
Understand the project online system architecture, including the desktop client (formerly Microsoft Project Professional), its connection to SharePoint data, PWA, and reporting with Power BI, Excel, and Power Apps.
Learn to license Microsoft Project Online in Office 365 by using the admin center to purchase and compare project plans (plan 1, 3, 5) and assign licenses for basic setup.
Create a hybrid security group called admin light in the Microsoft 365 admin center, assign owners and members, and activate directory group sync with PWA to grant admin permissions.
Download and install Microsoft Project Pro and connect to Project Online via PWA. Admins use the admin center and Office 365 to enable downloads and manage licensing for your organization.
Connect to Project Online with the desktop client, open and edit projects, switch to auto scheduled tasks, link tasks into a schedule, and publish to update draft and published tables.
Update the enterprise custom field by editing the department lookup table, add departments, sort them ascending, then save and rename the lookup to department lookup to distinguish it.
Configure the resource pool Active Directory synchronization in Microsoft Project Online by linking to Microsoft 365 groups, enabling automatic 24-hour synchronization and updating the resource center via PWA settings.
Explore the enterprise resource pool in Microsoft Project, detailing work, material, and cost resources, including named, generic, and team resources for accurate planning and tracking.
Rename or delete an existing project in the desktop project app, then verify changes by checking the PWA queue and refreshed project list.
Configure administrative time in the PWA settings to track non-project and exception time. Add categories such as administrative, sick, vacation, and travel, set approval rules, display options, and save changes.
Configure test settings and display in Microsoft Project Online by handling time and task management in PWA, including tracking method, timesheet options, reporting frequency, and team task handling.
Hello everyone, Welcome to the course! I am thrilled to have you on board. You're going to be a valuable asset, and I can't wait to see all that you accomplish. In this course, I'm going to be showing you and teaching you everything that is needed to set up and owe a Successful Career as an Administrator.
Project Online is a flexible online solution for Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and everyday work. Project Online provides powerful project management capabilities for planning, prioritizing, and managing projects and project portfolio investments—from almost anywhere on almost any device. Project Online can be used by administrators, portfolio managers and viewers, project and resource managers, and team leads and members. Project Online is built on the SharePoint platform, and it stores data in the SharePoint data store.
So, through this course learn how to administer Microsoft Project Online and help your organization more effectively manage projects. Follow along with project management as within the course we walk through the many features and settings that can be customized in Microsoft Project Online. I'll show you how to manage licenses and subscriptions, adjust your organization's security settings, and create custom fields, templates, and workflows to address your team's unique needs.
This Project Online Administrators course provides learners with the skills required to configure, customize, 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.
You are going to learn how to master projects online and PWA by learning to configure security groups, resource pools, create custom fields and views, and much much more. At the end of the course, you should be able to configure, implement and maintain a project online environment with confidence. In this course, I will walk you step by step with hands-on training through configuring the three main environments that connect together, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Project Online PWA. Just remember, it all starts with having a Project Online license subscription. But don't worry. In the course, I will walk you through obtaining a license in one of the course lectures. You will then master the configuration of PWA by implementing security groups, users, and categories, you will confidently navigate particle lines and configure the project and resource centers. You will learn to customize views, Gantt fields, and lookup tables. You will also master the skill of customizing calendars and creating project file templates. Then, you learn how to turn on the timesheet functionality and configure it to the needs of your organization. Lastly, you will learn to download and install the Microsoft Project desktop app and connect between the desktop app and Project Online. And this will help you to confidently train your users on how they can also connect to protect online with a Microsoft partner desktop app.
If you are planning to do a complete project online configuration from scratch, I would suggest you watch every video in sequence. Remember, this course is for you and there is no right way or one way to take it.
So welcome to this course and let's get learning.