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. Office Project Server 2007 is designed to be accessible by its clients, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Web Access.

Gain visibility and insights

• Budget Tracking and Cost Resources permit better financial insight and tracking.
• The Proposals capability in Office Project Web Access manages plans and activities prior to project approval.
• The Activity Plan capability of Office Project Web Access helps manage ongoing operations activities after project completion.
• The Reporting Data Service permits easy user reporting with common business reporting tools such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• With the Cube Building Service, users can easily select data to build portfolio analyzer cubes, for sophisticated analysis and reporting.

Enterprise ready

• Get information about high-level resource allocation for proposed projects with Resource Plans.
• Individuals other than the assigned resource can provide status updates on tasks by using the Assignment Owner feature.
• Timesheets now support fiscal periods. New financial fields, such as cost codes, enable you to report on hours that are separate from the progress made on tasks, and more.
• The Active Cache makes it possible to more efficiently transfer data from Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and provides a better offline work experience.
• The Queuing Service provides controlled use of server resources, which means better performance for users.
• With Server-Side Scheduling, users can build a custom Web user interface without requiring process schedule changes to be made in Office Project Professional 2007.
• Programs enable easy management of multiple sub-projects and their cross-project dependencies in a coordinated fashion.
• Deliverables help track and manage cross-project dependencies.

Aurigo BRIX Integration

Aurigo BRIX possesses connectors that allow it to seamlessly interoperate with Office Project Server 2007. The integration allows for unique features such as automatic BOQ creation where locking a Contract in BRIX allows for automatic BOQ creation to Project Server. Appropriate resources are automatically created for a given BOQ based on the Rate Analysis performed in BRIX. BOQ postings in BRIX also allow for status updates to be made automatically in Project Server. Additionally, BRIX possesses an array of integrated features with Project Server 2007 that offer innovative and useful features to the Infrastructure, Construction and Real Estate verticals.