After you have installed Microsoft Project Central Server, users can start using most features without further configuration. However, to display Microsoft Project Central views, which are accessed from the Views menu, you may need to set user permissions, and specify the categories of users who can see those views. About views Views allow project team members to see more than just the tasks they are working on. They allow managers to communicate critical information about their projects throughout the organization by using fields and filters. They allow team members to see information about a collection of projects, the details of an individual project, or look at assignments made through Microsoft Project Central.
Views also make it possible for executives to see high-level information.
A project portfolio view displays high-level summary information about the projects in Microsoft Project Central. The administrator specifies the projects in each user's portfolio. A user can see only those projects that the administrator has given him or her access to. Project managers can publish information about their projects to the Microsoft Project Central Server by clicking the Tools menu within Microsoft Project, pointing to Workgroup , and then clicking Update Project to Web Server . Updated information about the project summary task will be sent to the Microsoft Project Central Server database, so that it becomes visible through a project portfolio view.