Background Information
Before you can access any of Project Server’s
enterprise features in Microsoft Project Professional, you must create a login
account in Microsoft Project Professional so that you can log into Project
Server with Project Manager permissions.
Resolution for Project Server
2002 and 2003
To create a Project Server login account, complete the
following steps:
1. Launch Microsoft Project Professional.
2. Click Tools - Enterprise Options - Microsoft Office Project
Server Accounts.
3. Click the Add button.
4. Enter an Account Name for the login account, such as
"Production Project Server."
5. Enter the URL
for Your Project Server instance.
6. Click the Test
Connection button to verify a valid Project Server connection.
7. Select the
"Set as default account" option and click OK.
8. Select the
"Manually control connection state" option and click OK.
9. Close
Microsoft Project Professional and then relaunch the software.
10. Click the
Connect button.
Resolution for Project Server
2007
To create a Project Server login account, complete the
following steps:
1. Launch Microsoft Project Professional.
2. Click Tools -
Enterprise Options - Microsoft Office Project Server Accounts.
3. Click the Add
button.
4. Enter an
Account Name for the login account, such as "Production Project Server."
5. Enter the URL
for Your Project Server instance.
6. Select the "Set as default account" option and click OK.
7. Select the
"Manually control connection state" option and click OK.
8. Close
Microsoft Project Professional and then relaunch the software.
9. Click the OK
button to connect to Project Server.