Transcript 1999 Bentley Global Power Conference

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
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PW
PW
PW
PW
PW
PW
Integration Server
Caching Server
Web Server
Web View Server
Publishing Server
InterPlot Server
PW “Classic” Configuration
Internal LAN
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Database
Server
ProjectWise
Integration Server
ProjectWise
Explorer Client
ProjectWise
Caching Server
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User Synchronization
Service
ProjectWise
Browser Client
Windows
Domain Controller
Firewall
Remote Site
DMZ
INTERNET
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ProjectWise
Explorer Client
Firewall
ProjectWise
Gateway Service
ProjectWise
Explorer Client
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ProjectWise
Caching Server
ProjectWise
Web Server
ProjectWise
Browser Client
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
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MicroStation or AutoCAD integration
Integration with Bentley vertical applications
plotting integration
Indexing / full text search (for CAD files)
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
ProjectWise
Integration Server
ProjectWise Web
Server
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
ProjectWise
Publishing Server
Windows Server
Operating System
Microsoft IIS Web
Server
Windows Server
Operation System
Windows XP, or Vista
SharePoint Web Configuration
ProjectWise
Integration Server
ProjectWise Web
Server
ProjectWise
Integration Server
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
ProjectWise
Publishing Server
Windows Server
Operating System
Windows XP O/S
Windows Server
Operation System
SharePoint Web Configuration
ProjectWise
Integration Server
ProjectWise Web
Server
ProjectWise
Webparts Client
ProjectWise
Integration Server
ProjectWise
WebParts Server
ProjectWise
Publishing Server
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
ProjectWise InterPlot
Server
Windows Server
Operating System
Microsoft SharePoint
Web Server
Windows Server
Operation System
Windows XP or Vista
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
ProjectWise
Integration Server
ProjectWise
WebParts Server
ProjectWise
Publishing Server
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
ProjectWise InterPlot
Server
Windows Server
Operating System
Microsoft SharePoint
Web Server
Windows Server
Operation System
Windows XP O/S
PW StartPoint Configuration
ProjectWise Web
Server
ProjectWise
Browser Client
ProjectWise
WebParts Server
ProjectWise
Publishing Server
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
ProjectWise InterPlot
Server
Microsoft SharePoint
Web Server
Windows Server
Operation System
Windows XP O/S
PW StartPoint Configuration
ProjectWise
Browser Client
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
MicroStation or
AutoCAD
Microsoft SharePoint
Web Server
Windows Server
Operation System
Windows XP or Vista
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