ICT201: Project Management MS Project Download and Installation Instructions

Important - Downloading and Installing MS Project

Introduction
You will need to download Microsoft (MS) Project to a computer that you will be using to do
Assignment 1 and Assignment 2. This document is designed to assist you to download and
install this software from the Azure environment. The software is free for your use to support
your studies. Please note the following:
(1) You need to have this software available for your first assignment. Don’t delay
downloading and installing this, as you will need it soon.
(2) MS Project will only run on Personal Computers (PCs). If you have an Apple
computer, you will need to:
a. create a Windows partition and/or implement a Windows emulator for this
environment; or
b. gain access to a PC with a contemporary version of Windows loaded (ideally
Windows 10).
There are two pathways to download and install MS Project. These are:
(1) Option 1. Use the first option if you do not have a Murdoch University Azure account
as yet. If this is the case, follow the steps defined under the heading I do not have a
Murdoch University Azure Account. You can jump to this heading by clicking on the
preceding blue text link (or just read down below the following focus box).
(2) Option 2. The second option is used if you already have a Murdoch Azure account.
Therefore, if you already have an account, follow the steps listed under the heading I
already have a Murdoch University Azure Account. You can jump to this heading by
clicking on the preceding blue text link.

TROUBLESHOOTING
If you have problems with either of these two options, go to the Troubleshooting section by clicking
on the preceding blue link (or scroll down to that section).

I do not have a Murdoch University Azure Account

• Step 1. Go to this URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/.

• Step 2. Step 1 should take you to the screen shown in Figure 1 (overleaf). Left-mouse
click on the ‘Activate Now’ button.

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Figure 1: Azure Activation First Screen

• Step 3. Log in through the Microsoft Portal using your Murdoch university student login
(e.g. xxxxxxxxx@student.murdoch.edu.au) and password(1).
• Step 4. Completing Step 3 should take you to the screen shown in Figure 2, which should
auto-populate with your student details. If not, enter the required information manually.
In particular, make sure that the email address provided is your Murdoch University
email address (which should be the same as your login).

Figure 2: Screen for entering your personal details

1. You will need to replace the xxxxxxxxx in the login and email addresses shown in this
document with your Murdoch University Student Number .

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• Step 5. When filling out the form, please note that the Country/Region should remain as
Australia. After you have entered your First name, Last Name, Email address and Phone
number, and checked that it is all correct, left-mouse click the ‘Next’ button.
• Step 6. You should then see the Terms and Conditions (Ts&Cs) and will be asked to
accept these.
• Step 7. Follow any remaining prompts and insert any additional information requested.
This action will complete your registration, and it should take you to a web page similar
to the one shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: The Azure site

• Step 8. Follow the process listed in the section entitled Download and Install MS Project.
You can jump directly to that section using the preceding blue link.

I already have a Murdoch University Azure Account

As you already have a Murdoch University Azure Account, log in to this site using the
following steps
• Step 1. Go to the following link: https://azureforeducation.microsoft.com/devtools.
• Step 2. Implementing Step 1 should take you to the web page shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: First Web Page

• Step 3. Left-mouse click on the blue ‘Sign In’ button.

• Step 4. Complete your login by:
• entering your user-name, which will be the same as your student
login: xxxxxxxxx@student.murdoch.edu.au; and
• inserting your standard Murdoch password into the appropriate section on the
screen.

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• Step 5. You may then see the Terms and Conditions (Ts&Cs) if you have not logged in
before and will be asked to accept them.
• Step 6. Step 5 should take you to the web page similar to the one shown Figure 5.

Figure 5: The Azure site after login

• Step 7. Follow the steps listed in the section entitled Download and Install MS Project.
This process is covered in the following section.

Download and Install MS Project

Having logged into the Azure site using either of the preceding Options, complete the following
steps to download and install MS Project:
• Step 1. On the Azure window’s left-hand side, you should see the word ‘Software’ (see
the red arrow in Figure 5 above). Click on this ‘Software’ link to disclose a page that
should look like Figure 6.

Figure 6: The Azure Software Screen

• Step 2. Locate the search box toward the top of this page (see the red arrow in the diagram
above).
• Step 3. In the search box, type in Project Professional.
• Step 4. Azure should automatically select the correct ‘System Type’ in the box
highlighted by the blue arrow in Figure 6 (e.g. 64-bit or 32-bit). However, if it does not
read the System Type automatically, you can select this manually. If you don’t already
know whether your computer is a 64-bit or 32-bit environment, you can find this out by
following the process listed in the link within the following focus box. Once you have

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this information, make the appropriate change by left-mouse clicking on the ‘System
Type’ box, and choosing the correct option from the drop-down.

