Microsoft Project Server Reviews

I like being able to manage the capacity in terms of the resources. I also like being able to share documents and information between teams. It's the best solution for collaboration.

When we started using this solution from scratch, we got lost. Microsoft should provide some templates for configurations for certain use cases.

I've been using this solution for six years.

It's a stable solution. The cloud version in particular is very stable.

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. We have 25 people using it.

The initial setup is straightforward if you are familiar with the Chatbot solution of Microsoft.

The initial deployment took about six months because I was working on other projects at the same time.

We deployed the solution ourselves. Our team consisted of four engineers.

Microsoft Project Server is an expensive solution. Small businesses will not be able to afford it.

Overall, I would rate Microsoft Project Server at six out of ten.

I use Microsoft Project Server to create project timelines and task tracking.

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to understand and navigate.

Stability of the solution is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.

I have been using Microsoft Project Server for two months. I only know that I use the solution's web version.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

It is a scalable solution.

For project management, I use Asana and Trello.

The initial setup of the product is easy.

The time taken for deployment of the solution depends on the pipelines.

The product's installation phase can be carried out by one of the in-house teams in my company.

I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it.

I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.

Microsoft Project Server is simple to use. It doesn't require any prior knowledge. The junior executives can easily operate it.

The product is difficult to use for complex projects. There could be more planning tools for project management. Sometimes, we encounter issues with paper size while printing the project plan.

We have been using Microsoft Project Server for a few years.

It is a stable product.

We have five Microsoft Project Server users in our organization. It needs to be a more scalable platform.

I have used Primavera before. In comparison to Microsoft Project Server, it has a complicated interface.

The initial setup process is easy. It has a simple interface; we have to enter the main tasks and subtasks and set the time frame.

I implemented the product.

It is an inexpensive product. We purchase its yearly license.

Asana is more scalable and has an on-cloud version. It provides many features required for planning the project compared to Microsoft Project Server.

I rate Microsoft Project Server an eight out of ten. This product is the best choice if you are a beginner planning to do simple projects.

Our primary use case would be to reset out projects online during the process and be able to use the Project Pro to run or exhibit projects which are already planned as part of the process of project management.

It improves the managing function with this product.

I think the division between the onsite work on the cloud of Microsoft Office is something valuable. It is used for consulting assignments. I think that people are more used to the Microsoft inner-workings. They use Excel, and the other Office products, so it is easily adaptable. In addition, it is easily used on mobile applications.

I think stability is good but I think there's quite some amount of activity towards integration with SharePoint.  So, the institution in terms of collaborating and sharing projects, I think that's something that needs to be worked on in the future.

In terms of the performance, I think it's something that took a big toll on the service when a lot of people logged in finally, so that's something that can be improved in the future.

They were good, but they took quite some time to resolve a ticket. We figured it out with our own tech support. The issue was a performance issue, so we could see our position taking a longer time to load because it would generally take three seconds. At the max, it was taking more than ten seconds for the application to load. Eventually, we got it resolved through a Microsoft tech service technician on-site.

It was already implemented, but it had to be customized. We did some customization, along with some approvals along with the Share Point. So, it was a little more complex implementation. In terms of creating forms for users to log in with their information, as well as integrating Share Point with Project, we had to research how to create a flow between these two platforms. Initially, there were problems with the integration of the two.

The licensing was procured before my involvement.

I know that there are other solutions in this realm. Gmail is one that others are using right now. They are the main competitor. 

People are still have the view that not many of these run through Microsoft project. A lot of these will be running through Agile, so that's the basic difference I've seen in terms of the competitions in my projects.

I think this solution is a more scalable, so people now will start believing that Microsoft can also be used. The comfort of using Microsoft products, which is likely for most of the clients, is that they use Microsoft Office as their primary word processing or data processing tool. I think people have their trust in the Microsoft product line, so I think it's good to give them something because I think it's easier for them to adopt and implement.

We use Microsoft Project Server for project management. We have a lot of internal projects running, and we assign licenses to any project manager driving a project.

Microsoft Project Server's user interface is pretty average, and sometimes it can have bugs.

I have been using Microsoft Project Server for two years.

Microsoft Project Server is a stable solution.

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. Around 50 users are using the solution in our organization.

I rate Microsoft Project Server an eight out of ten for scalability.

We previously used a different solution called Clarity. We switched to Microsoft Project Server because Clarity was an expensive solution.

Since it's a cloud-based application, Microsoft Project Server can be easily configured.

Microsoft Project Server is relatively cheaper than other products. We have to pay a yearly licensing fee for Microsoft Project Server. The solution's pricing is reasonable.

