1. D402 Extending your LOB Solution with Microsoft EPM Larry Duff Senior Consultant Microsoft Corporation

2. Objectives Learn what Project Server is capable of for exchanging data. Examples of integration points available via Project Server. Find where the resources are to complete your integration.

3. Line of Business Systems Microsoft Office EPM Architecture

4. Project Server Logical Architecture WSS IIS, ASP.NET PWA IIS, ASP Pages PDS Web Service Project Server Projects WindowsSharepointServices Views Core

5. Connecting Enterprise Applications Line of Business Application Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 Our Focus Custom Connector PDS LOB Connector

6. What does the Custom Connector Look Like? Biztalk Provided built in workflow capabilities Custom DLL Web Service Web Page

7. Keys to Integration Technologies Project Data Service Database Description Project Professional COM Automation Who is the client? SynchronizationBatch Event Driven

8. Connect to PDS How does Project Server and PDS Authenticate? Where are you coming from… ASPASP.Net VB 6.0 DLL WinForm Application

9. Exploring the PDS Projects Enterprise Project Creation Resources Enterprise Custom Fields TimesheetingVersioningAdministrative Project Server User Maintenance Miscellaneous

10. PDS Test Name Title Group

11. Publishing Projects I used the PDS and called CreateProject, but I don’t see it in PWA! Automating Project Professional Be VERY careful of deadlocks on the server by error or dialog box Consider an asynchronous model Get KB Article (257757) on Server Side Office Automation

12. PDS Extension Do operations with Project Sever not in the PDS Uses the PDS framework and security model Use caution on Extensions that modify the database… do extensive testing to prevent corruption.

13. CIT Helpdesk … and all the code that makes in run

14. CIT Helpdesk … and all the code that makes in run

15. Key Take Aways Not an out of the box solution, but the tools to build the solution are. Can be a complicated solution A good partner can help accomplish linking a LOB Application to Project Server MSDN Has most of the information you need Updated as often as monthly Look at the Solution Starters for ideas Siebel, Biztalk

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