Scala able, Co onnecte ed, and d Progr rammable Pla atform

Whenvet ttingprojectand a portfolioManagement(PPM)solut tions,evaluat tioncommitte eesassess competingproductsfromabusines ssperspective e,andthroug ghanITlens.PPMsolution nsmustscorewell ategoriestobe b successful,tohelpensurethatthepr ctionalitymee etsbusiness inbothca roductsfunc requireme ents,alignswith w theorgan nizationsITre equirements, ,andintegrat tesseamlesslywithlineof f businessapplications. a Whencho oosingacomp prehensivePPMsolution,organizations slookforthe efollowing: Simpl lifiedadminis strationandflexibility. f Or rganizationsn needPPMpla atformstobeflexibletohe elp ensur rethattheyca aneasilybeconfigured c toautomateth heorganizatio onsuniqueprocessesand meetcustomrepo ortingrequirements. nnectedwork kmanagemen ntplatform.Depending D on ntheirrolesa andpreferenc ces,employees Acon andte eamswilluse eavarietyofproductivity p tools t toreceiv veandcompletework.Or rganizations roductivityto requir reaPPMsolu utionthatcan nconnectwithcommonpr oolssothatuserscancont tinue workingintheirpr referredenvir ronment,and dsotheycan easilyprovideupdatestofacilitate enterpriseresourc cemanageme entandreporting. Enterprisescalabil lityandperfo ormance.Org ganizationsre equireaPPMsolutionthat tcanscalean nd suppo ortdeploymentsatthedepartmentalandenterprise elevel;meetpeakusesce enarios;handl le largevolumesofdata;perform acrosswideareanetwork ks(WANs);an ndsupportan ndempowert the leworkforce. mobil Anex xtensibleandprogrammab bleplatform. .Oftenorgan nizationscusto omizetheirP PPMsolutionto autom matetheiruniquerequirem mentsortoeffectivelyinte egratewithth hirdpartyorhomegrown system mstomaintaindataintegr rity.LeadingPPM P solution nsneedtopro ovideanopen napplication programminginter rface(API)inadditiontodeveloper d too olsandresour rcestosuppo ortcustom developmentactiv vities.

TheMicro osoftEnterp priseProjectManagement M (EPM)Soluti onprovidesascalable,connected,and d extensible eplatformthathastheflexibilitytome eetmostbusin nessrequirem mentsandalignwiththe organizationsenterprisearchitectu urestandards s.Withthefa miliarMicros softSharePo ointuser interfaceinMicrosoft ProjectServ ver2010andtheRibbonin nterfaceinMicrosoftPro ojectProfessio onal 2010,itis seveneasierfor f userstoget g started,an ndtherebyre educetraining grequiremen nts,anddrive adoptionandsatisfaction.TheEPM MSolutioncon nnectswithre elatedMicros softtechnologiestoprovid dea orkmanagem mentplatform m,helpingtoe ensurethatorganizationsg gainaddition nal familiarandunifiedwo mtheirMicro osoftplatform minvestments s. valuefrom ProjectSe erver2010sim mplifiesadministrationthr roughanimp provedconsol lethatprovid desonestop shoppingforbothprojectandportf foliomanagementcapabil ities.Improve edadministra ationhelpsen nsure mentoffices(P PMOs)cansp pendlesstime emanagingthePPMsyste emandinstea ad that(projectmanagem

focusonmonitoring m th hePPMproce ess.TheenhancedProject Server2010applicationp programming interface(API),Project tServerInterf face(PSI),andconnection nwithMicroso oftSharePointServer2010 andVisua alStudio201 10providede eveloperswith htherequire dtoolsandre esourcestoin ntegratewith h thirdpart tysystemsandsuccessfully ybuildanddeploycustom msolutions.Th heEPMSolut tionbuildson nthe scalability yandperform manceimprov vementsofPr roject2007to ocontinuetomeettheneedsoflarge, distribute edorganizatio ons.

