Microsoft Project Server Reviews

This product gives the ability to have all project data in one location and look across information while still giving PMs the flexibility to manage their project and have a tool to use with their team (fine balance between project management tool and management tool).

• Views can be controlled organization role.
• Custom attributes can be added as trigger levels to include in a management report, view or dashboard
• The use of SharePoint allows team collaboration and gives the PM the flexibility to add document libraries, lists, etc. to manage their project.

Dashboarding of information has given the organization insight, so we can move to be more proactive versus reactive.

Risk Management: Risk and issues are stored in the project SharePoint but there is no real auto communication of assignments (unless the end user sets it up); there is no mechanism for automatic escalation (much needed).

Issues are visible within the application (My issues area) so individuals can log in and see issues assigned to them.

Project Managers can set up email communications when issues change. (Admin can’t do it across the board but individual PMs can set up.)

We flag issues that need to be escalated and use SSRS reports that are emailed out at regular intervals.

I implemented Project Server in November 2014 (and have used MS Project since 2000).

Nintex workflow integration does give us some performance delays. Workflow response times can take up to 20 minutes to proceed to the stage (this is a work-in-progress for our IT team).

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

Technical support is 8/10.

We used Business Engine Network for 12 years. Business Engine Network was bought by Planview and sunsetted. We were geared up to implement Planview’s product when the opportunity arose for us to look at MS Project Server. While Planview is a great portfolio management tool, its project management is weak.

We used a third-party supplier, Pcubed, for initial setup.

Pricing varies according to many variables (on premise, MS hosted, third-party hosted, etc.)

Having a PM business process in place prior to tool implementation to support that project not only makes it easier to configure the tool but makes it easier to grow the tool and become more mature in your business process.

The most useful feature of Microsoft Project Server is you can select a function to see the baseline.

The price of the solution could be reduced.

I have been using Microsoft Project Server for approximately 15 years.

We have approximately 100 to 500 users using Microsoft Project Server.

The support we have received is good.

Microsoft Project Server is more expensive than other solutions on the market. We purchase the license annually.

I rate Microsoft Project Server a ten out of ten.

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

The most valuable features are the gantt charts. It's easy to use for me. 

Project Server could be improved by simplifying how tasks are assigned and reviewed on a daily basis. This solutions integrations could be made more user friendly.

The reporting and visualizations could also be improved. 

I have been using this solution for five years. 

This solution is stable.

I don't think it's very scalable. It's not that easy to navigate or scale up and down according to your needs. It has some limitations.

The initial setup was difficult, especially when it comes to resource assignments. We had issues because we have a lot of other software. 

If one is complex and five is straightforward, but I would rate the initial setup a two out of five.

It was done by in-house.

Microsoft Project Server is more suitable to small, medium size businesses instead of enterprises. I would advise others to work with a project management consultant as it is not that easy to integrate within a company.

I would rate this solution a five out of ten. 

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.

Before, we were doing project management and project management activities. However, it was siloed. This provides an enterprise version and a centralized environment. Everybody, every project manager, is contributing. We are getting clear visibility of the projects we are running.

We like the project scheduling and collaboration, as well as the rule optimization.

It's stable and reliable.

We are on the on-prem version. The cloud, however, gives more regular updates that we can take advantage of. On-premises needs more regular updates. 

The Project Server reporting is not very powerful unless you have another tool or other thing integrated with it.

Collaboration potential can be increased. 

It's very expensive to scale out.

We've been using the solution for four years. 

The solution is stable. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution isn't highly scalable. We do not have plans to scale due to the high cost.

We have 30 to 40 people using the product. It's a mix of project managers and some management or reporting. We also have some general team members.

Support is available. It's a very popular kind of solution so you can get help easily.

Neutral

I may have used a different solution, however, I cannot recall which solution. We're a new department. We didn't switch from something per se. 

It's not straightforward to set up - unless the person knows it. Then they can set it up with ease.

The deployment took about one week.

You only need about two to three people to maintain the solution, however, they do not have to be fully committed. It's only a few hours a week. 

Our team handled the deployment with some IT involvement. 

A different department handled the licensing. I can't speak to exact costs. 

