Using Enterprise Templates

For several versions, Microsoft Project has provided schedule templates as an easy way for project managers to quickly create new schedules. With Microsoft Project Professional 2002, project managers can acquire and use enterprise templates from a Project server as well as project templates that are available on user’s file systems.

Project templates and enterprise templates are identical in terms of capability; their only difference lies in how they are stored and therefore how easy they are to maintain for all users in an organization. Project templates are stored as .MPT files on a computer’s file system. Enterprise templates are stored on a Project server, and changes made to enterprise templates are automatically given to Professional edition users when they open the template.