Famili iarUserInterfaceImprovesAdo optionan ndSatisf faction

TheMicro osoftEPMSol lutionprovide esuserswithafamiliaran ndconsistentinterfaceacrossProjectSe erver 2010andProjectProfe essional2010 0tohelpenha anceproductiivity,reducet trainingcosts s,anddrive adoptionandsatisfaction. BecauseProject P Server r2010isbuilt tonSharePoi intServer201 10,theportfo olioselectionandanalytica al modulesin i ProjectSer rver2010hav veaconsisten ntSharePoint userinterfac ce,helpingto oensureauni iform experienc ceacrossbott tomupandto opdownPPM Mcapabilities s(seeFigure1 1).LikeShare ePoint,theProject Serveruse erinterfacesupportsthefollowing f lang guages:

Englis sh Arabic Brazilian Chine ese(Simplified d) Chine ese(Traditional) Czech h Danish Dutch h Finnis sh Frenc ch German Greek k Hebre ew(Enabled) Hunga arian Italian n Japan nese Korea an Norwegian(Bokma al) Polish h Portuguese(Europ pean) Russia an Spanish Swedish Turkis sh

Figure 1. Pro oject Server 2010 Built on Shar rePoint Server 2010

TheRibbo oninterfacein nbothProjec ctServer2010 0andProject Professional2010provide esuserswitha familiarex xperience,whethertheyaccess a Project tcapabilities throughthebrowser(see eFigure2)orby usingthepowerfuldes sktopschedulingtool.

Figure 2. Pro oject Professiona al 2010 The Ribbon interface for f Webbased e diting

ols Thesimpleandintuitiv veRibbonhelpsusersquic cklyrealizere sultsandworkmoreeffici iently;thetoo tsarealways attheirfinge ertips.Contex xtualmenugr roups thattheyneedtoplan andmanagetheirproject revealpow werfulfeatur res,soitiseasiertogetsta artedandtor reducetrainin ngcosts(seeFigure3).

Figure 3. Pro oject Professiona al 2010 The Ribbon interface

TheProjectServer201 10leftmenubar b hasbeenredesignedt obettergrou uprelatedcap pabilities,foran duserexperie ence(seeFigu ure4). enhanced

Figure 4. Pro oject Server 2010 New left me enu bar

Conne ectedWorkMan nagemen ntSolution

Microsoft trecognizesthatuserpref ferencesandroleswithint theorganizationwilldirect tlyaffectthe productiv vitytoolsthey ychoosetous setocomplet tetasks.Wek knowthatthe ereisnosuch hthingasaone sizefitsallPPMsolutio on.TheMicro osoftEPMSolutionconnec ctswithrelatedMicrosofttechnologies sto kmanagemen ntplatform.This T ensurest thatteamsca anchoosethe eirpreferred provideafamiliarwork vitytools,and deasilyreceiv vetasksandprovide p status supdatestop projectstakeholders,with h productiv minimaleffort e andadm ministrativeoverhead. o Thisflexibilityhe elpsdrivetea amproductivi ityandensure thatproje ectmanagersandPMOsca aneffectively ygatherthere equireddatatodriveente erprisereport ting andresou urcemanagem ment.Connec ctingwiththe efollowingre elatedMicroso ofttechnolog giesensurest that customerscanconnectdisparatete eamsandgain nadditionalv valuefromtheMicrosoftp platform.

ShareP PointServ ver2010

Asmentio onedthrough houtthisguide e,ProjectSer rver2010isb builtonShare ePointServer2010,andbrings togetherpowerful p bus sinesscollaborationplatfor rmservicesa ndstructured dexecutionc capabilitiesto o provideflexibleworkmanagement m solutions.Th hisconnection nprovidesorg ganizationsw withalltheto ools

andservic cestheyneed dtofullyauto omatetheirPPMprocesse s(seeFigure5).Theconnectionbetwe een theprodu uctsalsoprov videsaddition nalbenefitsfo orsmallteam sthatrunlightweightproj jects.Occasio onal projectmanagerscanuseSharePointServer201 10taskliststo omanagesim mpleprojectsandtasks,wi ithout callingonthefullrigor rofProjectSe erver2010.However,aSh arePointtask klistcaneasil lybeimporte ed ectServer201 10atanytime eiftheteamrequiresadd itionalcapabilities,orthemanagercan n intoProje continueto t executeth heprojectinSharePoint S Se erver2010an ndsyncstatus supdates(wit thProjectServer 2010)tofacilitate f ente erpriseresour rcemanagem mentandrepo orting.

