Welcome to part 14 in a series of posts which describe how to create a Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Virtual PC image for demos and development work. Last time, we looked at how to create the Project Server top-level site. This time, we’ll look at how to create an instance of Project Server 2007, including a Project Web Access site.
Part 14: Creating an Instance of Project Server 2007
If the SharePoint Central Administration website isn’t already open, select Start > Administrative Tools > SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration, then click the SharedServices1 link in the left-hand Quick Launch menu:
On the Shared Services Administration: SharedServices1 Home page, click the Project Web Access Sites link, located below the Project Server heading:
On the Manage Project Web Access Sites page, click the Create Project Web Access Site toolbar button:
On the Create Project Web Access Site page, enter the following information, then click the OK button:
Project Web Access Site Locations:
SharePoint Web Application to host Project Web Access: SharePoint – 80
Project Web Access path: PWA
Administrator account: SERVERNAME\Administrator (VPC02\Administrator, in this case)
Primary Database:
Primary database server: SERVERNAME (VPC02, in this case)
Published database name: ProjectServer_Published
Draft database name: ProjectServer_Draft
Archive database name: ProjectServer_Archive
Reporting Database:
Use the primary database server: Yes
Reporting database name: ProjectServer_Reporting
After the Project Web Access site settings have been saved, the Manage Project Web Access Sites page will be displayed, and the Status of the http://vpc02/PWA site should be set to Waiting for Resources:
Allow several minutes for the Project Web Access site creation to complete, then click the Refresh Status toolbar button; after the creation has completed, the Status of the http://vpc02/PWA site should be set to Provisioned. Click on the http://vpc02/PWA link to open the new Project Web Access site:
The new Project Web Access site should open in the browser window:
You should now have a fully-functional instance of Project Server 2007, including a Project Web Access site.
In Part 15 we’ll look at how to configure the Project Server OLAP cube building service inside the virtual machine.