Microsoft Project Server Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

Vice President at MVProject

Feb 7, 2017

It has a good scheduling engine and the latest version has nice reports.

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Project Professional is the best client application (and is also used in competitors’ solutions) because it has:

Good scheduling engine
Nice reports in the latest version of the product

How has it helped my organization?

It gives us a clear view for the whole portfolio of our projects.

What needs improvement?

Resource reservation workflow
Financial management

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used the Microsoft Project Server (and MS Project Central) platform for 10 years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I only encountered stability issues with the 2010 version.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I only encountered scalability issues with the 2010 version.

How are customer service and support?

The number of partners offering support is one of the highest for PPM solutions.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not previously use a different solution. I have always used Project Server.

How was the initial setup?

Initial setup is not as easy as it looks on first impression.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This is probably the cheapest TCO enterprise PPM solution on market.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this product, I compared it to Planview and HP PPM.

What other advice do I have?

I advise not doing it by yourself; use an experienced Microsoft PPM Partner.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: My company is a Microsoft Partner that implements this solution to end customers. We also use this system for ourselves.

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Analytics & Technologies Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Mar 17, 2016

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It also helps each of our business groups with maintaining transparency and to keep track of projects and tasks.

Valuable Features:

There are a few valuable features for us, including the dashboards, the reports it can generate, the projects function, and the timeline feature.

Improvements to My Organization:

It's certainly increased our productivity. It also helps each of our business groups with maintaining transparency and to keep track of projects and tasks. We're able to share information with each other as well.

Room for Improvement:

There are formatting issues that haven't been resolved. This needs improvement as it's annoying.

Deployment Issues:

We haven't had any issues with deployment.

Stability Issues:

We haven't had issues with stability.

Scalability Issues:

We haven't had issues with scalability.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user438309Project Management Analyst at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

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Sep 4, 2016

I am curious as to what formatting issues you refer to. I am assuming they are in some sort of report writer (SSRS?) and not Project Server itself.

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ERP Project Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Oct 6, 2015

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It helped standardize project management practices, but it should be made easier for integration to the existing portfolios.

What is most valuable?

It provides us with complete visibility of resource allocation on a global team.

How has it helped my organization?

It forced the organization to implement standard project management practices.

What needs improvement?

Make transitions easier to implement, e.g. if a new portfolio comes along, it should be easy to integrate to the existing portfolios.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for less than one year.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's good.

Technical Support:

It's good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution was used.

What about the implementation team?

We used a vendor team.

What was our ROI?

We've not measured it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also looked at SAP PPM.

What other advice do I have?

Plan, plan, plan. Make sure you understand your organizational needs and you know the process forward and backwards. The software is just a tool, if you do not understand what you're fixing, there is no way the software will help.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.