Figure 5. Pro oject Server 2010 Lightweight project visibility y and tracking us sing a SharePoin nt task list

SyncProjectProfessiona al2010with w Share ePoint20 010

Project20 010facilitates ssynchroniza ationbetween nProjectProf fessional2010andShareP PointFounda ation 2010(form merlyWindow wsSharePoi intServices)or o SharePoint tServer2010 0sothatproje ectschedules scan becentrallymanagedfor f enterprise evisibilityatthe t program, ,project,andresourcelev vel. Projectte eamscanimproveproduct tivitybyautom matingbidire ectionalstatus supdatesbet tweenProjec ct Profession nal2010andSharePointproducts. p Man nagerscansa aveprojectsto oaSharePoin ntFoundation n 2010task klist,andthen nmapresour rceassignmen ntsonproject ttaskstoSha arePointusers sontheirpro oject team.Tea ammemberscanchoosetoreceiveemail m notificatio onsofassignments,orsee etheir assignmentswhentheyvisittheSharePointFoundation2010 0tasklist. Teammemberscandirectlyupdate etheirprogressandother taskinformat tioninSharePointFounda ation 2010tosy yncwithProjectProfessional2010.Pro ojectmanager rschoosewh hentosyncup pdatesfromt team membersintotheirpro ojectplansondemandor o atregularly yscheduledin ntervals.Project2010help ps nyconflictsin ntaskinforma ationthatare eidentifieddu uringsynchro onization. resolvean

Youcannow n openany ySharePointtask t listinPro ojectProfessi onal2010(se eeFigures6a and7),anda bidirectionalsynchronizationisauto omaticallycre eatedbetwee entheclientandtheShare ePointtasklis st.

Figure 6. SharePoint Founda ation Server 2010 Open task lis st in Microsoft P Project

Figure 7. Pro oject Professiona al 2010 Sync to o task list

Syncingte eamtaskstatusupdatesth hroughSharePointFounda ation2010savesorganizat tionsmoney,time, andeffort tsomeofth heirmostvalu uableresourc ces.Itenhanc cescommunic cationbetweenmanagers sand teammem mbers,andmakes m thatcom mmunicationflexibleand asfrequenta astheproject tmanagerneedsit tobe.

Exchan ngeServe er
ProjectSe erver2010inc cludesnativeinteroperabi ilitywithExch hangeServer(MicrosoftEx xchange2010 0or Microsoft tExchange20 007withServicePack2)to ohelpensure thatteamm memberscanc choosetorec ceive andupdat tetheirtasksinMicrosoftOutlook(se eeFigure8).P ProjectServer2010tasksa aredisplayed din Outlookas a tasksandareconvenien ntlygroupedby b projectnam emberscane easilyreceive me.Teamme notificatio onsandquick klyupdatepercentcomple ete,workdon ne,andremainingworkvaluesfortasks s,and automatic callysyncthe eupdateswith hProjectServ ver2010.Exc changeServer rconnectionmeansthat organizationsnolonge erhavetoinst tallanOutloo okaddin;this shelpsensur rethatteamm membersstay y dandcanrec ceivetasksinOutlookorOutlook O WebA App. connected

Figure 8. Pro oject Server 2010 Users can co onveniently recei ive tasks and up pdate their task s status in Outlook k

VisualStudioTe eamSyst tem2010 0TeamFo oundation nServer

UnifyingProject P Server r2010andPr rojectProfess sional2010w withMicrosoft tVisualStudioTeamSyste em 2010Team mFoundation nServerhelpstobetterco onnectthewo orldsofPPMandapplicati iondevelopm ment. Connectin ngthesedispa arateworldsempowerspr rojectmanag gersanddeve elopmentteam mstofollowt their ownmeth hodologies(fo orexample,agile a versuswaterfall) w and toselectopt timalproduct tivitytools,an ndyet remainse eamlesslycon nnectedthrou ughoutthede evelopmentliifecycle. ProjectPr rofessional20 010providesnativeconne ectivitywithT TeamFoundat tionServer20 010,andhelp psto ensurethatdevelopme entmanagers scantakeadv vantageofth henewuserc controlledsch hedulingandTeam eaturestohelpplandevelopmentsprin ntsandbetter rvisualizeandamendreso ource Plannerfe assignments.Manager rscansimplyextractandview v alldevelo vitiesastasksinProject opmentactiv Profession nal2010,and dthenamend dandsyncupdatesbackto oTeamFound dationServer r2010.Manag gers

controlth hedataexchangethroughtheintuitiveTeammenuo optionintheProjectProfe essional2010 0 Ribbon(se eeFigure9).

