Microsoft Project Server Scalability

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

The older on-prem versions are not as scalable as we would like. Performance starts to suffer a bit when you get too many projects and too many resources in it, but Project Online is supposed to be much more scalable. In fact, we won't have to really manage that side of the house at all. It is going to be a matter of Microsoft keeping things running well and us just not pushing configurations that are unusual.

Currently, we have about 1,600 users. They are different aspects of the business, such as IT, project management, etc. The usage of the older versions that are on-prem is decreasing simply because Microsoft is pushing everybody to the cloud. The on-prem versions are still out there. There are still a lot of large organizations that like to stay on-prem because they like to have better control over their data. It has a pretty widely used set of applications across the entire spectrum, but the on-prem servers and such are starting to migrate more toward Project Online.

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

It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Most of the company's customers prefer JIRA.

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DV
Lead Analyst at Michelin

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. Around 7,000 to 8,000 users are using the solution in our organization, and we have plans to increase the usage.

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LM
Enterprise Architect at YASH Technologies

Primarily the solution has been handled by the PMO team which is comprised of 20 users. They are mostly portfolio managers, program managers, and solution architects as well as an executive who usually uses it from a governance perspective.

Since this has been used by the portfolio managers, so it's basically bread and butter for the PMO team. It's used day in, day out and it's tracking a single source of truth from a program management perspective. In terms of expanding the portfolio, likely, the business will grow, and that's when we may add more users. By 2022, we might add five more users. That is what I foresee.

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LawrenceKwaghga - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Director, Research at NACA

It is scalable.

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AA
Student at Algoma

I rate the tool’s scalability between seven and eight out of ten.

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SA
Head of IT PMO at Bank Meter

The solution’s scalability is good, especially when expanding on the server platform. Currently, there is a limitation in terms of document repository capacity. Perhaps with the updated version, it would be more efficient to separate the documents into SharePoint, thus decoupling them from the main server. Once this transition is complete, we should have a smoother workflow.

45 people are using this solution.

It lacks a dashboard. If I have a dashboard, then I might be able to send it to your senior management. The dashboard will display more projects, giving us real-time access to the portfolio. This will result in better dashboarding and clearer installation definitions for executive management, although it is not currently available.

I rate the solution’s scalability a five out of ten.

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

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten. The solution is meant for medium-sized enterprises.

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Andrey Stulenkov - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Projectforce

The solution is easily scalable, however, it has some bugs. I can rate it a nine out of ten.

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MuhammadShakeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at Confiz Solutions

Around 20 users are using the solution in our organization. Since our client's environment is going to increase for development purposes, we plan to increase the number of users to 35.

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WN
Sr Consultant at Norconsult Telematics

I would rate the scalability of this solution an eight, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.

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SS
Student at Inderprastha Engineering College

It is a scalable solution.

Around 100 people use Microsoft Project Server.

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

The scalability is good. I'd rate it nine out of ten. It extends well. 

At my previous company, many people used the solution, including managers and coordinators. 

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

The solution is quite scalable. It extends well. 

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AM
DX project manager at PFI

It is a scalable solution. It's not an issue at all. 

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

I would describe it as moderate for my team. It's manageable, but it doesn't meet our expectations fully. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it a five. We have approximately three thousand users working with it.

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

The tool has a high scalability. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten. Around ten people, including project managers, portfolio managers, and engineers, use the tool in our organization. We use the solution once a month.

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MM
Technology PMO & Performance Senior Manager at Ooredoo Algerie

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. We have 25 people using it.

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

We have approximately 900 employees with a license using this solution.

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Nomfundo Zulu - PeerSpot reviewer
Junior Data Engineer at PBT Group

It is a scalable solution.

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Taha Khaleel - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operations Officer at PRO-VISION

We have five Microsoft Project Server users in our organization. It needs to be a more scalable platform.

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AB11 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at LimeOn Global Company

I have found the scalability of Microsoft Project Server to be great.

We have approximately 20 people using this solution in my company. Other companies have hundreds and thousands of users using it.

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

The solution is scalable. 

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RS
Team Lead , Enterprise Computing Platforms at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. Around 50 users are using the solution in our organization.

I rate Microsoft Project Server an eight out of ten for scalability.

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

It seems scalable to me.

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TM
Operations Manager at Innolead Consulting

I have found the scalability of the Microsoft Project Server to be good.

We have approximately 10 to 20 uses using this solution in my organization and we plan to increase usage. We do consult for clients and we are always looking for more business.

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LS
Agile PMO Chief at Claro

The scalability could be improved upon. Sometimes I want to create some instance or other Project Servers to create, for example, test environments. We need to create a test to do a pilot to sell the idea. However, it's complicated to establish what is the best instance to manage the project. 

We have about 2,000 users online, however, it depends on the cloud environment. How many users we have depends on the infrastructure provider. They ensure the scalability and stability of the environment.

We do plan to increase usage. We still have to configure new project types in the project server to gain more users. We want to achieve 1,000 users this year. Right now, I have 300 active users. The plan for this year is to include more project types in the project server throughout the environment and at the end to achieve 1,000 users, at a minimum.

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

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. Around 100 users are using the solution in our organization.

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HK
Information Technology Consultant at Kaid

The scalability is okay. We don't really have any technical performance problems. If we have it, it's because of infrastructure, not because of Project Server mostly.

We mostly work with governmental agencies. On current projects, there are about 300 people working on the solution. We have ten project managers and five profile managers on our end.

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it_user438309 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Management Analyst at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

I did not encounter any scalability issues.

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RubenCarrillo - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO Leader Fusion at Corporación Financiera Nacional S.A.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

It is scalable but is very expensive.

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

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

It is scalable. It appears that you can scale it as much as you want. 

We have 70 or 80 licenses, but in reality, there are no more than 10 people actually using it.

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it_user229761 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant | Architect at DHL

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

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

The solution is very scalable. If a company needs to expand the product they can do so quite easily.

We use it in our company and have about 1,000 users on it currently.

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it_user565827 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Consultant - Project Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
TL
Manager for Middleware at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a scalable solution. It is easy to set up and to add clusters to your environment. We have many clusters running for our company. 

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

It is a scalable solution.

It's not my area of expertise at the company because I'm not a project manager, but our project manager and BMO team, as well as the rest of the team, use it.

In our company, we have more than ten people who use this solution.

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

Very good. We haven't reached the limit yet, and we're using multiple projects across many sites. So it seems to scale quite well.

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it_user528354 - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO Professional at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There were no scalability issues. We have more than 400 projects on our Project Server database, and everything works fine.

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

The scalability of the product is quite good. If you need to scale it, you can do so. It shouldn't be a problem.

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

I believe the scalability is limited. A company wouldn't be able to expand it easily. You need to go to the next version, which is enterprise or cloud-based.

At our organization, we have five to seven people using the solution. It's mostly to do project schedules, so they are all consultants.

It's not that widely used. We probably will not look at using the current version much wider than it is. We'll probably go with a cloud-based version or enterprise version the next time we need to upgrade.

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

It is a scalable solution. We have been able to manage larger scale projects easily using this solution.

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it_user574122 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Technical Consultant at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

We encountered scalability issues, i.e., the features were breaking.

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MW
Vice President at MVProject

I only encountered scalability issues with the 2010 version.

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it_user374520 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytics & Technologies Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

We haven't had issues with scalability.

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it_user309312 - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Project Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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Microsoft Project Server
April 2024
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