Project Online Training Course for Administrators

Project Online for Administrators Training Course

This Project Online Administrators course provides learners with the skills required to configure, customise, define, manage and administrate the Microsoft Project Online environment. The course is available for those who need to administrate Project Online either on-site at your workplace or as live virtual classroom training.

Project Online Course Prerequisites

This Project Online course is intended for administrators, systems engineers, PMO managers, project managers, consultants and those responsible for the deployment and management of a Microsoft EPM Solution using Project Online.

You will need a good working knowledge of Office 365 / Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office Project Professional (any version) and understand basic project management concepts.

On-site Project Online for Administrators Courses

Closed 'face-to-face' Project Online courses are available as small-group training events delivered at your premises. These in-person courses offer more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your particular learning needs.

Whether you are involved in project administration, are a project manager or responsible for managing a programme, Microsoft Project Online is a highly effective administrative tool for tracking, administering and analysing your budget, tasks and resources, and for sharing project information and collaborating with other team members.

With our on-site Microsoft Project Online courses our regional trainers come to your workplace throughout England, bringing the training to you regardless of whether you are in a major city such as London, Manchester, Birmingham or Leeds, or anywhere else. This offers a really cost-effective way to train small groups and entire departments in the comfort of familiar surroundings from the Capital City of London to The Cotswolds, from Hampshire to Northamptonshire, West Midlands to West Yorkshire, Sussex to South Yorkshire, Norfolk to Northumberland, Lancashire to Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire to Gloucestershire, Bristol to Berkshire, Essex to the East Riding and everywhere inbetween.

Project Online Administrator Course Cost

The four-day Project Online Administrator course is charged out at £2,800.00 plus VAT and is available at this price for anywhere between one and six delegates. There is also a charge of £100.00 per day to cover the instructor's accommodation and travel costs to anywhere within the UK. If you have additional delegates you can add them for £50.00 plus VAT per person per day up to a maximum of 10 in total.

For Project Online users please see our two or three day Introduction to Project Online for Users Course.

Live Virtual Classroom Project Online for Administrators Course

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group Project Online courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning Microsoft Project Online courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

You can find out how to set up Microsoft Teams for a live Online virtual course here (Virtual Learning with MS Teams).

Microsoft Project Online Administrator Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses

• Instructor-led Microsoft Project training provided with step-by-step demonstrations, lessons and hands-on exercises.
  
  
• Dynamic and interactive Microsoft Project courses with plenty of time for questions and answers.
  
  
• The personal touch: Professional tuition that's tailored to match your team's present knowledge level and learning needs, and covering the Microsoft Project functions, features and techniques that your trainee staff, co-workers or employees need the most.
  
  
• Private, corporate Microsoft Project training for small group sizes with a maximum of 10 learners on any course.
  
  
• Can be run as a single course, tutorial or workshop; Or as a training rollout bringing whole teams, departments and organisations up to the benchmark level of Microsoft Project knowledge that you require.

Project Online Administrator Course Topics:

Module 1: Planning the Deployment of MS Project Online

This first module provides the background foundational knowledge needed to plan effectively your deployment of MS Project Online.

• An Introduction to Project Online
• Identifying Requirements in Project Online
• Planning Custom Fields, Views and Reports in Project Online
• MS Project Server vs SharePoint Server Security Models
• Resource Engagements and Requests in Project Online
  
  

Module 2: Configuring Project Online

This module covers the configuration of Project Online.

• Provisioning the Project Web Access Site
• Setting the Project Online Security Model
  
  

Module 3: Configuring Project Clients in Project Online

This module covers the configuration of clients in Project Online.

• Creating Project Server profiles
  
  

Module 4: Defining the Project Server Settings

This fourth module covers the configuration of enterprise data settings, time and task management and operational policies. You will learn how to create and configure enterprise custom fields, calendars and time and task management. You will also configure additional server settings and operational policies.

• Configuring Enterprise Data Settings in Project Online
  1. Create Enterprise Custom Fields
• Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS)
• Department Field
  1. Configure Enterprise Global template
  2. Create Enterprise Calendars
• Configuring Operational Policies
  1. Configure Additional Server Settings
  2. Configure Active Directory Enterprise Resource Pool Synchronization
     
     

Module 5: Managing Project Security in Project Online

In this module you will learn how to manage security using the Project Server model. You will find out how Project Server security works and how to create Project Server security users, groups and categories and how to configure the various permission settings.

• Overview of Project Server Security vs SharePoint Security Model
• Project Server Security Flowchart
  1. Project Server Security Entities
  2. Security Permissions
  3. Creating Security Templates
• Creating Project Server Users
  1. Using PWA
• Creating Project Server Groups
  1. Using PWA
  2. Configuring Active Directory Synchronization for Groups
• Creating Project Server Categories
  1. Using PWA
     
     

Module 6: Managing Time and Task Management Settings in Project Online

In this module you will learn how to configure and manage time and task management settings. You will find out how time and task reporting work in Project Server. You will also learn about financial and timesheet periods and how to configure them.

• Configuring Time Reporting Periods
  1. Financial and Timesheet Periods
• Configure Timesheet Settings
  1. Configure timesheet line classifications
  2. Configure administrative time categories
• Configure Task Settings
  
  

Module 7: Customizing Project Workspaces in Project Online

This module describes how to configure and manage Project workspaces. Lessons presented in this module will detail how Project workspaces work, how to create a custom Project Workspace site template and adding and modifying web parts.

• Working with Project Workspaces
  1. Overview of Project Workspaces
  2. Workspace permissions
  3. Add and modify Project Web Parts
• Creating and Publishing a Custom Project Workspace Site Template
  1. Create a Custom Project Workspace Site Template
  2. Publish a Custom Project Workspace Site Template
     
     

Module 8: Administrating Project Server Tasks in Project Online

• Importing Projects and Resources
  1. Importing Resources
  2. Importing Projects
• Creating and Modifying Views
  1. Overview of current views
  2. Modifying views
  3. Creating a Data Analysis view
• Working with Administration Tools
  
  

Module 9: Configuring Project Server Business Intelligence (BI)

In this module you will learn how to configure the various Business Intelligence platforms that can be used within MS Project Server. You will get an overview of how Project Server Business Intelligence works and you will also discover how to configure Excel Services, Secure Store Service and create a BI dashboard page.

• Overview of Project Server Reporting and Report Center
  1. Project Server Reporting and Report Center Overview
  2. Excel Services Overview
  3. PerformancePoint Services Overview
  4. Visio Graphics Services Overview
  5. Configure SQL Server for Project Server Reporting
• Configuring Excel Services
  1. Configuring Excel Services Settings
  2. Enabling Trusted Locations for Excel Services
  3. Managing Excel Services Custom Applications
• Configure Secure Store Service
  1. Introduction to Excel Services security
  2. Planning user authentication
  3. Planning communication between servers
  4. Planning external data authentication
• Creating a Dashboard Page
  1. Defining and Configuring Web Parts
  2. Working with Key Performance Indicators
  3. Defining Filters
     
     

MS Project Course Levels: training courses are available for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users of Microsoft Project Online

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