This in-depth, hands-on, instructor-led training course provides the Implementer or Administrator with the skills needed to properly architect and install a Microsoft Project Server 2010 environment and administer the system on a continuing basis.

Each student will follow the instructor and complete hands-on exercises on their own computer workstation that is pre-loaded with a Microsoft Windows 2008R2 Server. Each student will install their own Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, and Microsoft Project Server 2010 environment and follow the same steps that they would follow if they were installing in a live system for testing or production purposes.

This is a public, open enrollment training course, and there typically are students from various companies and industries in the same class. Because of this diversity, class discussions often include a wide variety of comments, questions, and student experiences to supplement the standard material covered in the course.

System Architecture Overview - Review the Microsoft EPM Solution architecture and terminology; review the system databases and data flow; review the most common architectural deployment options; learn how to perform capacity planning for best system performance.

System Requirements Overview - Review the system hardware requirements for the application servers, database servers, and user desktops; review the system software requirements for the application servers, database servers, and user desktops; review the network and security requirements.

Preparing for Application Installation - Learn how to prepare Windows Server 2008R2 for the application installation; learn how to install the SQL Server 2008R2 components and prepare them for application installation; learn how to install the software prerequisites for the application.

Installing SharePoint and Project Server Applications - Learn how to install the SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 software; learn how to configure the SharePoint 2010 farm and start the necessary service applications; learn how to provision a Project Server top-level site and provision an instance of Project Web App.

Post-Installation Configuration - Learn how to configure the Secure Store, Excel Services, and SQL Server 2008R2 for Excel reporting in Project Server; learn how to configure the system to build OLAP databases in SQL Server 2008R2 Analysis Services; learn how to install SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010 software updates; learn how to test core system functionality; learn how to create additional instances of Project Server 2010.

System Administration and Maintenance Overview - Learn how to back up SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, and their associated SQL Server databases for disaster recovery; learn how to use the Project Server queue, Windows Server Event Viewer, and Windows Server ULS logs for system monitoring and troubleshooting.