Figure 9. Pro oject Professiona al 2010 Team menu m

Foralldev velopmentac ctivitiescaptu uredinProjec ctProfessiona al2010,apro ojectmanagercansimplys sync withProje ectServer2010tobetterconnect c theworlds w ofproj jectandportf foliomanage ementand applicatio ondevelopme ent(seeFigur re10).

Figure 10. Project P Profession nal 2010 and Vis sual Studio Team m Foundation Ser rver 2010 conne ectivity

Microsoft tiscurrentlyworking w onprovidingdirec ctconnectivit tybetweenP ProjectServer r2010andVis sual StudioTeamFoundatio onServer201 10.Moreinfo ormationabou ationwillbeavailablesho ortly utthisintegra aftertheMicrosoftOff fice2010laun nch.

Simpli ifiedAdm ministrat tionand dEaseof fUse

ProjectSe erver2010he elpsPMOsandITprosmor reeffectively configure,de eploy,andma anagetheEPM Solutionwith w simplifiedandstream mlinedadministrationcapa abilities.These eenhanceme entshelpensure thatadmi inistratorscan nbettermeettheirorgani izationsbusi nessrequirem mentsandsp pendlesstime e managing gthePPMsys stem,andinst teadfocuson nthesuccessf fuldeliveryof fprojectsand dportfolios. ProjectSe erver2010en nhancementsincludethefollowing: f

Centr ralizedadmin nistration:Pro ojectServer2010 2 unifiest opdownpor rtfoliomanag gementand bottomupproject tmanagemen ntcapabilities swithinasing gleserver.Th heimprovedo onestopshopping admin nistrationcon nsolehelpsen nsurethatadministrators caneffectivelymanagebo othtopdown nand bottomupcapabil litiesthroughoneintuitive einterface(se eeFigure11).

Figure 11. Project P Server 20 010 Server Sett tings

Departmentalfield ds:Thenewdepartmenta d lfieldsinPro ojectServer20 010helpensu urethat nistratorscan nassociatean ndfilterEnter rpriseProject Types(EPTs) ),businessdrivers,resourc ces, admin andcustomfieldswith w specificdepartments swithintheo rganization.T Thisnewfeat turehelps nistratorspro ovidebusinessunitswithasubstantiall evelofauton nomy,elimina atesunnecess sary admin clutte ersothatdep partmentscan nfocusonthe eirowndata, andsimplifie esthecreatio onofreporting cubes swhileensuri ingthatPMO Osmaintainen nterprisestan ndardizationa andcontrol.E Eachdepartm ment canuseitsownset tofenterpris seproject,tas sk,andresour rcecustomfields;departm mentscanalso sharespecifiedcus stomfields.In nProjectServ ver2010adm ministratorsca anfilteroutc customfieldsthat areno otassignedto oadepartme ent,sothatus sersseeonly customfields sthatarerele evanttothem m. Using gProjectServe er2010,adm ministratorsca anrestrictuse erswhohavepermissiont toeditcustom m fieldsinonedepar rtmentfromusing u ProjectWebAppto editthecusto omfieldsofo otherdepartm ments where etheydonot thavepermis ssion.InProje ectProfession nal2010,adm ministratorsca anenableacc cess toallcustomfields s,althoughth heycanfilterlistsforapro ojectbasedon nthedepartm ment.Ifyoua are

