Microsoft Project Server Primary Use Case

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Project Manager at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I am a Project Server Administrator and BI Analyst. I work extensively with Microsoft Project Server. We are currently on the 2013 on-prem version, which is currently two versions back. We are in the process of migrating to Project Online, which will in the Microsoft cloud.

We use Project Server to track enterprise-level projects and implement projects. As a financial institution or credit union service organization, we have over 1,800 member credit unions. We use Project Server to manage our enterprise projects where we're building, modifying, and maintaining products, which are then implemented by our implementations teams. They use Project Server for their checklists and for their project management during implementations. We also use it to track costs in our enterprise projects.

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Mahesh Seenu - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager - Projects at Xebia Group companies

Most of the servers from Microsoft are used because of internal stakeholders' demands. With Dynamics 365, my company used an ERP tool. My company uses Microsoft Project Server as a tool to run various projects.

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DV
Lead Analyst at Michelin

We use Microsoft Project Server for project management. Whenever we get new projects, we enter our projects into the Microsoft Project Server and manage the projects. Submitting the timesheet, resource allocation, and resource utilization are all done from Microsoft Project Server.

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LM
Enterprise Architect at YASH Technologies

My organization handles IT consulting and services. That's primarily how the organization is managed. The use case for this solution was to set up the resource development unit and manage the investment cost, scheduling, budgeting, and some of those new initiatives that were supposed to happen in the R&D division. That was why we were looking for a portfolio management product. We found that Project Server could be a way to visualize and govern the entire program for the client.

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LawrenceKwaghga - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director, Research at NACA

We often require customization of our checklist, which is not web-based. We have also integrated it into mobile devices. This serves both clinical and Social Security functions, as well as management information systems.

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Student at Algoma

The solution was used to prepare documentation and manage the project timelines and schedules. We used the tool for documentation control and project management. We can manage and create budgets, timelines, and schedules. We can know when we are lagging, when we are on time, when we have to change the resources, or when we have to manage our resources differently. We can get all the reports from the software. We used the solution to manage multiple projects.

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WillemDavis - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a pharma/biotech company with 1-10 employees

We use the solution for project consolidation and project portfolio management.

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Andrey Stulenkov - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Projectforce

I've spent the last five years as the Director of Consultations for a firm that specializes in Microsoft project implementation. Our clients include significant corporations from all throughout Russia. During this time, my daily responsibilities were around project oversight and working as a project manager, particularly for implementation projects. I also served as the architect for these solutions.

We have been using the latest version, both on-premises and cloud which is particularly famous in Russia.

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MuhammadShakeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at Confiz Solutions

New resources working on the development site as project managers need to deploy some services and install the project on Microsoft Project Server. And I go to the yeah. They can use the online portal or the desktop version of the solution through an email login.

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Sr Consultant at Norconsult Telematics

Currently, we are helping a government entity with their PMO portfolio. They have many departments and streams. The main Microsoft Project Server use case for them is managing the planning for all the projects within the workflows, monitoring the projects inside the dashboards of the PMO and processing all the workflows for the project initiation, charter, and deliverables.

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AB11 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at LimeOn Global Company

We use Microsoft Project Server for everything to do with projects management, such as portfolio and program management.

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SS
Student at Inderprastha Engineering College

I use Microsoft Project Server for basic product deployments involving API.

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Bunthoeurn  Sin - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

I primarily use the solution for plans and projects. I use it to handle timelines and scheduling. It's primarily used for project implementation. We use it to improve and keep track of project status.

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DominiqueMubanga - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager in Enterprise Transformation at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We mainly use this solution for project management planification. I'm an external consultant and manager in enterprise transformation.

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SS
Chief Digitalization Executive at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

When it comes to enterprise projects, we need a consolidated environment where we can interlink all project management activities, including the cost, resources, timeline, and the whole landscape of project management and portfolio management. We needed enterprise resource planning, and we implemented this for the organization.

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AM
DX project manager at PFI

Everyone in the company has projects, and everyone needs approvals from everyone in the company. They need to handle approvals, rejections, cost estimates, project timelines, et cetera. This is an investment company, and all of the projects and related items are handled by Microsoft Projects and Power BI. This solution allows the CEO to see what's happening in subsidiaries in the company. 

