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2008 Microsoft Office Developer Conference
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2007-11-19):
The 2008 Office Developer Conference promises to be a ground-breaking event as it's the first time it will be open to the public. The conference promises to be especially exciting as we are riding the momentum of the 2007 Microsoft Office system launch, and there is tremendous interest in our Office Business Applications (OBA) strategy. Even BillG will be there, delivering a special keynote presentation! www.odc2008.com
Register by November 30th to get the early bird special.
When: Feb...(truncated)...
Project Conference 2009: SA200 Project 2007 Common Questions and Answers
Abstract from Brian Smith's Project Support WebLog (Indexed 2009-09-16):
At the conference in Phoenix I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Adrian, Rohan and Soroush to present some of the questions we regularly get in support (and of course the answers!) as well as take questions from the floor. As usual with Adrians sessions it was standing room only. One topic raised was identifying the version of Project Server 2007 and then knowing what this version means. This information is around the blogs, but we really needed to get this in one place. Thanks ...(truncated)...
Microsoft Office Announcement
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2006-02-21):
A few days ago we have released the official names for the new version of Office: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx
Microsoft Office 2007 and therefore, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007, and Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007. The link above has all the information about the Office 2007 Suite packages as well as the pricing for all Office applications.
You can also find some short articles abou...(truncated)...
Project 12 Reporting Database
Abstract from Evil Doctor PorkChop (Indexed 2006-01-23):
Im not sure how much Coverage the reporting database got during conference, but it is going to make life much easier. Basically, weve separated out a user focused copy of the data. Reporting on the data from the database in Project 2003 presented a number of challenges. In P12, the goal was to make it easier to develop reports. In the reporting database, we have data views around the major entities within Project Server. If you want a report where you report on projects and issues, you would bas...(truncated)...
Cube Building Services Overview
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2006-02-16):
For our first feature discussion, I will introduce you to Project 12 Cube Building Services that represent a part of our offerings for Enterprise Project Management Reporting. It also happens to be the feature I own, so I am very excited to share with you the work we have done.
Project Server 2003 ships a foundation to enterprise reporting and data analysis with the Portfolio Analyzer cube. In Project Server 12 we have expanded the idea to offer a rich set of data ready to consu...(truncated)...
I love this job
Abstract from Evil Doctor PorkChop (Indexed 2006-01-19):
Being at Project Conference allows us to hear how people are using the product of our work in the "real world". We had a party this evening at Benaroya Hall in downtown where we had a retro band playing. I, of course, being one of the older members of the team, knew all the words to all of the songs. [Image] Being able to remember thewords forWord Up seems like such a waste of brain cells! Everyone seemed to be having a good time and the food was great.On theshuttle bus back to the Westin, Istru...(truncated)...
Opportunities in the Project team
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2006-02-16):
Many of you know that we have acquired UMT (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-15Po...(truncated)... Many of the members of the UMT development team have moved out here to Redmond to join the Project team. It has been very exciting to welcome everyone as they arrive from Romania. We are really looking forward to the work well be able to do together.
Since our team is growing, we have a number of new openings and an SDET Lead opening on the Project test team....(truncated)...
9 Tips for Dealing with an Over Allocated Resource
Abstract from PMConnection (Indexed 2007-07-20):
OK, here is the situation; you are looking into the future of your project and realize you have an over allocated resource. What should you do?
Well, before we look at the various options, we must first understand how a resource gets over allocated.
A resource becomes over allocated when we assign more work to that resource the can be achieved within a particular time period, given that resources availability to the project. For example, lets say we have one person who is assigned to ou...(truncated)...
Project 12 EPM Feature List
Abstract from CorporateCoder (Eric Landes Blog) (Indexed 2006-02-14):
Jack Dahlgren Project Blog goes over a Project 12 feature list. I like his list but wanted to add a few features that I find exciting. Obviously (Jack mentions this), the Reporting database rewrite is huge. Having custom field views dynamically generated by the tool is a nice feature that will make my team more productive.
Also, the Active Cacheing is a big deal for anyone currently doing global implemnetation (we are). No need for Terminal Server anymore for your folks using Proj...(truncated)...
Please Send Us Error Reports
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2007-01-03):
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Before I came to Microsoft, I always cancelled the "Send error reporting to Microsoft". I didn't know what was being captured or how it was being used. Brief feelings of being spied upon would come over me. So, my choice was always to cancel.
Now that I work for Microsoft, I wanted to pass on the two major points I have learned about error reporting.
First, it's very important information. Whenever a Microsoft Office application encounters an error, the Watson err...(truncated)...