Cannot Create New Users from Project Professional 2013
By default you cannot create new users from Project Professional 2013 as User Logon Account is in read only mode. In earlier version(2010), this field was editable by default.
This is the design change made by Microsoft in Project 2013. Microsoft Project Server 2013 and Project Online use the SharePoint platform for identity management, user management and authentication. This gives Project Server access to more types of authentication providers via SharePoint Server 2013, such as claims based authentication as well as Google, Yahoo or Facebook, which requires a specific process for adding resources/users.
However you can unlock the User Logon account field in Project Professional by modifying the Registry Key.
Note: Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
Steps to add the registry key in order to edit User Logon Accounts in Project Professional:
- Launch the Registry editor by typing “Regedit” without quotes in the run line.
- Expand the following hive and add the following new String Value “WindowsAccountEditable” without quotes and set the value to “yes”.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\MS Project\Profiles\
[ProfileName]
Note that [ProfileName] implies that the registry key must be applied to each server profile configured in Project Pro 2013 for which you want to re-enable the User Logon Account field. The server profile would need to be set up first to ensure the full registry path exist.
You can now insert the User Logon Account field in the resource sheet and edit the field. Save and Close the Enterprise Pool and the resources are saved to PWA.