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SA
Projects director at a recruiting/HR firm with 11-50 employees

The main use case was related to task management, involving the assignment of tasks across departments. It provided visibility into individual performance, allowing for team member invitations, and monitored key performance indicators.

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Abdulkadir Ozdemir - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber ​​Security Engineer at Oyak Cimento

We are using the solution for our security and infrastructure projects.

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OB
Manager project schedule and ressources at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We use this solution for the management of projects.

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Nomfundo Zulu - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Data Engineer at PBT Group

I use Microsoft Project Server to create project timelines and task tracking.

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KirtiMishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I am using Microsoft Project Server for managing projects, such as all the tasks-related activities are tracked.

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RS
IT Project Manager at a media company with 10,001+ employees

We are currently using the 2001 version. 

We use the solution for projects, with the goal of it being shared with more users, who can employ it as a single tool. 

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EB
Director, Project Management Office at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

We are using it for building Research and Development Project labs.

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TM
Operations Manager at Innolead Consulting

My clients are mostly using Microsoft Project Server for infrastructure-type projects management as a scheduling tool.

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LS
Agile PMO Chief at Claro

We primarily use the solution based on its mobility. I can use it online or via mobile phones or anywhere I can get internet access.

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CP
Technology Governance Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use Microsoft Project Server for project planning, capacity management, baselining, progress reporting, and monitoring.

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HK
Information Technology Consultant at Kaid

We primarily use the solution to manage the project lifecycle. Generally the lifestyle starts at demand phase. We design a workflow according to customer's needs. The workflow starts with project ideation and project selection, if the project fits company criteria it will move onto the project management phase.  

Let's say you have 10 projects and you don't know which ones to move into actual project management phase. Customers use the portfolio and analysis feature of Project Server, and decide which project to do according to capacity planning(if they have the resources) and budget. If the company has enough resources then its the projects with most benefit that gets selected. For the selected projects lifecycle will continue. As it moves forward, you will get more project detail pages, more things to work with. This will also produce some reports as well.

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DT
Project Manager at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
  • Project metrics
  • Document management
  • Financial reporting
  • Resource management. 

We use the data collected to manage project data, create and manage assignments and schedule via MS Project connectivity. We also track the current and future assignments for our resource to determine their availability and workload for current and future endeavors.

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Erkan Cengiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Program Management Office at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

We use this solution for project management for the whole company different teams in different locations.

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MR
Senior Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We are basically using it for project monitoring, scheduling, and resource utilization. We have some custom reports, in which we have used SQL server reporting services.

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SA
Head of IT PMO at Bank Meter

We use the solution for centralized project management for departments seeking to consolidate project dependencies, manage master projects, manage resource planning, handle incomplete tasks, and more.

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KS
Senior Consultant, Financial Services - IT Advisory Services at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Our primary use case would be to reset out projects online during the process and be able to use the Project Pro to run or exhibit projects which are already planned as part of the process of project management.

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OC
IT at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We use it for managing our internal projects, for tracking the status and progress of our projects in terms of schedules - that they are delivered on time - and that the expenditure is controlled.

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JP
Project Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees

It just works. Although, EPM 2010 UI seems a bit dated now that 2016 is available.

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MR
Senior Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We use this solution for reports for our project and program management. 

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NP
IT PMO Manager at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We use it for master project scheduling, that is, the first schedule of each project.

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PK
SAP FI Consultant; Project Management Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use the solution to plan our projects.

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HA
Vice President of Sales at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are not providing this solution, we use it.

Microsoft Project Server helps us to manage our project plan.

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it_user846750 - PeerSpot reviewer
Hardware Development Manager with 51-200 employees

It performs very well. It's something I'm very familiar with. We use it for project management of hardware and software projects.

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AP
IT Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We primarily use the solution to track milestones on our project.

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FD
Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We primarily use the solution purely for project management.

Basically, we use it to do project plans or schedules for our smaller or medium-sized projects.

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it_user615822 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Control Specialist at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our primary use case of this solution is as a portfolio of projects. It helps us keep track of the private projects.

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Buyer's Guide
Microsoft Project Server
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Project Server. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.