Prepare your Project Server 2010 environment

Prepare your Project Server 2010 64-bit environment

If you have installed Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 in a Windows Server 2008 64-bit environment after successfully migrating your data from Project Server 2003, then you simply need to run an in-place upgrade to Project Server 2010. An in place upgrade to Project Server 2010 requires the following:

• The Windows Server operating system must be Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) or Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) (64-bit)

• The computer running SQL Server used to host the Project Server 2010 data must be either:

  • 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 with Cumulative Update 3

  • 64-bit version of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 with Cumulative Update 2

Prepare your Project Server 2010 environment when migrating from a 32-bit environment

When migrating to Project Server 2010 from an Office Project Server 2007 32-bit environment, you are required to migrate your data by using the database attach method. The database attach method requires a Project Server 2010 installation that the data can be migrated to. (The databases cannot be upgraded in place as the bits are upgraded.) This requires you to install Project Server 2010. For instructions on installing Project Server 2010, see Deploy Project Server 2010 to a server farm environment.