There is expense in the case of maintenance. If you need some person to maintain it, since it's an on-prem solution, that's a cost. You can't measure it, however, it's a cost. It's also expensive to scale. 

I'm a customer.

If you don't want to go to the cloud, this is a good solution. 

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. 

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.

It improves the managing function with this product.

I think the division between the onsite work on the cloud of Microsoft Office is something valuable. It is used for consulting assignments. I think that people are more used to the Microsoft inner-workings. They use Excel, and the other Office products, so it is easily adaptable. In addition, it is easily used on mobile applications.

I think stability is good but I think there's quite some amount of activity towards integration with SharePoint.  So, the institution in terms of collaborating and sharing projects, I think that's something that needs to be worked on in the future.

In terms of the performance, I think it's something that took a big toll on the service when a lot of people logged in finally, so that's something that can be improved in the future.

They were good, but they took quite some time to resolve a ticket. We figured it out with our own tech support. The issue was a performance issue, so we could see our position taking a longer time to load because it would generally take three seconds. At the max, it was taking more than ten seconds for the application to load. Eventually, we got it resolved through a Microsoft tech service technician on-site.

It was already implemented, but it had to be customized. We did some customization, along with some approvals along with the Share Point. So, it was a little more complex implementation. In terms of creating forms for users to log in with their information, as well as integrating Share Point with Project, we had to research how to create a flow between these two platforms. Initially, there were problems with the integration of the two.

The licensing was procured before my involvement.

I know that there are other solutions in this realm. Gmail is one that others are using right now. They are the main competitor. 

People are still have the view that not many of these run through Microsoft project. A lot of these will be running through Agile, so that's the basic difference I've seen in terms of the competitions in my projects.

I think this solution is a more scalable, so people now will start believing that Microsoft can also be used. The comfort of using Microsoft products, which is likely for most of the clients, is that they use Microsoft Office as their primary word processing or data processing tool. I think people have their trust in the Microsoft product line, so I think it's good to give them something because I think it's easier for them to adopt and implement.

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.

We are able to know what we are doing, how much we have spent, how much time we've taken, and it tells us how much money is left for the project. It also tells us whether we are below or above our expenditures, whether we are below or above our budget.

The graphical scheduling feature is very important for us.

It has to be more user-friendly. For instance, there should be some assistance, like when you go to certain sites, people pop up and say, "Can we help you? What are you looking for?" It's not interactive enough.

The stability is fine for our purposes.

Because our projects are medium size, it's capable of dealing with the details that we require. It's able to capture the critical details that we require at every stage.

Setting up is not that difficult.

It's a good solution but it does have limitations, as I said: The real-time interactions with the user are absent. That is the only issue that I would mention. Otherwise, I would recommend it.

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor are that the product has to meet the budget. It has to be something we are able to afford and also it should address our specific needs.

I would rate it at seven out of 10 because it meets most of our requirements. And judging from the stakeholder's response, they are pretty happy with what we have been giving them as presentations.

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

A single place for all our organisation's project records.

Deliverables List: Most useful to enable meaningful status reporting at an enterprise level. It enables a minimum viable reporting level for "accidental" project leads who are unfamiliar with scheduling techniques.

The new versions appear to address the current UX and an ability to better represent the application of agile management methodologies.

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

It is easy to use. 

The scheduling and the customization are very powerful.

Reporting is an area that needs to be worked on. It needs improvement.

It should be more agile and more flexible when it comes to customization.

The deployment could be easier.

I have five to seven years of experience in Microsoft Project Server.

We are using the on-premises version but have also explored the Cloud version.

We are using version 2019. 

Microsoft Project Server is very stable.

It is scalable but is very expensive.

We have approximately 50 users in our company who are using this solution.

We have not contacted Microsoft technical support.

It is not an easy deployment. 

Once it is done it's good, but Microsoft Project Server is not easy to deploy.

It took approximately two weeks.

We have a team of three people to maintain this solution. They are made up of administrators and project managers.

We hired a professional consultant who was experienced to help us with the installation.

There is a licensing cost.

I would definitely recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Microsoft Project Server a seven out of ten.