Microsoft Project Server 2002 provides organizations with an extensible technology platform to securely develop and successfully deploy best practices for project management across your organization. Through a centrally-managed repository for standardized project and resource data, Microsoft Project Server provides teams with convenient access to business-critical information through its Web interface, Microsoft Project Web Access. By providing powerful Web-based collaboration, analysis, and reporting tools, Microsoft Project Web Access enables entire project teams—including team members, resource managers, and executives—to stay informed, up-to-date, and on track.

With its enterprise-ready security and performance capabilities, Microsoft Project Server provides a customizable foundation for organizations to successfully develop and integrate their project management processes with their current and future business systems.

Quick Access to Business-Critical Information:

With Microsoft Project Web Access, team members and executives can quickly view, analyze, and update project information without installing Microsoft Project on their computers. With just a Web browser, each user has access to powerful tools to manage project work in a single, consolidated location. Since project and resource information is stored centrally and consistently in Microsoft Project Server, companies can standardize reporting practices for strategic insight into the performance of a project portfolio and efficiently manage and optimize resources across projects.

Robust Management and Administration:

Microsoft Project Server delivers secure, manageable access to business-critical information. Administrators can control access to Microsoft Project Server by assigning permissions to groups and users, so team members and executives can view and update only the information that they have permission to access. New scalability enhancements offer support for enterprise usage scenarios so your organization can support growth and handle increased demand.

Highly Extensible Platform:

Microsoft Project Server provides a customizable platform and tools that can be extended and integrated across business systems to meet your company's project, resource, and knowledge management needs. An open architecture, featuring industry standards such as XML messaging and SOAP, delivers smooth alignment and information exchange with other business applications and databases!!

• Attractive Retail Box
• 5 Client Licenses Included
• Quick Access to Business-Critical Information:
• Web-based User Interface
  Microsoft Project Web Access, the Microsoft Project Server Web client, provides team members and stakeholders with convenient access to project information through a Web browser. With this easy-to-use Web interface, users can review, update, and analyze role-specific information and collaborate to ensure that project goals are aligned with business objectives.
• E-mail Notifications
  Keep teams informed with automated e-mail reminders through an SMTP e-mail notification system. E-mails alert the team of important events, such as project updates and upcoming milestones. Adjust notifications to the appropriate level by specifying the types and frequency of e-mail notifications that are sent. Microsoft Project also supports MAPI workgroup messages.
• Integration with SharePoint™ Team Services from Microsoft
  Enhance collaboration and knowledge-sharing among team members. Integration with SharePoint Team Services provides an out-of-the-box solution for centrally sharing documents and tracking issues.
• Standardized Data and Custom Fields
  Define organization-wide standards by creating and centrally storing custom fields for tasks, resources, and projects. Applying standards ensures consistent, accurate, and complete cross-project and resource reports.
• Enterprise Templates
  Drive adoption of best practices and procedures through enterprise templates. Centrally store and deploy templates through Microsoft Project Server for consistent and up-to-date project planning.
• Enterprise Resources
  Manage resources effectively with a central enterprise resource database. Centrally storing resource information enables managers and executives to maximize resource capabilities and get accurate, up-to-date information about assignments, utilization, and availability across the organization.
• Robust Management and Administration:
• User Permissions
  Simplify managing user accounts by creating and setting permissions for groups to control access to project information. Use predefined group permissions, or customize permissions to meet your organization's needs. You can further tailor access to project data by specifying permissions for individual users.
• Project Data Server
  Using XML and SOAP, the Project Data Server (PDS) provides a middle-tier security layer that filters project information based on individual user permissions. With the PDS, project team members can view and update only the information that they have permission to access.
• Secure Authentication
  Microsoft Project Server enables users with or without a Windows user account to access the server using Windows integrated security or Microsoft Project Server security.
• Check-in and Check-out
  Permission to modify enterprise projects is securely controlled with the Microsoft Project Server check-in/check-out method. Microsoft Project Server protects the project portfolio by preventing multiple users from accessing and editing the same information at the same time.
• Scalability
  Microsoft Project Server accommodates performance and scalability needs through load balancing for the servers and clustering for the database server. Microsoft Project Server provides organizations with the flexibility to enhance system performance by distributing the load of servers to separate computers as needed.
• Microsoft Project Server Database Cleanup
  Create more space in Microsoft Project Server by deleting outdated information. Projects, tasks, resource task changes and status reports can be removed for easier Microsoft Project Server maintenance.
• Resource Table and OLAP Cube Updates
  The date range and frequency of resource table and OLAP cube updates can be set so that portfolio views include timely and accurate reporting and analysis information.
• Actionable Spooler Messages
  Pop-up alerts with actionable messages notify you of errors when updating information to Microsoft Project Server and give actionable error messages.
• Highly Extensible Platform:
• Support for Industry Standards
  Using industry standards such as XML and SOAP, Microsoft Project Server integrates and exchanges schema and data with other line-of-business applications and databases.
• Microsoft Project OLE DB Provider
  The Microsoft Project OLE DB provider has been improved to include support for time-phased data, additional tables, and extended properties for data access pages.
• Microsoft Project Web Access Components
  Organizations can extend and customize Microsoft Project Web Access more due to improvements to the programmable interfaces of the controls.
• Dashboard Web Parts
  Microsoft Project Server Web pages have been broken into smaller components to provide easy Web Part creation without the need to write Active Server Pages. Include various Microsoft Project Web Access pages in a dashboard or view them from within Microsoft Project.
• Systems Integration
  The Microsoft Project Server open architecture allows you to integrate Microsoft Project Server with your organization’s current document management or issue tracking solutions through an extensible server-side object.

