projectwise v8i overview part 2
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ProjectWise V8i Overview Part 2. Gary Cochrane Technical Director – Geospatial Sales NAOU. Review primary modules. Each solution is comprised of one or more of the following server modules PW Integration Server PW Caching Server PW Web Server PW Web View Server PW Publishing Server - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ProjectWise V8i OverviewPart 2Gary Cochrane
Technical Director – Geospatial Sales NAOU
Review primary modules
• Each solution is comprised of one or more of the following server modules– PW Integration Server– PW Caching Server– PW Web Server– PW Web View Server– PW Publishing Server– PW InterPlot Server
PW “Classic” Configuration
ProjectWiseIntegration Server
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ProjectWiseExplorer Client
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ProjectWiseBrowser Client
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ProjectWiseBrowser Client
Internal LAN
INTERNET
Firewall
DatabaseServer
WindowsDomain Controller
ProjectWiseWeb Server
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ProjectWiseExplorer Client
DMZ
ProjectWiseCaching Server
ProjectWiseGateway Service
Firewall
User SynchronizationService
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ProjectWiseExplorer Client
Remote Site
ProjectWiseCaching Server
ProjectWise Web Server
• Optional component included in most deployments– Provides basic content management functionality
• Log-in, search, modify properties, simple check-out• No reference file support, title block support, workspace support,
etc.
– In order to view drawings from browser• Requires addition of ProjectWise Publishing Server
– Intended for “casual” users, not power users• Still requires PW Passport license to access
Multiple Web Configurations
• With V8i Edition, PW Web Server supports two configurations:– Standard Microsoft IIS Web Servers
• User organization designs their web pages, and incorporates PW Web parts using ASPX
– Microsoft SharePoint Web Servers• User Organization designs their web pages, and incorporates PW
Web parts using SharePoint design tools
• In either case, organization purchases PW Web Server
What SharePoint is…
• SharePoint is a collaboration tool from Microsoft– Allows an organization to quickly/easily build
interactive web collaboration sites– Included with Windows 2003 Server
• So basically, it’s free for internal use
– For External Use• Must purchase SharePoint Portal server
– As a collaboration tool, SharePoint provides:• Calendars, lists, tasks, discussions…• And yes, it also provides limited document management
What SharePoint is not…
• SharePoint is not an Engineering Content Management solution– No MicroStation or AutoCAD integration– No Integration with Bentley vertical applications– No plotting integration– No Indexing / full text search (for CAD files)– No distributed storage
• All files stored on SharePoint server
– No publishing / web viewing of CAD documents
Our goal with SharePoint
• Keep the engineering content stored in ProjectWise– And allow it to be accessed from a SharePoint
collaboration site• But, don’t do it by copying (duplicating) the files to SharePoint
Microsoft IIS Web Configuration
ProjectWise Integration Server
ProjectWise Web Server
ProjectWise Browser User
Windows Server Operating System
Windows Server Operation System
Windows XP, or Vista
Microsoft IIS Web Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
ProjectWise Web Server
ProjectWise Publishing Server
ProjectWise Integration Server
SharePoint Web Configuration
ProjectWise Integration Server
ProjectWise Web Server
Windows Server Operating System
Windows Server Operation System
Windows XP O/S
Microsoft Internet Explorer
ProjectWise Publishing Server
ProjectWise Integration Server
SharePoint Web Configuration
ProjectWise Integration Server
ProjectWise Web Server
ProjectWise Webparts Client
Windows Server Operating System
Windows Server Operation System
Windows XP or Vista
Microsoft SharePoint Web
Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
ProjectWise WebParts Server
ProjectWise Publishing Server
ProjectWise InterPlot Server
ProjectWise Integration Server
Demo
• Overview of 2 clients– ProjectWise Explorer– ProjectWise SharePoint Web client
Introducing ProjectWise StartPoint
• ProjectWise “Lite”– No ProjectWise Server technology involved
• Therefore no advanced functionality
– Uses Microsoft SharePoint as the back-end• Allows MicroStation to edit files stored in SharePoint• Also supports AutoCAD
– Intended for very small workgroups
PW StartPoint Positioning
• No ProjectWise Server technology– Therefore no server cost
• Client requires PW Passport– MicroStation users on SELECT get PW Passport
• Therefore no client cost for MicroStation users
– Possible revenue opportunity for AutoCAD users• Since they don’t have a PW Passport
PW StartPoint Configuration
ProjectWise Integration Server
ProjectWise Web Server
ProjectWise Browser Client
Windows Server Operating System
Windows Server Operation System
Windows XP O/S
Microsoft SharePoint Web
Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
ProjectWise WebParts Server
ProjectWise Publishing Server
ProjectWise InterPlot Server
ProjectWise Integration Server
PW StartPoint Configuration
ProjectWise Web Server
ProjectWise Browser Client
Windows Server Operation System
Windows XP O/S
Microsoft SharePoint Web
Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
ProjectWise WebParts Server
ProjectWise Publishing Server
ProjectWise InterPlot Server
PW StartPoint Configuration
ProjectWise Browser Client
Windows Server Operation System
Windows XP or Vista
Microsoft SharePoint Web
Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
MicroStation or AutoCAD
Demo
• ProjectWise StartPoint
Summary
• This should help you understand common ProjectWise Web configuration scenarios– In the last session, we will also look at Geospatial
components of ProjectWise