notamemberofadepartment,youcanfillin i onlygloballlyrequiredfi ields,andnot tspecific rtmentalfield ds. depar Administerreportingcubes:Pr rojectServer2010includes sanenhance edadministrationinterface efor displa ayingthestatusofandmanagingavaila ablecubes(se eeFigure12).Itisnoweas sierthanever rfor admin nistratorstomanage m allcu ubesettingsand a data,inclu g,copying,deleting,and udingadding refres shingcubes.Organizations O scantakeadv vantageofim mprovedperfo ormanceandcubebuildtimes bybuildingsmaller r,independen ntcubes. Withmultiplecube es,youcanac ccomplishthe efollowing: licethedatain i cubesbypickinggroups sofdataand addingfields sfromeachgr roup. Sl Constrainacce esstocubesby b departmen nt. ctServer2010alsosuppor rtslocalizeddata d incubes, datacanhave e ,byusingtranslators.Alld Projec localiz zedfieldnam mealiases,soyoucanbuild dProjectDeta ailPages(PDP Ps)thatshow wfieldnamesin thelanguageofthelocalewher retheyarede eployed.Cube essupportM ManuallyScheduledtaskda ata,in which htasksareshownasprope ertiesinstead dofasataskd dimension.Ta askmodeisanewfeature ein Projec ctProfessionalandMicros softProjectStandard201 10;youcanuseittosetat taskas Autom maticallySche eduled(thedefaultmode) )orasManua allyScheduled d.Cubesexcludeinactivet tasks bydefault,butyou ucanincludeadimensionfortaskassig gnmentsandshowactiveo orinactivetasks.

Figure 12. Project P Server 20 010 Improved reporting r admini istration

Elimin nationofActiveXcontrols s:ProjectServ ver2010simp plifiesdeploy ymentbyelim minatingActiv veX requir rementsacro osstheprojec ct,portfolio,and a reporting gcapabilitieso ofthesolutio on.Theremov valof Active eXcontrolshe elpsimprovesecurityandovercomesd deploymentc complexitiesf fororganizations thatblock b clientsidecontrolsin ntheirenviro onments.The eliminationo ofActiveXals sofacilitates

platfo ormmaintena ancebyremo ovingtheneed dtodeployd esktopcomp ponentsevery ytimeanew softw wareupdate whetheritis sahotfix,acu umulativeupd date,oraser rvicepackto oProjectWeb App. ns:ThenewProject P Permissionsviewe empowerspro ojectmanage erstocontrolwho ProjectPermission ieworeditth heirprojects(seeFigure13 3).Projectma anagersnolongerneedtorelyonanIT T canvi admin nistratortoes stablishacces ssrightstoth heirprojects.

Figure 13. Project P Server 20 010 Project Per rmissions

UserDelegation: D Project P Server r2010enhanceddelegatio oncapabilitie esempoweru userstoeasily y name ecolleaguesto oactastheirdelegatewhenonvacatio on,forinstance,withouta assistancefroma PMOofficerorsystemadminist trator(seeFig gures14and 15).Delegati ionworksacr rossallfeatur resof Projec ctWebApp,so s itcanbeused u fortimes sheets,ortod driveaprojec ctthroughits sgovernance workf flow,forinsta ance.

Figure 14. Project P Server 20 010 User Delegation

Figure 15. Project P Server 20 010 Delegate se ession

Scalab blePlatfo orm

TheEPMSolutiontake esadvantageofandextend dsthearchite ecturalandpe erformancee enhancement ts, ctiveCacheandtheQueui ingService,deliveredinPr roject2007to oscaletome eetenterprise e suchasAc requireme ents.ProjectServer2010is i builtonSha arePointServ ver2010,and dtheSharedS ServiceProvid der (SSP)design(fromProj jectServer20 007)hasbeen nupdatedto aServiceApp plicationmod delthathelps sto increasescalability s byallowingmor reservicestorunontheap pplicationtie er.ProjectSer rver2010 architectu urenowrequires64bitcapabilityacros ssallservers inthefarm,w whichinheren ntlyprovides additionalscalabilityandthroughpu utforprojectdataprofiles s.ProjectProf fessional201 10isavailable ein d32bitoptio ons.The64bi itoptionensu uresthatproj jectmanager rscanmoreeasilyworkwith 64bitand largerpro ojectplansandmasterpro ojectsthatexc ceedthe2gig gabyte(GB)m memorylimitonearlier32 2bit options.

