Project Online vs EPM Live

Hi there,
           I'm looking for a Project Management software online - Cloud based.
I came across EPM Live and it seems good. But now Microsoft come out with Project Online which really looks promising.
I would like to hear from someone who had used any of them before.
Also any resources or link would be appreciated. Also let me know if you have used  EPM Live before and whats your taught.
Thanks in Advance

Patrick:
Do you want to be on the Microsoft bandwagon, or do you think a niche provider can serve your needs? When you choose Project Online, you are getting an entire platform of services with integration across the Microsoft stack.
Gary Chefetz, MCITP, MCP, MVP msProjectExperts
Project and Project ServerFAQs
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  • Has anyone heard of "EPM Live"? Does it have anything to do with EPM?

    Is it from Microsoft?

    Hi EPM Quest,
    Evenif the name is confusing, EPM Live is not released by or related to Microsoft by any means. It is released by upland software company.
    See references below:
    http://www.uplandsoftware.com/products-overview/epm-live/
    http://online-project-management-review.toptenreviews.com/epmlive-review.html
    http://project-management-software.findthebest.com/l/112/EPM-Live
    Hope this helps,
    Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

  • Log file in project online

    Hallo,
    I Need crate a log file which will contain all transactions made by project online users.
    how can i do that.

    Hello,
    It depends what level of detail you are after? You could exact the Project Server queue log each day if you using the APIs, you could create a console app that runs on a windows schedule task and uses the PSI to exact the queue details. An simple example
    of this for on-premise using PowerShell and the PSI can be seen below:
    https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/projectserver-2010-2007-high-level-audit-export-via-powershell-msproject-ps2010-epm/
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    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ee767687(v=office.15).aspx#pj15_Architecture_EventHandlers
    Paul 
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  • Authentication using CSOM with Project Online

    How are we to connect to Project Online with CSOM? All the SDK articles do not include any type of authentication. So if we are trying to use the CSOM to list out projects, and I try to create a credentials object and pass that to the ProjectContext.Credentials,
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    Thanks,
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    Project Online is a part of SharePoint. Programmatically accessing Project Online uses the procedures that are described in the Office and SharePoint app development SDK; see
    Build apps for SharePoint.  PowerShell can be used to administer Project Server 2013 (Windows
    PowerShell cmdlets for Project Server 2013); I don't know of a way that PowerShell could be used with the CSOM for Project Online.
    App development with the CSOM requires Visual Studio 2012 with the Office and SharePoint tools and other client components installed. See
    How to: Set up an environment for developing apps for SharePoint on Office 365. The simplest way to start is to create a SharePoint-hosted app; the other app types require using
    OAuth. The procedures for Project Online are essentially the same as described in How to: Create a basic SharePoint-hosted app, except you'd provide the URL of your PWA site
    instead of the URL for SharePoint, and instead of the SP.ClientContext, you use
    $(document).ready(function () {
    var projContext = PS.ProjectContext.get_current();
    var pwaWeb = projContext.get_web();
    ... and in the Default.aspx page, set a reference to PS.js, e.g.
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/_layouts/15/ps.debug.js"></script>
    Jim Corbin [MSFT]

  • Custom fields with the same name in Project Online

    Today I discovered something interesting when creating custom fields in Project Online.
    I usually create a certain set of custom fields that are useful to have on both the project and the task level. An example of these is Reportable, which I use to determine which tasks to roll up into reports and also which projects overall to report on.
    So I created a project level custom field called Reportable. No problem.
    I then created a custom field on the task level called Reportable. And the computer said no!
    I then learned that although you could do this in Project Server 2013, you can't in Project Online. You can't have duplicate custom field names, even if they are of different types.
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    Good luck!
    Ryan Darby
    National Manager PMO
    www.ipmo.com.au
    www.projectonline.com.au

    Hi Ryan,
    I would follow Ben on this..
    Just made a test on a Project 2013 instance on-premise and I cannot create a task ECF and a project ECF with the same name. The same test on a Online instance returns the same result: the ECF names must be unique whatever the entity is.
    Waiting for Ben's confirmation.
    Hope this helps,
    Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

  • Importing existing project to Project Online

    Hello, my company recently purchased Project Online to add to our existing Office 365 environment.
    From the Project Web App home page, I would like to use the Create or Import projects tile to add an existing .mpp project file that I have uploaded to my SkyDrive to Project Online, and manage this project from the Project Web app.
    However, I cannot figure out how to do this or if it is even possible. The tile itself says "Create new or import from Sharepoint sites and project files.".  To import an existing project you're then referred to this site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-server-help/more-ways-to-create-or-import-projects-HA102923810.aspx.
     On that site the only listed ways of importing an existing project are to import a Sharepoint task list (not what I want) or by connecting your local Project Pro to Project Online and publishing the project.
    Importing or uploading an existing project file directly to Project Online would seem to be a fundamental basic usage of Project Online. Do I really need to also purchase Project Professional in order to import existing project files to Project Online?
    Thanks

