Where to get it?

You can download the add-in from Project Web Access: Click Tasks, and then in the left navigation pane, click View and report on your tasks from your Outlook calendar. You’ll come to the following page, which provides a Download Now button.

Figure 3: Project Add-in for Outlook install point in Project Web Access.

You can also get to the install point page from the Project Web Access homepage. Click the Work With Outlook link located on the right side of the page. The Project add-in for Outlook works with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and later, and Project Professional 2003.

Security settings required for installation

To install the add-in, you may need to change your security settings in Internet Explorer from the default Disable to Prompt to add Active X controls to your computer. You change these settings in Internet Explorer by clicking the Custom Level button on the Security tab in the Internet Options dialog box located on the Tools menu, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Active X security settings required to install the Project add-in.

If Microsoft is a trusted source, macros will run in Outlook by using the default macro security level High.

Connecting to the Project Server

When you install the Project add-in for Outlook from Project Web Access, the server name from which you are installing the add-in is automatically entered in the Project Server URL field in the Enter Login Information dialog box in Outlook. A Windows user account is required if you want to import and update tasks automatically. If, however, you only want to make manual updates to Project Web Access, you can choose the Project Server account option. To import tasks from more than one project, you can log on to only one Project Server at a time.

Figure 5: Enter Login Information dialog box.

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Reporting on tasks from Outlook