Archite ecture
ProjectSe erver2010isbuiltonMicrosoft.NETFramework3.5 5toprovidetruemultitier rarchitecture e. Clientapp plicationscanaccessthese erverbusines sslayerthrou ughWebservicecallstothePSI(seeFig gure 16).ThePSI P istheAPIto t ProjectSer rverthatenablesefficient remoteacce essbyusingdatasets.External applicatio onscandefine ehandlersfor rserversideevents.Busin nessobjectsa accessmultipleProjectSer rver databases sthroughthe edataaccesslayer. ProjectSe erver2010ex xtendsthearc chitectureintroducedinPr rojectServer2007.ThePr rojectServer2010 architectu ureincludesProject P Profes ssional2010and a ProjectW WebAppclien ntsinthefron ntendtier.Th he frontendapplicationscommunicat tewiththemiddletieronly ythroughPSI IWebservice es,whichintu urn communicatewiththe ebusinessobj jectlayer.Businessobject susethedatabasesthroughtheData AccessLayer(DAL).Clientapplicatio onsdonotdirectlyaccess theprimaryd databases;Pr rojectServerhides o andth heDALfromclients. businessobjects

Project tWebApp.

Figure 16. Project P Server 20 010 General Pro oject Server arch hitecture

Deploy yment
SimilartoSharePointServer S 2010,aProjectServ ver2010farm mdeployment tcanvaryinc complexityan nd size,depe endingonyou urbusinessre equirements.Asathreetie erapplication n,ProjectSer rver2010sup pports allfarmto opologiessm mall,medium m,andlarge(s seefigure17) ).AswithPro ojectServer20 007,Project Server2010canbedeployedonphysicalservers soronvirtua lservers(usin ngHyperVtechnology) dependingonyourITrequirements r s.Inaddition,organization nscanconfigu ureProjectSe erver2010for a ifresourcesoutside eofyourorga anizationnee dtocollaborateonprojec cts.Formore extranetaccess informatio onaboutsett tingupextran netaccess,se eetheEPMSo olutionSystem mRequireme entsonTechN Net.

Figure 17. Project P Server 20 010 Topologies

HighAvailability y
Severalfe eatureimprov vementsinPr rojectServer2010thatare etargetedatthedatabase elevelandatthe ProjectSe erverservicehelpachievehighavailabilityarchitectu Server2010le everages ure.ProjectS underlyingSQLServer highavailab bilitytechnolo ogiessuchas logshipping, ,clustering,a anddatabase mirroring.

ShareP Point2010Administration
BecauseProject P Server r2010isbuilt tonSharePoi int2010,itsiimportanttodescribekey ySharePoint2 2010 enhancem mentsthatallProjectServe er2010admi inistratorsbe enefitfrom. TheShare ePointServer2010CentralAdministrationWebsite isredesigned dtoprovideamorefamilia ar experienc ceandtomak keiteasierforuserstofind dwhattheya arelookingfo or.TheCentra alAdministration Websitegroups g major rfunctionalareastogether randlistsma anyofthemo ostcommont tasks.Eachon neof themajor rareasAppl licationMana agement,Monitoring,and soonisrep presentedon nthestartpag ge andisacc cessiblebyclic ckingitsnameorbyclickin ngthecorres spondinglinkintheleftnavmenu(see Figure18) ).

Figure 18. SharePoint Server 2010 Central l Administration

Althoughtheuserinterfacehascha angedsomew what,userswiillfindmanyo ofthemenus sfamiliar,with woptionsand dfunctionality y.Oneoftheplaceswhere ethisismore eobviousisin nmanagingW Web somenew applicatio ons.Webapplicationsarestill s createdwith w thesame eprocess,but ttheexperienceisnow managedthroughaRib bboninterfac ceontheMan nageWebAp pplicationspa age.Usingthe eRibbon,users o changedetailsaboutaWeb W applicatiionbecausea alloptionsare ejustaclicka away. canmoreeasilyviewor InSharePointServer20 007,manyof fthesetasksrequired r the usertoclickadifferentmenuandreselect a ea achtime.Now w,yousimply yclicktheWe ebapplication n,andallopti ionsarelaido out theWebapplication onasinglemenu. SharePoin ntServer2010providesad dditionalmain ntainabilityca apabilities,in ncludinganum mberoffeatu ures thatprovi idetheadmin nistratorwith htoolsformo onitoringthe healthandpe erformanceo oftheSharePo oint farm.The esefeaturesarecategorize edinthefollo owinggroups: :diagnostics,reliabilityandmonitoring g,and reporting.Thefollowin ngtableshow wsthevarious scategoriesa andtheircorr respondingfe eatures. ategory Ca Diagnostics Functiona ality UnifiedLo oggingService e(ULS) Usagedat tabase Developerdashboard SharePoin ntMaintenan nceEngine(SP PME)rules SystemCe enterOperatiionsManagermonitoring Outofbo oxusagerepo orts SystemCe enterOperatiionsManagerreports

