MCTS Project Server 2010, Configuration

Overview

The Microsoft Project Server 2010, Configuration certification is aimed at students who are responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of a Project Server 2010 implementation. Candidates also typically work as an Enterprise Project Management (EPM) consultant, a project server administrator, an IT professional, or a developer.

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Curriculum

Installing Project Server 2010

Configure prerequisites - domain accounts, SQL Server accounts, preparing servers for Project Server 2010 roles, features, ports, and protocols, configuring SQL for OLAP cubes, configuring SQL roles for Project Server farm administration, configuring analysis services account to read Project Server, configuring SharePoint services (in support of Project Server prerequisites)
Install software required for Project Server 2010 and related technologies - PSCONFIG, Project Professional 2010 profiles/accounts, installing a new Project Web Access (PWA) instance, configuring Secure Store, configuring Microsoft Office Exchange integration, configuring Project Server 2010 services, configuring Excel Services
Manage a Project Server 2010 upgrade - migrating data from Project Server 2003 or Project Server 2007 to Project Server 2010, upgrading from Project Server 2003 or Project Server 2007 to Project Server 2010, upgrading from Portfolio Server 2007 to Project Server 2010, configuring backward compatibility with Project 2007 clients

Managing Resources and Security

Configure for time management - time reporting mode, single entry mode, financial periods, protected actions, administrative time, configuring Status Manager, Timesheet Manager, and Default Assignment owner role, configuring task status updates, configuring timesheets
Configure enterprise resources and organizational structure - custom fields/lookup tables, calendars, costs, availability, type, department, teams, configuring resource breakdown structure
Manage users and permissions - Active Directory synchronization, project workspace permissions settings, configuring options and access for a new project, configuring delegation, adding a new user to the system and assigning the correct role, adding groups

Configuring Project Server 2010

Configure enterprise project types and templates - configuring a Project Detail Page (PDP), creating an enterprise project type, creating, implementing, and enforcing the use of templates for the enterprise
Configure for Business Intelligence (BI) - BI permissions settings, creating Excel services reports for OLAP, creating analysis cubes for use in BI tasks, configuring OLAP cubes for departments, setting report permissions, adding custom fields to OLAP cubes, updating OLAP cubes on demand, associating a secure store services ID with reporting
Configure metadata and views - lookup tables, custom fields including formulas and indicators, configuring views, configuring business drivers
Modify the Enterprise Global Template - standard duration, work types, macros, tables, views, filters, groups
Manage workflows - visible project pages, configuring phases, configuring stages, deploying a new workflow, restarting workflows, moving projects in a workflow, reassigning a workflow, deploying a new workflow

Administering Project Server 2010

Configure for data governance - archiving, retention, forced check-in of enterprise objects, deleting enterprise objects
Back up and restore Project Server 2010 - SharePoint links, farm backup and restore, site backup and restore, backup and restore of enterprise objects, scheduling backups
Administer SharePoint for Project Server 2010 implementation - changing the default workspace template, creating a new workspace, creating a project web site for an existing project, re-linking a workspace URL, modifying uses of the grid and other Web Parts, configuring and maintaining the site provisioning process
Monitor Project Server health - event, Unified Logging Service (ULS), and usage logs, active cache management, Health Analyzer, checking the queue for errors, changing history or queue settings, cancelling jobs, configuring the queue, checking the ULS log location, using the Developer Dashboard to assist in farm administration

Exam Track

You will take the following exam as part of the course:

Exam 70-177: MCTS Microsoft Project Server 2010, Configuring

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

Accommodation *
Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
On-site exams **
Exam vouchers **
Practice tests **
Certification Guarantee ***
Courseware
Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
24-hour lab access
Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Students successful on this course are experienced in implementing and supporting the Microsoft Project Server 2010 solution. You will also have experience in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 / 2008 technology.

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We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

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Course Dates

Start	Finish	Status	Location
19/2/2024 (Monday)	21/2/2024 (Wednesday)	Finished - Leave feedback	-
24/6/2024 (Monday)	26/6/2024 (Wednesday)	Wait list	Nationwide
5/8/2024 (Monday)	7/8/2024 (Wednesday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
16/9/2024 (Monday)	18/9/2024 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
28/10/2024 (Monday)	30/10/2024 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide
9/12/2024 (Monday)	11/12/2024 (Wednesday)	Open	Nationwide

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