• To Run Microsoft Project Server 2002, you Need:
• Minimum Requirement: 
• Processor*: Computer with a Pentium III 500-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP1 or later
• Memory*: 
• RAM requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer. Minimum RAM requirements for Microsoft Project Server 2002:
• 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM
• Customers installing SharePoint™ Team Services from Microsoft require an additional 128 MB of RAM.
• Customers installing Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 require an additional 64 MB of RAM.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services require an additional 64 MB of RAM.
• Hard Disk*: 
• Hard disk space requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer.
• 50 MB of available hard disk space is required for the typical installation of Microsoft Project Server 2002.
• Customers installing SharePoint Team Services require an additional 70 MB for a typical installation, plus 5 MB for each provisioned Web site.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000 require an additional 250 MB for the typical installation of SQL Server.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services require an additional 130 MB for the typical installation of Analysis Services.
• Note: Installing additional services requires more hard disk space.
• Drive: CD-ROM drive
• Display: Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colours
• Mouse: Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device
• Programs: 
• SQL Server 2000 or later is required for enterprise project and resource management.
• IIS version 5.0 or later.
• Recommended Requirement: 
• Processor*: Computer with a Pentium III 700-MHz or higher processor
• Operating System: Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later, or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP1 or later
• Memory*: 
• Listed below are the programs required for data storage and management:
• SQL Server 2000 or later or the included Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) is required for server data storage needs.
• SQL Server 2000 or later is required for enterprise project and resource management.
• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 or later.
• RAM requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer. Minimum RAM recommendations for Microsoft Project Server 2002:
• 512 MB of RAM
• Customers installing SharePoint Team Services: additional 192 MB of RAM recommended.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000: additional 128 MB of RAM recommended.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services: additional 128 MB of RAM recommended.
• Hard Disk*: 
• Hard disk space requirements depend on number of services installed on the computer.
• 50 MB of available hard disk space is required for the typical installation of Microsoft Project Server 2002.
• Customers installing SharePoint Team Services require an additional 70 MB for a typical installation, plus 5 MB for each provisioned Web site.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000 require an additional 250 MB for the typical installation of SQL Server.
• Customers installing SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services require an additional 130 MB for the typical installation of Analysis Services.
• Note: Installing additional services requires more hard disk space.
• Drive: CD-ROM drive
• Mouse: Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device
• Display: Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colours
• Programs: Listed below are the programs required for data storage and management:
• SQL Server 2000 or later or the included MSDE 2000 is required for server data storage needs.
• * Processor, RAM, and hard disk requirements are highly dependent on the number of services installed on the computer. Minimum requirements assume Microsoft Project Server components (SharePoint Team Services, SQL Server, and other services) run on separate computers.
• Additional items or services required to use certain features
• SharePoint Team Services (included with Microsoft Project Server 2002) is required for project collaboration. The security features of SharePoint Team Services require the NTFS file system.
• SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services (included with SQL Server 2000) is required for Portfolio Analyzer (OLAP Reporting).