ReliabilityandMonitoring Reporting

Figure 19. SharePoint Server 2010 Diagno ostic logging

Figure 20. SharePoint Server 2010 Crawl Activity A Report

Diagno ostics
TheUnifie edLoggingSe ervice(ULS)in nSharePointServer S 2010iincludesmanageabilityimprovements,log fileimpro ovements,cor rrelationIDtr racing,andWindows W Powe erShellscrip pting.Eventt throttlingisoneof themanageabilityenhancementsin nProjectServ ver2010.The eULSisconfig guredontheDiagnostics ure18).Event tthrottlingco ontrolsthesev verityofeven ntsthatarecapturedinth he Loggingpage(seeFigu

Windowseventlogandtracelogs.As A theseverit tydecreases, thenumberofeventslog ggedwillincre ease. ecategorized d,andadminis stratorscanchange c these ettingsforany ysinglecateg goryorforall Eventsare categories.Updatingallcategorieswill w losechan ngestoindivid dualcategories.EventLog gFloodProtec ction nalsobeenabledonthesame s Webpage.WhenEV VFPisenabled d,repeatinge eventsare (EVFP)can detectedandsuppress seduntilcond ditionsreturn ntonormal.T TheULSthencontainsalla applicationlog events,an ndthirdparty yloggingsoftwarecanbeintegratedin totheULS.T Thelogshavebeenreducedin sizebymo orethan50percent p byusi ingNTFSfilesystem s comp pression.Trac celogscanals sobelocatedina specifiedlocation,andadministrato orscanalsoconfigurethe storagedura tionandamo ountofstorag ge. onIDsthatareassociatedwitheachreq questcanhel ptroublesho ooterrorsrela atedtothe Correlatio request.SQL S Profilertr racesalsosho owcorrelationIDs,tofurth thtroublesho ooting.ShareP Point herassistwit Server2010includesseveralWindo owsPowerShe ellcmdletsad dministrators scanusetore etrieve onandconfig guretheULS. informatio SharePoin ntServer2010logsfeature eusageandperformance p informationt thatisentere edintotheus sage database. .Thisloggingiscarriedout tbytheusage eserviceapp plication,andisenabledby ydefault. Administr ratorscanrea ad,query,and dbuildreport tsdirectlyfro omtheusagedatabasebec causethesch hema ispublic.Becauseofth his,thirdpart tyapplicationscanalsowr ritetheirdata atotheusage edatabase.The e thatar reloggedareshowninFigure21andin ncludepagere equests,featureusage,se earch typesofevents queryusa age,siteinven ntoryusage,timer t jobs,an ndratingusag ge.Becausetheusagedata abasetracks featureus sageandlicen nsinginforma ation,anadm ministratorcan ntracktheus seofenterpri isefeatures againstth henumberofenterpriseclientaccesslic censes(CALs) )purchased,tohelpensur recompliance e.

Figure 21. SharePoint Server 2010 Usage logging l

Anewadd ditiontoserv verdiagnostic csisthedevel loperdashbo oard.Thisdashboarddispla aysdetailed informatio onforeachpage p loadandinthiswayhelps h troubles shootperform manceissues.Thisdashbo oardis disabledby b defaultand dcanbeinde ependentlyen nabledforeac chWebappli icationbyusingWindows PowerShe ell.

