With Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and its clients, your
organization can more effectively manage and coordinate work ranging from
one-time projects to complex programs across the entire project life cycle.
With Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, you'll be able to gain visibility and
insights with budget tracking and business reporting tools and get started
easily with familiar tools. Project workspaces provide a central location for
teams to collaborate on their projects. With Project Server 2007 you can
effectively manage proposals, projects, and programs.
Office Project Server 2007 is built by using the Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 and provides improved functionality, security, reliability, and
extensibility. The Office Project Server 2007 architecture has an efficient
multi-tier design that includes the new Project Server Interface (PSI),
Microsoft Office Project Web Access, discrete business objects, server-side
events, a common data access layer (DAL), queuing services, multiple databases,
and close integration with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. In Project 2003, the
scheduling engine is available only in the client. Office Project Server 2007
now also includes a scheduling engine to enable project updates without
requiring the use of Office Project Professional 2007.
Microsoft Open Licensing allows the ability to purchase under the same
authorization number for two years. Open Business offers volume pricing with
only a five minimum license requirement.
Microsoft Software Assurance is a maintenance offer that helps your
organization get the most from Microsoft software through a broad range of
benefits. From deployment planning and staff training to product support and
software upgrades, Software Assurance benefits help you increase worker
productivity, accelerate organizational performance, and realize a return on
your software investment faster.