Microsoft® Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed

Best Practices

• Read and understand the Microsoft Project Server 2003 Administrator's Guide.

• Security is most easily managed through security templates than any other method.

• Never assign a resource to a Category without a justifiable cause.

• Categories should only serve a single finite purpose.

Security Design Recommendations

Security should be established in the following order:

• Set universal Allow/Deny in Server Configuration, Features.
• Review the Microsoft Project security template defaults to determine the role-based name for each template.
• Determine necessary roles and permissions. Review “Project Server Permissions” in Appendix C of the Microsoft Project Server 2003 Administrator's Guide, if necessary.
• Define a security template for each role ...