Step by Step: Install, configure, and Deploy Project Server 2013 – Part 5: Deploy Project Web App with a new site collection – Project Server 2013

This is the Fifth and Final part for Step by Step: Install, configure, and Deploy Project Server 2013 Article,

Article Content’s Index:

1. Part 1: Overview and Prepare for a deployment of Project Server 2013
2. Part 2: Install and Configure Project Server 2013
3. Part 3: Configure Project Server 2013 Application Service
4. Part 4: Deploy Project Web App with a new site collection – Project Server 2013
5. Part 5: Deploy Project Web App in an existing site collection – Project Server 2013

Deploy Project Web App in an existing site collection – Project Server 2013

For this post I create a Web Application with Top-Level Site collection. In Top-Level site, there is no link for PWA Setting in Site Action Menu. We want to enable PWA for this site collection

Deploying an instance of Project Web App to an existing site collection consists of the following:

1. Enable the Project Web App site collection features
2. Create a Project Web App site in an existing site collection

These steps will be created using PowerShell Script.

Enable the Project Web App site collection features

Enabling the Project Web App site collection features adds additional functionality to the site collection that allows you to import SharePoint list projects into Project Web App.

1. Run PowerShell As Administrator:
   

• Create a Project Web App database
  
  A Project Web App database is created using the New-SPProjectDatabase Windows PowerShell cmdlet. In order for the new database to be properly associated with the site collection where you want enable the Project Web App site collection features, you must use the Tag parameter to associate a unique string with this database. That string will be used later when you enable the site collection features, the script is:

New-SPProjectDatabase –Name DatabaseName -ServiceApplication “ServiceApplicationName” –DatabaseServer SQLServerInstance -Tag String

So, in our example, we will use the following parameters for script:

New-SPProjectDatabase -Name “PS15_PWA2_DB” -ServiceApplication “Project Services Application” -DatabaseServer “AliDev-SQL” -Tag “PWA2DB”

So, The results are:

Once you have created the new Project Web App database, the next step is to enable the Project Web App site collection features. Doing so will associate the database that you just created with the site collection.

• Enable the Project Web App site collection features

The Project Web App site collection features are enabled by using the Enable-SPFeature Windows PowerShell cmdlet. Prior to running this cmdlet, you must set the PWA_TAG parameter of the site collection to match the Tag parameter that you set when you created the database.

The PowerShell command is:
$web=Get-SPWeb SiteCollectionURL
$web.Properties[“PWA_TAG”]=“String”
$web.Properties.Update()
Enable-SPFeature pwasite -URL SiteCollectionURL

So, in our example, the parameters will be:

$web=Get-SPWeb http://alidev-sp2013:30
$web.Properties[“PWA_TAG”]=”PWA2DB”
$web.Properties.Update()
Enable-SPFeature pwasite -URL http://alidev-sp2013:30

And the results are:

in Site Action Menu

in Site Collection Features

• After the Project Web App site collection features have been activated for the site collection, you can add a Project Center web part and begin importing SharePoint list projects into Project Web App.

Create a Project Web App site in an existing site collection

You can add a Project Web App site to an existing site collection. Doing so will allow you to take full advantage of Project Server 2013 and Project Web App functionality for the projects in that site collection.

In order for a Project Web App site to function properly, the site collection must have a Project Web App database associated with it and the Project Web App site collection features must be enabled. If you have not already done so, create a Project Web App database and enable the Project Web App site collection features on the site collection where you want to deploy the Project Web App site.

To create a Project Web App site in an existing site collection, you run the  Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create the site and then run the Upgrade-SPProjectWebInstance to perform post-provisioning actions, including creating a Business Intelligence Center.

Use the following script to create the Project Web App site:

• New-SPweb -URL SiteCollectionURL/PWASiteName -Template pwa#0
• Upgrade-SPProjectWebInstance -Identity SiteCollectionURL –Confirm:$False

in our example, we will use the following parameters for script:

• New-SPweb -URL http://alidev-sp2013:30/PWA -Template pwa#0
• Upgrade-SPProjectWebInstance -Identity http://alidev-sp2013:30 –Confirm:$False

After you have created the Project Web App site and run Upgrade-SPProjectWebInstance, you must run iisreset on each application server in the farm.

Open the Project Services Application from Central Administration, and check if PWA site Status is provisioned

The Project Web App site is now available at the URL that you specified.

I hope this was useful for you