Project Server 2010 Installation and configuration strategy

Microsoft Project Server is a companion program that you can use with Microsoft Project Standard and Microsoft Project Professional to work with project managers, team members, and stakeholders Effective team collaboration.

This series of articles describes the steps that are required to install Microsoft Project Server 2010 in a server farm environment. These steps include:

Configuring Microsoft SQL Server and Analysis Services

Installing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

Installing Project Server 2010

Create a Microsoft Project Web Access Web site

Configuring SQL Server and Analysis Services

Configuring SQL Server and Analysis Services includes the following steps:

Configure SQL Server Network settings

To add a login name to the server farm administrator account

Enable the common language runtime

Configuring Analysis Services

In addition, depending on your requirements, you may also need to configure Auto_Close and Auto_update_statistics_async to implement some of the recommended performance enhancements. In addition, you may also want to create a Project Web Access database.

Install SharePoint Server 2010

Project Server 2010 requires the SharePoint server Enterprise Edition. Before you can install and configure Project Server 2010, you must first install SharePoint Server 2010 and create a server farm. This article guides you through obtaining the appropriate SharePoint Server 2010 resources to configure the server farm.

Installing and configuring Project Server 2010

After you have established a SharePoint Server 2010 server farm, you can install Project Server 2010. The Project Server 2010 software must be installed on each application server and front-end Web in the server farm. After you install and configure the project Server 2010 software, you must configure several service applications in SharePoint Server 2010 Before you can create a Project Web Access site.

Create a Project web Access site

After you complete the initial project Server 2010 configuration in SharePoint Server 2010, you can create a project Web Access site.

This article describes how to install and configure Project Server 2010.

Complete the following procedure on each application server in the server farm.

Installing Project Server 2010

1. On the Project Server DVD, run Default.hta. The installation menu opens.

Note:Default.hta may run automatically when you insert a disc.

2, on the Start page, click Install Project Server.

3. On the "Enter your Product Key" page, type your product key, and then click Continue.

4. On the End User License Agreement page, review the terms of the agreement. To accept the agreement, select the "I accept the terms of this Agreement" check box.

5, click "Continue".

6, on the Select File Location page, click Install Now.

7. When the installation is complete, clear the run SharePoint products and Technology Configuration Wizard now check box.

8, click "Close".

After the Project Server 2010 software has been installed on each application server in the server farm, you must run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to set up Project Server with SharePoint Server 2010. Before you can start using Project server, you must run this wizard on each application server in the server farm.

Complete the following procedure on each application server in the server farm.

Note: run the SharePoint Product and Technology Configuration Wizard on one application server at a time. Do not run the wizard on more than one server at a time.

Run the SharePoint products and Technologies Configuration Wizard

1 Click Start, All Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, and the SharePoint 2010 Product Configuration Wizard.

2. On the "Welcome to SharePoint Products and Technologies" page, click Next.

3, a confirmation dialog box message appears, showing a list of services that may need to be restarted. Please click "Yes".

4. On the Modify server farm Settings page, select the open connection to this server farm option, and then click Next.

5. If the server is hosting a central administration site, the Modify SharePoint Central Administration Web Application Settings page appears. Select No, this computer will continue to host the Web site option, and then click Next.

6. After you complete the SharePoint products and Technologies Configuration Wizard page, click Next.

7, on the Configure Success page, click Finish.