Gain visibility and insights

• Budget Tracking and Cost Resources permit better financial insight and tracking.
• The Proposals capability in Office Project Web Access manages plans and activities prior to project approval.
• The Activity Plan capability of Office Project Web Access helps manage ongoing operations activities after project completion.
• The Reporting Data Service permits easy user reporting with common business reporting tools such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
• With the Cube Building Service, users can easily select data to build portfolio analyzer cubes, for sophisticated analysis and reporting.

Easier to get started

• For simple task tracking, use the new Project Task List in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology then import this into Office Project Web Access.
• Enterprise Templates and the Project Guide establish repeatable processes that capture best practices.
• Use familiar tools such as Microsoft Office Outlook for entering progress or Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 for creating dynamic reports.
• Office Project Web Access and Project Workspaces enable your team to collaborate over the Web.

Enterprise ready

• Get information about high-level resource allocation for proposed projects with Resource Plans.
• Individuals other than the assigned resource can provide status updates on tasks by using the Assignment Owner feature.
• Timesheets now support fiscal periods. New financial fields, such as cost codes, enable you to report on hours that are separate from the progress made on tasks, and more.
• The Active Cache makes it possible to more efficiently transfer data from Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and provides a better offline work experience.
• The Queuing Service provides controlled use of server resources, which means better performance for users.
• With Server-Side Scheduling, users can build a custom Web user interface without requiring process schedule changes to be made in Office Project Professional 2007.
• Programs enable easy management of multiple sub-projects and their cross-project dependencies in a coordinated fashion.
• Deliverables help track and manage cross-project dependencies.

Extensible and programmable

• Office Project Server 2007 now uses the Microsoft .NET Framework to offer your developers a more flexible experience.
• By moving the scheduling engine to Office Project Server 2007, custom front ends no longer require the full winproj.exe on each client machine.
• The Event Model in Office Project Server 2007 supports use of Windows Workflow Foundation to integrate business processes with your project work.
• The application programming interface, Project Server Interface, exposes the functionality and data that your client applications need to integrate with Office Project Server 2007 or to extend its functionality.