I listened to a fantastic presentation about Project Server 2010 at the last Adelaide SharePoint User Group (ASPUG) meeting. Yes it was a SharePoint user group, however I felt it was very appropriate to hear about Project Server 2010 as the two are so integrated now. The presenter, Marc Soester (General Manager i-PMO a local company specialising in Enterprise Project Management solutions based on Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft SharePoint Server), was extremely knowledgeable and professional. Here are just a few of my notes from the presentation:
- Project Portfolio Server now fully integrated into Project Server 2010.
- SharePoint Server 2010 and a 64-bit Windows Server are key dependencies of Project Server 2010.
- “Backstage” view now available through the File menu, something new across all Office 2010 apps.
- Workflows can now be applied to SharePoint sites (not just lists) – very cool.
- Custom Project Server workflows must be developed with Visual Studio 2010, they can not be created with SharePoint Designer 2010. Custom workflows, created by others, can be deployed without having Visual Studio 2010.
- New Business Intelligence capabilities, 13 new OLAP cubes for better data access and reporting.
- Demand Management – Has the ability to capture, analyse and prioritise projects in-line with the strategic direction of business.
- New Timeline view. Select tasks to add to the timeline which can be easily modified to highlight key milestones. Can also quickly copy and paste the timeline into other Office applications, email, presentations, documents, so easily - cool.
- In Project 2010, a new project can be created from a SharePoint List. The project schedule will take updates from the SharePoint list by synchronising the two in Project’s backstage.
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