To establish the connection between Outlook and Project Web Access, follow these steps:Ģ In the Options dialog box, click the new Microsoft Project Web Access tab.ģ Click the Enter Login Information button.Ĥ In the Microsoft Project Server URL box, enter the address to your project server, for example, If you click the Test Connection button, Outlook tests the URL you entered and makes sure that it's a valid project server. Go to the Work With Outlook page to download the Outlook Integration add-in.ģ Review the information about the Outlook Integration add-in. The Work With Outlook page appears (see Figure 23-16).ĬO CN Figure 23-16. To set up Project Web Access integration with Outlook, follow these steps:ġ In the Project Web Access navigation bar, click Tasks.Ģ In the side pane of the Tasks page, click View And Report On Your Tasks From Your Outlook Calendar. As usual, the project manager reviews and approves your updates and incorporates them into the project plan. However, you now have a choice to work in Project Web Access or Outlook to review, track, and update your project assignments.įrom the Outlook Calendar, you can update your assignments and send actual progress information back to the project manager via the project server. You still use Project Web Access for the custom fields, project views, status reports, and other project-related features.

At that point, your assignments appear in your Outlook Calendar as well as in your Project Web Access Tasks list. If you choose to integrate your project assignments with your Outlook Calendar like this, your assignments are still published from Project Professional to the project server. Note Outlook integration with Project Web Access allows integration with the Outlook Calendar, but not with Outlook Tasks. Project tasks can be displayed as free or busy time, just like any other Calendar entries. You can update progress on your project assignments in the Calendar and report the status back to Project Server directly from Outlook. If you use Microsoft Outlook, you can keep track of your assigned tasks in your Outlook Calendar, along with your other appointments.

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