We are using the latest version of Microsoft Project Server. I would recommend Microsoft Project Server to other users. Microsoft Project Server gives you value for money.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Project Server a seven out of ten.

We use it for managing our internal projects, for tracking the status and progress of our projects in terms of schedules - that they are delivered on time - and that the expenditure is controlled.

We are able to know what we are doing, how much we have spent, how much time we've taken, and it tells us how much money is left for the project. It also tells us whether we are below or above our expenditures, whether we are below or above our budget.

The graphical scheduling feature is very important for us.

It has to be more user-friendly. For instance, there should be some assistance, like when you go to certain sites, people pop up and say, "Can we help you? What are you looking for?" It's not interactive enough.

The stability is fine for our purposes.

Because our projects are medium size, it's capable of dealing with the details that we require. It's able to capture the critical details that we require at every stage.

Setting up is not that difficult.

It's a good solution but it does have limitations, as I said: The real-time interactions with the user are absent. That is the only issue that I would mention. Otherwise, I would recommend it.

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor are that the product has to meet the budget. It has to be something we are able to afford and also it should address our specific needs.

I would rate it at seven out of 10 because it meets most of our requirements. And judging from the stakeholder's response, they are pretty happy with what we have been giving them as presentations.

We use Microsoft Project Server for project planning, capacity management, baselining, progress reporting, and monitoring.

Capacity management and task baselining are the most valuable features of Microsoft Project Server.

The solution's synchronization with Jira Projects should be improved.

I have been using Microsoft Project Server for more than 20 years.

Microsoft Project Server is a scalable solution. Around 100 users are using the solution in our organization.

The solution's technical support is good.

Positive

Microsoft Project Server’s initial setup is easy.

Microsoft Project Server is deployed on-cloud in our organization.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Project Server a nine out of ten.

We primarily use the solution to manage the project lifecycle. Generally the lifestyle starts at demand phase. We design a workflow according to customer's needs. The workflow starts with project ideation and project selection, if the project fits company criteria it will move onto the project management phase.  

Let's say you have 10 projects and you don't know which ones to move into actual project management phase. Customers use the portfolio and analysis feature of Project Server, and decide which project to do according to capacity planning(if they have the resources) and budget. If the company has enough resources then its the projects with most benefit that gets selected. For the selected projects lifecycle will continue. As it moves forward, you will get more project detail pages, more things to work with. This will also produce some reports as well.

The solution is very good at helping you pick which project to move forward with.

The stability has been pretty good.

We've found that the solution can scale if we need it to.

The installation is fairly straightforward.

The documentation on offer is excellent.

Technical support is very responsive - particularly on critical tickets.

When it comes to integration with other systems Project Server falls short. There used to be out-of-box integration with TFS for example but with Project Server 2016 and forward that integration is deprecated. There is room for improvement here.

When it comes to project management itself, I'd like to see some hybrid solutions right now across the on-premises deployments especially. On-premise only has waterfall style project management. On the other hand Project Online has a lot better integration and hybrid (agile-waterfall) project management abilities. This should also be the case for On-premise customers.

The check-in, check-out feature, makes Microsoft Project Server pretty slow or cumbersome to use. Users mostly forget when to check-in. We have problems with that. If it's a bit faster to use, or easier to use, like your Planner or other programs, it would be better. You should just be able to type in something and it's updated. The ease of use could be improved.

I've been using the solution for three years at this point.

The stability is okay. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

The scalability is okay. We don't really have any technical performance problems. If we have it, it's because of infrastructure, not because of Project Server mostly.

We mostly work with governmental agencies. On current projects, there are about 300 people working on the solution. We have ten project managers and five profile managers on our end.

Technical support is pretty good. We have seen problems due to the infrastructure and management on the customer's side, which affected some services on Project Server. One ticket I opened as normal severity which took two weeks to resolve. That said, when I opened a ticket with critical severity that is blocking some services, somebody contacted me in less than an hour. We were able to fix the problem in three hours total. I'd say overall, the support side is good. 

There's also excellent documentation, which I would rate at a nine out of ten.

The installation is very easy with MinRole helping you along the way. You can do high availability of the SharePoint services fairly easy except for the DB part. For that you have to rely on your DB Admins to give you a listener for a High Availability cluster. 

I'm not just a user, I implement solutions. We are Microsoft partners. I develop the solution from infrastructure to power bi reports. User experience, customization, and reporting.

In Turkey, especially governmental agencies, they don't want to be on the cloud. So all the environments I manage, they're on-prem.

Overall, I would rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We're mostly happy with the product.