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Creating a Project Workspace Template is easy. In the past I have been using STSADM commands to manage this. The issue is often the template is associated with a project schedule and thus fails to become a template. I just recently I found a few easy steps.

  1. From Project Professional
    1. Create a project called ‘Project Workspace Template”
    2. Save Project
    3. Publish Project which creates a project workspace called “Project Workspace Template”
  2. From PWA
    1. Delete the “Project Workspace Template” project but do not delete the associate project workspace. At this point, the association of the project workspace is freed and can be used as a template.
  3. From “Project Workspace Template” Site
    1. Customize the site as needed to meet your requirements
    2. Load all the standard documents and templates in the Project Document Library
  4. From Site Setting as site as a Template
    1. Under the “Look and Feel” section; “Save the Site as a Template”
    2. Once it is saved, it will appear in the selection of the EPT.
  5. From PWA / Server Settings / Enterprise Project Types
    1. Select the EPT to update
    2. Under the Project Site Template, select the newly created template

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Easy Steps for Creating a Project Workspace Template for Project Server 2010

Creating a Project Workspace Template is easy. In the past I have been using STSADM commands to manage this. The issue is often the template is associated with a project […]

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MVP, MBA, PMP, MCT, MCTS, MCITP, MCSD, MCSE+I, MCDBA. Michael Wharton is a Project/SharePoint Consultant and Trainer. Michael’s career started as a software developer before moving into project management. His passion to improve project management processes began in 2003 using tools like Project Professional and Server. Since then he has trained hundreds of project managers and implemented Project Server in over twenty-five PMOs. He has passed over forty Microsoft certification exams giving him a solid technical background with Project and SharePoint Server. Michael is active in the community. He is the past President-Elect and past Director of Programs for the NC Piedmont PMI, board member of the Triad SQL Server User Group, Triad Developers Guild and Enterprise Architect Roundtable. He is currently writing a book about implementing Portfolio Management using Project Server 2013.

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