    Project Online cannot read mpp files, hence the reason for requiring Project Professional 2013 if you want to import these into Project Online - even if you only want to manage them via Project Web App from then on.  
    If you've not got Project 2013 Pro, you could cut and paste the existing task list from Project into a SharePoint list, and create the project from there.
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    Ben Howard [MVP] blog |
    web

  • Project on demand/click to run not working in Project Online

    Do I need to do anything special to allow the click to run functionality in Project Online to work? Or does it not work for Project Online?
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    Project Online in itself is not sufficient.  You need Project Online with Project Pro for 0365, or another Office 0365 sku that includes Project Pro.
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  • How to create event handler in project online

     how to create a remote event handler for project online...
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    Hi Abidulla,
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    http://www.umtsoftware.com/blog/2013/08/01/project-server-2013-remote-event-handlers/
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    Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MCP, MCTS |

  • Odata Connection Refresh Error while using excel web app - Project Online 2013

    Hello All,
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    screen..
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    I hope that i am able to narrate my problem. Please tell me, What i am missing here...
    sandeep

    Ok, why did manually add / update the permission XML? Do you get this error for new Excel based reports? Test creating a new one, example here:
    http://pwmather.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/projectserver-projectonline-highlight-report-example-ps2013-sp2013-excel-bi-office/
    http://pwmather.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/projectserver-projectonline-example-report-ps2013-sp2013-office365-bi-excel-powerpivot/
    http://pwmather.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/getting-started-with-projectonline-part-9-ps2013-office365-project-ppm-sharepointonline-pm-sp2013/
    Paul
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    http://pwmather.wordpress.com | CPS

  • Any beginners' guide to Project Online?

    Hi all,
    My company has recently subscribed to Office 365 Pro and Project Online was included in the package. From what I can tell, Project Online is a really powerful tool that can be useful in many situations. As someone who has zero experience or exposure
    to Microsoft Project or Project Online, I find it extremely challenging to use it. Thus, I would appreciate your help in pointing me to the right direction in my attempt to learn how to use Project Online. Are there any books that I can refer to get started
    (some sort of beginners' guide would be really useful)?
    Thanks for your help.

    Hello,
    There are lots of really good books and blogs out there. Some links are below.
    A series I wrote myself:
    http://pwmather.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/getting-started-with-projectonline-round-up-ps2013-office365-project-ppm-sharepointonline-pm-sp2013/
    From Microsoft:
    https://support.office.com/client/Get-started-with-Project-Online-e3e5f64f-ada5-4f9d-a578-130b2d4e5f11
    See how you get on with those plus use your favourite search engine - you will find lots!
    Paul
    Paul Mather | Twitter |
    http://pwmather.wordpress.com | CPS |
    MVP | Downloads

  • Project Online tenant - Can we transfer instances of a tenant to another instance

    Firstly, I do believe I have seen and heard that we can create upto 3 instances of Project Online with a single tenant.  Is this correct?
    I was hoping to create one for testing before deploying stuff to production instance.  Question, are there tools or a way to transfer configuration from let say our test instance to production instance?  If so, where do I get more info on
    that?
    Thanks for your attention.
    \Spiro Theopoulos PMP, MCITP. Montreal, QC (Canada)

    Hi Spiro,
    First of all, since last week, Project Online has been scaled up to 7 instances instead of 3. See reference
    here.
    Then for a migrator tool, I'm not pretty sure but I remember that Fluent Pro proposes a Project Online
    migrator tool.
    Hope this helps,
    Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

  • Project Online 2013 Licenses/Subscription

    I am actually new to the  Project Online 2013 ( not the project server )  So have a question regarding the correct subscription for my users.
    A bit background, we are trying to implement a Project Portfolio Management solution at our organization and we are researching to see if Project Online is a good fit.
    I currently brought Project Online with Project Pro for Office 365
    which has the following licenses
    1) Project Pro for Office 365
    2) Project Online
    3) Office Online
    4) SharePoint Online ( plan 2)
    I got 4 user licenses for the above subscription where the Users have access to PWA and can create projects and do stuff.
    We are planning on implementing it as an integration of SharePoint Online & Project. So now we are having our other team members who not PM's or Portfolio Managers who needs access and I am not sure what license to buy for them.
    1) SharePoint Online (Stand alone) : If they will be just working on the project sites / Team sites Do I need to get SharePoint Online Subscription so that they can have access to the tasks.
    2) Project Lite : If I get this license will my team members be able to access the PWA and even the SharePoint online sites, Will it cover both the options of Enterprise Project Types & SharePoint Task List Project Types.
    I think I should go with option 2 of buying Project Lite for my Team Members but wanted to make sure if this is the right Subscription to buy.
    Can anyone help me with this?? I tried contacting Microsoft Support through phone but they weren't able to help me or they created a ticket and I am waiting on their specialist to contact me.
    But any help is appreciated. Thanks