IDENTIFYING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM TYPE

If you are unsure whether your personal computer is 32 or 64-bit, you can find this out by following
the steps listed on this web page: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001121.htm. If you
are using another platform (e.g. with an emulator) you will need to utilise an approach appropriate
for that environment.

• Step 5. Depending on the System Type you have chosen (32-bit or 64-bit), Azure will
show options for:
• Project Professional 2019; or
• Project Professional 2016.
• Step 6. Choose the most appropriate application option (2016 or 2019) based on the
following focus box guidance.

IDENTIFYING WHICH VERSION OF MS PROJECT YOU NEED

• If your computer is running Windows 10, you should choose Project Professional 2019 (this
has some features that are enhancements on those available in the 2016 version, so use this
one if you can).
• If you are using an earlier operating system than Windows 10 (e.g. Windows 7, etc.) you will
need to choose the 2016 version of MS Project (as these earlier operating systems will not
support the 2019 version of the application).

• Step 7. Click on the option you chose in Step 6,

and this should open the download frame, which
looks like Figure 7.
• Step 8. Click on the ‘View Key’ button. Then
highlight the key that will appear in the Product
Key box that is disclosed. Once the entire
Product Key is highlighted, press Ctrl+C, which
will copy the key for use later in the process (in
Step 12).
• Step 9. Next, click on the blue ‘Download’
button. The download should now take
place. Please remember that, dependent on the
speed of your internet connection; this may take
some considerable time. Some people have not
waited in the past, and they have clicked on the
‘Download’ link again. By doing this, Azure
commences downloading more than one
instance of the application. This action simply
slows everything down. Therefore, please be
patient and check the download progress before
clicking on the link again. Figure 7: The download frame

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• Step 10. Once the application has been completely downloaded, install the
software. This installation should be able to be done by following the prompts that
appear. If not, run the installation program (an .iso file) from where you have
downloaded it onto your computer.

IMPORTANT HINT ABOUT OPENING .ISO FILES

The downloaded file will appear in your Windows Explorer application as an .iso file. Some
computers have .iso files associated with other types of disk burning applications. If you try to open
the MS Project file with one of these, it will not work. Therefore, it is recommended that you take
the following steps to run the downloaded MS Project .iso file:
• Right-mouse click the .iso file that you want to open.
• The preceding action will disclose a pop-up menu. From this pop-up menu, left-mouse click
the Open with… option.
• Another window will appear that allows you to choose which application will open the .iso file.
• From this window, select Windows Explorer. Please note that this will not be the default in
some cases and you may need to click on the ‘More Apps ’ link, and then select Windows
Explorer from this listing. Once you left-mouse click on Windows Explorer, the application can
be properly installed.

• Step 11. Follow the installation prompts as appropriate. Once the software installation
is completed, check that the software opens.

• Step 12. When the application is opening, the system will ask you for the Product
Key. Click in the input box and press Ctrl+V if you completed Step 8. Alternately, go
back to the Azure web page and find the Product Key again. You can then copy and
paste or type in the Product Key where it is required.

Once you enter the Product Key, the application should open and be available for use. Have a
play with the interface, so you can begin to become familiar with the application. This simple
step can save you lots of time later when we begin to use the program.

Troubleshooting
If you have a problem with this process here are a few things that have worked to resolve
various issues in the past:
• Some students have not used their correct Murdoch University login and email, and this
creates problems. Make sure you carefully check this before entering the details. If you
have entered invalid information or there is a problem logging in, when you get to the
Murdoch login:
▪ Select the ‘Use another account’ option under the ‘Pick an account’ window.
▪ Insert the correct user name information into the Sign in window that appears, and
then insert the correct password.
• Students are sometimes locked out because they have entered the incorrect user account
or password information too many times. In this situation, when you get to the Sign in
window, select the ‘Can’t access your account?’ option and follow the prompts to reset
your account.
• In some situations, the students cannot access the Product Key. This means that you are
probably not logged into Azure with your Murdoch Student Number and password. In

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this situation, log out from Azure and your Murdoch account, close all instances of your
browser, and then shut down your computer. After restarting your computer, open your
browser and do the following:
▪ Try logging in again. When doing so, check that all of the login information and
account information for Azure is using your correct Murdoch login. If not, log out
from Azure and Murdoch and establish the Azure account properly using the steps
detailed in the I do not have a Murdoch University Azure Account section of this
document.
▪ If your login is valid, go back through the steps listed in the Download and Install
MS Project section of this document. In many cases, restarting your browser and
computer will have resolved this problem, and you will be able to access the
Product Key.
If you have a problem with any of the steps, we will also cover this in the Topic 1 workshop.
If you still cannot get the software to install, please contact your lecturer, (Email:
ICT201@murdoch.edu.au ) as soon as possible.
As a final reminder, please download the MS Project software (or gain access to it) as soon
as possible. You will need it early in the ICT201 learning program.

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