Microsoft Project Server

Interactive gantt charts, you are able to customize, great for project management, planning. The diagram designs tool allows you to track progress.

Integrated project management tool, keep track of timelines, projects, share with others and track progress and easy way to manage projects

Streamlined project planning, sharing tools, ability to place files in shared drive.

Very attractive, user friendly software

Array of features from progress monitoring, risk issues, integration with SharePoint

So many tools, users could be overwhelmed and you need to be familiar with tools and it takes a while to adapt to the software. You may even need to be a semi experienced project manager to use the tools. There is a learning curve.

Sometimes custom fields are not able to be shared, integrated with SharePoint files

Expensive software for some businesses

Customer support is not always available

Limit to available licenses, may be an issue for organizations who require multiple users at a time

Project planning: tasks assignments, resources allocation, progress and cost tracking. The Server version is the natural extension of the Microsoft Project standalone.

Provides one place to manage all projects, accessible by everyone in the team. This opens the plan updates to team members as well(on their tasks), as opposed to being done only by the project manager.

Reporting and visualization - resources utilization, timeline etc

The integration with the Microsoft Project standalone: if you don't like the web version, you can download the latest and work locally. When done just sync it back to the server.

In many cases the server or cloud version of any tool will have some limitations compared to the standalone version. It is the same here, however the existing integration between the two will help you work locally and upload changes to the server if you don't feel comfortable working on the web version.

The learning curve for both Microsoft Project and the server version tends to be steep for some users

Needs an Outlook integration

The cost for implementation and licensing needs improvement, it can be very expensive for some smaller companies.

User-friendly in managing simple schedules

Allows for scheduling, resourcing and budgeting collaboration

Good tool for someone with no scheduling experience

Resource loading and leveling extremely complicated within the tool

Software makes incorrect assumptions and changes without user knowledge

Inconsistencies within the tool make it hard to predict & troubleshoot

Ability to update project plans on the move in any location. Plans can even be updated offline and saved back to the server when the connection is reestablished.

Visibility of resource assignments across the company allows us to plan project start dates easily and effectively.

Being a Microsoft product, it is intuitive to administer and easy to configure to our individual requirements.

As with all software, Project Server is not without its bugs although generally, it is a very stable platform.

The GUI does need updating to a more modern look to bring it in line with the rest of the O365 suite.

Really helps with budget allocation.

Really helpful with assigning tasks and milestones.

Using the data we are able to publish reports affectively and in a timely manner.

Sometimes runs slower than I would like it too. Slow uploads as well.

Limited risk management and decision tools.

Creates a single source of truth for all projects - All users interacting with the project can view the most recent copy.

Visibility - Project Managers are able to see all their projects at once, Managers/Admins are able to view all project information without having to open each project individually.

Customization - Easy to customize project attributes/fields.

Backup - If someone accidentally publishes something incorrectly, past publishes can be restored.

Speed - It can be slow at times, but this varies depending on how many projects/users/etc you have.

Workflows - there are more intuitive solutions available.

Costs/Resource structure could have more flexibility.

More customization at the program level.

Project schedule is one of the key features we use. Project professional can be used to do bulk task updates, manage resources, find critical paths of project tasks very easily.

A lot of extension capabilities are available when it comes to reporting. You can create SSRS reports or integrate with SQL database in the back-end to create OLAP cubes for Power Pivot and other BI reports

Workflows and Project Detail Pages (PDP) are very easy to configure. You can also control which field(s) to display on a particular phase or PDP.

There is no cost structure available out of the box other than resource driven scheduling

Performance (page load time in general) can be improved

There is no program level construct. Program/portfolio is just a group of projects underneath

Integration with other MS suite

Low cost licensing

PowerBI Integration

Larger user and support community

App market

Premier Microsoft Support

Portfolio Analysis (What-if)

The online version can be a little faster (access time over the internet sometimes slow)

It needs to have its own MCTS track for certifications, i.e. Certified Project Technology Specialist

The ability to insert graphics into project plan online