The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution is an end-to-end collaborative project and portfolio environment. The Office EPM Solution is built on standard Microsoft office products that users are familiar with. The EPM tools/components provide Project/Work Management Solutions for everyone in the organization.

“Use the tools that will grow with your organization”.

The Office EPM Solution includes the following products;

EPM 2007 Solution Components

Microsoft EPM & SharePoint Technologies

Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007:

Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 includes all the capabilities in Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007. Office Project Professional 2007 gives you robust project management tools with the right blend of usability, power, and flexibility, so you can manage projects more efficiently and effectively. You can stay informed, control project work, schedules, and finances, and keep project teams aligned, while becoming more productive through powerful reporting options, integration with familiar Microsoft Office system programs, guided planning, wizards, and templates. In addition, Office Project Professional 2007 provides EPM capabilities when connected to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

Microsoft Office Project Server 2007:

Office Project Server 2007 is the flexible platform that supports the resource management, scheduling, reporting, and collaboration capabilities in the Office EPM Solution. Office Project Server 2007 enables organizations to store project and resource information centrally and consistently. It also integrates with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for file management and collaboration capabilities, helping team members to work together more effectively. Further, based on their roles, users can access data and functionality via the Internet with Microsoft Office Project Web Access.

Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007:

Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 is a top-down portfolio management solution that helps organizations to realize their potential by identifying, selecting, managing, and delivering portfolios that best align with their business strategy. Office Project Portfolio Server 2007 integrates with Office Project Server 2007 to provide organizations with an end-to-end project portfolio management solution, accessed via Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Web Access.

Evolve with a scalable and configurable platform

Take advantage of embedded best practices and templates to simplify configuration and deployment and quickly realize a return on investments.
Effectively integrate and share data with line-of-business solutions.
Scale up and out with confidence using the newly redesigned server architecture.
Tap into all of the Project Web Access capabilities through their exposure as Web services.
Incorporate business processes by using the Windows Workflow Service support for the Office Project Server 2007 new event model.
Develop custom solutions using a Microsoft .NET Framework–based server application programming interface (API) and server-side scheduling engine.

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