Searching Capabilities on Project Sites

The project sites that are create by Project Server do not have a good searching capabilities compared to other SharePoint farms we have on our organization. On the admin side is there something that needs to be activated to allow for the searching capabilities
to filter through all the folders and documents?

Hi,
You can refer to this serie of 5 excellent blog posts about Project Server search capabilities written by a SharePoint MVP:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Hope this helps,
Guillaume Rouyre, MBA, MVP, P-Seller |

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    SharePoint Foundation permission in Project Web App and are contributors to the project workspace site, meaning that they can
    create and edit documents, issues, and risks will get access to Web Administrator (Microsoft Project Server)
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197668(v=office.14).aspx
    kirtesh

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