrading to Project 2003 and the
plans are created with prior versions, you will want to do the following.

1. Open the prior version mpp file in 2003 and resave it as an mpp. This
allows any internal conversions for the mpp to occur. We've hit issues with
baselining and a few other functions with plans where this step was not done.
2. Once you've save it as a 2003 version mpp, then import the plan into
Project Server. (In Pro, Tools, Enterprise Options, Import Project to
Enterprise)
3. Follow the prompts and you are good to go.
4. Note, if you've already loaded your resources in the Enterprise Resource
Pool, you may want the PMs to rename their resources to match the naming
standard. If they do that, Project will automap them to the enterprise
resource. Otherwise, you have to manually map them.

TGG

 

[billd]

Hi, Thanks for the info on moving projects to the server, very helpful.

I guess I will probably have problems with the licensing. The project 2003
that were already bought were individual apps, not open license. My project
server and the 5 new clients are under open license with sofware assurance...
bet I can't use those all together can I :-( this is where the model falls
down.. no one really knew we were going to need this many project licenses
until recently and now we are stuck halfway.. grrr.

Thanks though, appeciate the info.

 

[TGG]

Licensing is such a joy. I'm guessing the individual apps weren't Pro
versions?

The real fun begins when you add team members and now you need CALs for
everyone. Nobody wants to buy a license for what might be a one time use
for Jane Doe in Accounting. Then Jane's 10 original tasks bloom to 50 and
the PM starts complaining about having to do her updates. If MS would allow
pooled licenses for CALs, life would be easier.

If you have a WAN, add Terminal Server to the mix and now licensing gets
real interesting.

I don't envy you! Good luck and let us know if we can help.

TGG