Task Type Explained .... I hope

Fixed Work (Effort Driven)

If work is changed then duration will change

If another resource is added to task then both duration and work will reduce

If duration is changed then units will change and work (effort) remains the same (fixed work)

If units are changed then duration will change and work (effort) remains the same (fixed work)

Fixed Unit (Effort Driven):

If duration of fixed units task is changed then work will change

If work of fixed units task is changed then duration will change

If another resource is added to fixed unit task then both duration and work will change

If units for both resources are changed then work will remain same but duration will change

Fixed Duration Effort Driven

If work is changed for fixed duration task units will change and duration will remain the same

If units are changed for fixed duration task then work will change and duration will remain the same

If duration is changed for fixed duration task then work will change and units will remain the same

If another resource is added to fixed duration (effort driven) task then both work and units will change

Problem: (project server 2007 with IIS 7.0 Windows 2008

In Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms when you try to access a Web page from Microsoft Office Project Web Access:

• When you try to view the "Project Center" page, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  Project Center cannot access the project(s) you are trying to view. It is most likely that you either don't have the permissions to view the project, another user has deleted this project(s) before you were able to view it or that another user is in the process of publishing the project
  

• When you try to view the "Resource Center" page, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  There was an error loading the page. Please try again by clicking Refresh. If this problem persists, contact your administrator.
  

• When you select a user on the "Manage Users" page, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  An error was encountered in loading the page. Refresh the page, or contact your server administrator if this problem persisttions.
  

• When you try to view an "Edit Custom Field" page, you receive an error message that resembles the following:
  

  The custom field could not be saved due to the following reason(s):
  
  
  An unknown error has occurred
  

Solution:

In: IIS 7.0 Compression Turn off compression for Port 80 and Office Server Web Services and SSP

Project Server SP2 Deployment Resources

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Deployment Resources
Deploy Service Pack 2 for Office Project Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637740.aspx
Deploy Project Server 2007 updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd630752.aspx
Deploy software updates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288269.aspx
Deploy software updates for Office SharePoint Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287882.aspx
Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx

Project Server Service Pack 2 (SP2) Download Center Page

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Download Center Page
Office Project 2007 (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C126FA4A-B43F-4F7E-A9D4-522E92A6CFEE
Office Project Language Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7DF323E-73B8-4344-826A-A01E6F920B1B
WSS (both x86 and x64)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=79BADA82-C13F-44C1-BDC1-D0447337051B&displaylang=en
WSS Language Pack (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=085E5AC8-58F6-4CF9-8012-33B95EE36C0F&displaylang=en
WSS Language Pack (x64)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2C2B6CAF-B46D-45EB-AC4D-DEAAA48C3A2C&displaylang=en
Office Servers (x86 and x64)
(contains Project Server SP2)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B7816D90-5FC6-4347-89B0-A80DEB27A082&displaylang=en
Office Servers Language Pack (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=01C6A3E8-E110-4956-903A-AD16284BF223&displaylang=en
Office Servers Language Pack (x64)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=66C5026F-9F47-4642-8378-2526918009FA&displaylang=en

Project Server Service Pack 2 (SP2) Description

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Description
Description of Office Project 2007 Service Pack 2 and Office Project Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 2
953326
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953326
Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack Service Pack 2
953338
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338
Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 and the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack Service Pack 2
953334
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334

Search Project Server Blogs

http://search.live.com/macros/projectserver/epm

Steps to Move Project Server 2007 from One Environment to Another Including WorkSpace

Assumptions:

1. You have installed Project Server on New Machine to a point where you have Sharepoint Central Administration, Web Application on Port 80, Web Application for SSP and Project Application Service is started.
2. Make Sure you same project server service pack and patches installed on new server
3. You have backed and restored project server database to new server
4. You have backed and restore Content Database for Port 80 (Assuming your project server work space was on port 80)

Steps:

1. Navigate to Start » All Programs » Administrative Tools » SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration
   
   

2. Click on Operations > Under Topology and Services > Click on Services on Server > Select the Option Project Application

3. Make Sure Project Application Service is started
   
   

4. Under Shared Service Administration Click on SharedServices1 (Name could be different)
   
5. Click on Project Web Access Sites
   
6. Click on Create Project Web Access
   
7. Make Sure you select the same "Project Web Access Path" if you want to RESTORE AND RELINK SharePoint workspace. My Scenario was PWA.
8. Enter the account info for Administrator Account and Primary Database Server
   
9. Enter the name of Published Database, Draft Database, Archive database and Reporting Database (restored databases)
   
10. Click on refresh status after few minutes
    
    
    
    
    
11. The Site should be provisioned
    
12. Click on the site just to make sure project web access is working
    
13. Click on Workspace "The PAGE not found" (EXPECTED)
    
14. Now Create a new web application
    
15. Navigate back to central administration > application management > Under SharePoint Web Application Management Click on Create or Extend Web Application
    
16. Create New Web-Application on Port 81 *Can be any port except 80
    
    

    
    
    

17. Once the Web application is created on port 81 > Navigate back to central administration > application management > Under SharePoint Web Application Management Click on Content databases
    
18. Change the Web-Application to http://servername:81/
    
    

    
    

    
    
    

19. Remove the content database of port 81 (Make Sure you are removing the content database of correct web application)
    
20. Click on Database name and then click on Remove Content Database > Click Ok
    
    

    
    
    

21. Add Content Database of Port 80 from Previous Server (I did restored the database as "OLD") to this web application on Port 81
    
    

    
    

    
    
    
    

    
    

    
    
22. Download Project Server Resource kit for project server 2007 from Microsoft.com
    
23. Extract it to C:\ResourceKit
    
24. Start > Run > Cmd
    
25. Browse to C:\ResourceKit
26. Type

ReLinkAllWSSSites.exe http://servername:81 http://servername/pwa

27. Type Browse to PWA (http://serverName/PWA) you should see all Projects and their SharePoint sites.