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Apparatus Project Server Services

Apparatus engineers have extensive experience designing, building, and operating a wide range of solutions built on the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 platform. Our resources are certified in the implementation, configuration, and management of Project Server 2007 to facilitate Enterprise Project Management (EPM). We are also able to leverage our deep experience with Microsoft’s SharePoint 2007 platform, which Project Server is built upon, to ensure a stable implementation of the EPM environment. We currently work with a wide array of clients ranging from small and medium-sized deployments of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3.0, to hosted solutions leveraging Microsoft’s SharePoint Online service, to Fortune 500 enterprise clients running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 in large-farm, highly available configurations distributed throughout the globe.

We provide a full complement of Project Server 2007 project and support services, including:

Design
  • Requirements gathering
  • Solution design
  • Strategic planning
  • Proof-of-concept
  • Project Server customization
  • Governance planning
  • Design documents
  • EPM Planning (such as Enterprise Custom Fields, Enterprise Resource Pool, Task and Time Management settings)
  • Architecture diagram
  • Security planning
  • Licensing
Delivery
  • Create detailed installation and configuration documentation for hardware and software platforms
  • Manage integration with Project Server’s prerequisite technologies:
    - Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, Internet Information Services (IIS), .NET Framework, Forefront, Windows SharePoint Services v3
  • Manage integration with supplemental technologies (as needed):
    -Microsoft Project Professional 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Server , K2 Blackpearl, Biztalk, Foxit iFilter, and SQL Server Reporting Services
  • Configure and build EPM reporting and data analysis solutions to deliver effective data relevant to the customer’s specific EPM needs
  • Implement, configure, and customize MOSS Enterprise Edition features (InfoPath Forms Services, Business Data Catalog, Excel Services)
  • End user support and training
  • Project Server environment administration (services, security, configuration)
  • Project workspace management including site creation, deletion, and administration
  • Backup and Recovery services, consisting of restore deleted items and site backup and restore requests
  • Monitoring of Project Server and related technologies
  • Patching and hotfix deployments for Project Server and related technologies
  • Search administration and support:
    - Administration of crawls, search scopes, and content sources
    - Manage search crawl rules
    - Perform search scope changes
  • Maintenance of audiences, user profiles, and other functions of the MOSS Shared Services Provider (SSP)
  • Manage SQL Server, Project Server, and SharePoint content databases as number of project workspace sites and data volumes grow
  • Packaging and deployment of custom web parts, branding, workflows, and web services
  • Support for MOSS Enterprise Edition features
Upgrades & Migrations
  • Migrations to Project Server 2010
Credentials & Experience
  • Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists (MCTS) in configuring MOSS 2007
  • Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists (MCTS) in configuring WSS 3.0
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