    Hello,
    For the Team Members to access the Project Sites and certain pages in PWA (Timesheets / Tasks etc.) the Project Lite license will be fine. See the links below for details:
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/project-lite-project-software-for-team-members-FX104310999.aspx
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-project-online-help/what-can-team-members-do-in-project-online-HA104220591.aspx
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/project-online-service-description.aspx
    Paul
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    http://pwmather.wordpress.com | CPS

  • Project Online Time Zone Settings Issues

    We just start use Project Online for our project management.  We set the SharePoint Online > Site Settings >
    Regional Settings to "(UTC +08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore" and we are confirm that our host located either in Singapore or Hong Kong.   However, we found that the date and time display in the check-out/in
    project message, in the PDP-Workflow Status page, task submission, and the Administration Settings that has time references are different with our timezone.
    We sent Service Request to Microsoft Support and we been advised to wait for the next version of Project Online. To avoid the confuse happen to our Project Team, we have to set the Regional Settings back to "(UTC -08:00) Pacific Time (US and
    Canada)". However, this is 16 hours different
    in our region!
    We all know that time is very important in a project management and reporting.  We have >30 on-going projects in the Project Online and some of them are estimate to take years to complete.  
    Therefore, anybody faced this issue and appreciate it if you could give us any advice or sharing any workaround here.  Thank you in advance.

    Hi Paul,
    Is the timezone mismatch only present in the checkout/check-in notification displayed on the PDPs?
    Thanks,
    Roland
    Hi Roland,
    I noticed it happen in:-
    "Entry Date" and "Completion Date" for PDP - WorkflowStageStatus in the All Workflow Stage list. (if you are using Enterprise Project)
    Check-out/Check-in notification displayed in PDP - Schedule, and some columns' datetime value in the Schedule.
    Synchronization date and time that displayed in PWA Settings - Manage User Sync Settings. (if you are using Project Permission Mode)
    Task Submission date and time.
    ~Kim

  • Project Online Resource Management

    We will be using project online for Resource Management - managing the workload on many machines - and do this function across the team collaboratively.
    I was wondering how resources are managed in Project online. After loading tasks on my resources/machines , I need to be able to see/view how much workload is distributed on these resources/machines and if I can assign a pending task to the resource or shuffle
    the work around.
    I would like to use 2 project pro and 2 project lite licenses to manage resources/machines.

    msayani2 --
    Firstly, all of your people and machines need to b entered in the Enterprise Resource Pool.  For each of the machines you list, enter a Max. Units value that represents 100% multiplied by the number of machines you have.  For example, if you have
    three road graders, you would enter 300% in the Max. Units column for a Road Grader resource.
    Next, you will need to build enterprise projects, add the required people and machines as team members in the project, assign the resources to each task as needed, and then save and publish each enterprise project.
    To see how the workload is distributed for your resources, navigate to the Resource Center page and select the resources whose assignments and availability you want to study.  At the right end of the Resources ribbon, click the Resource Availability
    button.  On the Resource Availability, select the time range you want to use and you can then see the availability of your selected resources.  You can also click the Resource Assignments button to study how the resources are being used on tasks
    across all projects in Project Server.
    Hope this helps.
    Dale A. Howard [MVP]

  • Project Server or Project Online

    Since we do not have SharePoint and it's not coming soon, what options do we have for Project Server or Project Online?  Will either work without SharePoint? 
    The biggest need for project management is to allow the staff assigned to tasks to be able to update their portion of the project.  More and more of our project managers are using MS Project Professional at their desks.   Any recommendations? 

    Doug:
    Project Online/Project Server are SharePoint applications. You cannot have one without the other. If you are not familiar with these technologies, I suggest that you consider at least discussing your direction with a certified partner. It may be that you
    can accomplish what you want using Project Pro and SharePoint online with Project Online. You can synchronize an individual Project with a SharePoint task list and users can update their assignments in SharePoint. If you need Enterprise features, cross-project
    reporting, resource management and the like, Project Online is the way to go.
    Gary Chefetz, MCITP, MCP, MVP msProjectExperts
    Project and Project ServerFAQs
    Project Server Help BLOG

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