• E-mail and Internet: Microsoft Exchange Server, Internet SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, or MAPI-compliant messaging software is required for e-mail notifications. Some Internet functionality may require Internet access by means of a 14.4-Kbps or greater modem or a high-speed connection. Internet connection fees may apply.
• Multimedia computer required to access sound and other multimedia effects.
• A network connection of 10 megabits per second or higher between Project Professional and the SQL Server used to host the Project Server database.
• Microsoft Project Web Access:
• Microsoft Project Web Access is the Microsoft Project Server Web interface. Using Microsoft Project Web Access requires a Microsoft Project Server Client Access License (CAL).
• Minimum Requirement:
• Computer/Processor: Computer with Pentium 133-MHz or higher processor
• Operating System: Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), Microsoft Windows NT® version 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (SP6) or later, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Professional
• Memory: 
• RAM requirements depend on the operating system used:
• Windows 98, or Windows 98 Second Edition
  24 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project Web Access
• Windows Me, or Windows NT
  32 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project Web Access
• Windows 2000 Professional
  64 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project Web Access
• Windows XP Professional
  128 MB of RAM plus an additional 8 MB of RAM for Microsoft Project Web Access
• Hard Disk: 
• Hard disk space requirements depend on configuration and number of services installed on the computer:
• 5 MB to 15 MB of available hard disk space is required for the typical installation of Microsoft Project Web Access.
• Installing additional services will require more hard disk space.
• Display: Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colours
• Mouse: Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device
• Programs: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
• Recommended Requirement:
• Computer/Processor: Computer with Pentium 300-MHz or higher processor
• Operating System: Windows XP Professional
• Memory: 192 MB of RAM
• Hard Disk: 
• Hard disk space requirements depend on configuration and number of services installed on the computer:
• 5 MB to 15 MB of available hard disk space is required for the typical installation of Microsoft Project Web Access.
• Installing additional services will require more hard disk space.
• Display: Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor with 256 colours
• Mouse: Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device
• Programs: 
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
• Additional items or services required to use certain features:
• E-mail and Internet: Microsoft Exchange, Internet SMTP/POP3, IMAP4, or MAPI-compliant messaging software required for e-mail notifications; some Internet functionality may require Internet access by means of a 14.4-Kbps or greater modem or a high-speed connection, and payment of a separate fee to a service provider; local charges may apply
• Multimedia computer required for sound and other multimedia effects
• Microsoft Office XP Web Components (OWC) are required to use the Portfolio Analyzer feature of Microsoft Project. If the machine that is being used to access the Portfolio Analyzer does not have Microsoft Office XP installed, on the first access, a dialog box will offer to install a runtime version of the required software. If this software is not installed, the Portfolio Analyzer views will be unavailable. If the installation is successful, the Portfolio Analyzer views will be available. However, the runtime version of OWC does not support the Interactive mode, which allows a user to modify a Portfolio Analyzer view. A user will require a full installation of Microsoft Office XP Web Components to modify or create a Portfolio Analyzer view.
• Trust relationships must be created between domains when Project Web Access is in a different domain from Project Server, Analysis Services, and/or SharePoint™ Team Services. This is required for use of the Portfolio Analyzer and the Project Server/SharePoint Team Services integration features.

• https://www.microsoft.com/office/project/evaluation/compare.asp
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tcevents/itevents/Project/TNT1-65.asp?frame=true
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh%3Ben-us%3Bprj2002
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnproj2002/html/projsvrarch.asp?frame=true