MS Project 2007: Integration w/Outlook

[rustywill]

Hi!

The last time I used Project was 8 years ago (Project 2002 I think). Back then you could assign a task to a resource and an email was sent to that resource to be accepted or rejected. After accepting it was then added to the user’s task list in Outlook. The user could easily report task status and/or completion which, via email, came back to me and updated Project. I did this on a project were the users (resources) were located around the world and collaboration and management was done over the Internet. We did not have an Exchange or Project server. Only Project and Outlook were used.

In Project 2007 (out of the box) this is not working. Resources were added from my Outlook Contacts. I can’t remember if I needed to do special things to Project to get this working. I’ve spent several hours going through the Project help file and searching forums I’ve been unable to find anything helpful.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rusty


Rusty Williamson
Founder / Director
Virtualmedia Studios, San Diego, CA

http://www.virtualmediastudios.com

 

[PDQBach]

Here's a starting point from Microsoft.

But.

But it's for P2002 and P2003 and not for P2007. There is the very real possibility that MS has removed that functionality to "encourage" P2007 (and later) users to migrate to MS Project Server.

Perhaps someone else can provide additional insights.