Reliab bilityand dMonitoring

Anewadd ditiontoShar rePointServe er2010includ destheShare PointMainte enanceEngine e(SPME).The e SPMEisanewandimp provedversio onoftheBest tPracticesAn nalyzer.Itperiodically,oro onanondem mand eckstheadministrativecon nfiguration,performance, p bestpractice es,andsecurityissues,and d basis,che makesrec commendatio onstoresolve epotentialiss sues. Availableonlytousers swhohavefarmadministr ratorcredent ials,theresultsareaccess siblethrough CentralAd dministration nthroughtheReviewProb blemsandSollutionslinkin ntheMonitor ringsectionand theHealth hStatussecti ion,andtheyareavailable einSystemCe enterOperationsManager(seeFigure22). TheSPME Emaintainsalistofrulescalled c HealthRuleDefinitio ons.Thelistis screatedbyt thesystemto ohelp ensurethattheShareP Pointenvironmentisproperlyconfigure edandhealth hy.

Figure 22. SharePoint Server 2010 Health Rule Definitions s

SharePoin ntServer2010willshipamanagement m packforSyst temCenterO OperationsMa anager.Itpro ovides realtimealertsandtro oubleshootingintheconte extofalarge rinfrastructu ure.Itwatche esevents,monitors

performancecounters,andtakesco orrectiveactionwherenec cessary.Themanagement tpackfor ntServer2010understand dsanddiscove erstopology; grabsevents sfromULS,th heWindowsE Event SharePoin Log,usage edatabase,and a SPME;andisintegrate edwithULS.

Upgrad defromProject P Se erver2007

Microsoft tisawarethatourcustomershavemad designificant investmentsindeployingProjectServe er 2007acro osstheirorganizations.Withthisinmin nd,wehavein nvestedinup pgradeproces ssesandstrat tegies tohelpen nsurethatcus stomerscansmoothly s mig gratefromPro ojectServer2 2007toProje ectServer201 10. Thereare etwoprimary ymethodsfor rupgradingfr romProjectS Server2007to oProjectServ ver2010: Inpla ace Datab baseattach

Aninplac ceupgradeallowsyoutoinstallProject tServer2010 onthesamehardwareas syourProject t Server2007installation,andthenmigrate m theco ontentandse ettingsinyou urserverfarm maspartofa singlepro ocess. Adatabas seattachupgradeallowsyou y to"attach h"restoredco opiesofyourProjectServe er2007datab bases toanewProject P Serve er2010install lation.ProjectServer2007 7farmdataba asesareback kedupand restoredon o SQLServer,andthenew wProjectSer rver2010farm mpointstoth heserestored ddatabasesw when theProjec ctWebAppin nstanceiscre eated.Whenyou y connectt tothedataba asesfromthe enewProject t Server2010instance,the t databasesareupgrade edtoProject Server2010.Foradditionalupgradean nd nscenariosforotherprodu uctversions,visit v TechNet Upgradeand dMigrationR ResourceCent ter migration forMicros softProjectServer S 2010. fertoTechNe etfortheresp pectiveITpro odocumentat tionforbothProjectServe er2010and Pleaseref SharePoin ntServer2010: http:/ //technet.mic crosoft.com/p projectserver r http:/ //technet.mic crosoft.com/s sharepoint

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BecauseProject P Server r2010isbuilt tonSharePoi intServer201 10,keyenhan ncementsma adetoShareP Point Server2010extendPro ojectServer2010 2 inkeyways w thatdeve eloperswillb benefitfrom. SharePoin ntServer2010providesthebusinessco ollaborationp platformford developersto orapidlybuild d solutionsusingfamiliartoolswhileleveragingarich r setofou toftheboxfeatures.Visu ualStudio2010 ePointDesign ner2010help developersbe b moreprod ductive,andV VisualStudioT TeamFounda ation andShare Serverdeliverssupportforapplicationlifecyclemanagement t.Developers scanintegrat teLOBdatain n ntServer2010withread/w writecapabilitydeliveredb byBusinessC ConnectivityS Services. SharePoin Sandboxe edsolutionscanbedeploy yedtoashare edhostingenv vironmentto olimittheimp pactof unpredict tablecodeon notherapplicationsinuse. . SharePoin ntServer2010isamajorstep s forwardfor f SharePoin ntproductsan ndtechnolog giesasa developm mentplatform mnotonlybec causeofthericher r setofo overallfeature esthatthepl latformsuppo orts, butalsobecause b signif ficantinvestm mentshavebe eenmadeint thesuiteofto oolstomakedevelopersm more productiv ve,andtobemore m accessibletodevelopersofallskiilllevels.

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