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Disable the Ability for Members of the Project Managers Group to Change SharePoint Site Settings
Abstract from Project Server Help (Indexed 2012-02-02):
Title: Disable the Ability for Members of the Project Managers Group to Change SharePoint Site SettingsBody: Did you know that the out-of-the-box configuration for Project Server 2010 enables the members of the Project Managers group to edit the look and feel of the PWA site for all users?Perhaps the best way to illustrate this point is through a very short story entitled, Some people should leave the decorating to the professionals.Marnie is a Project Manager at Contoso Corporation. Perhaps you...(truncated)...
Microsoft Project Conference 2012: What do you want to hear?
Abstract from Brian Smith's Project Support WebLog (Indexed 2012-01-30):
Myself and Adrian Jenkins are attending and presenting at the Project Conference 2012, March 19th to the 22nd in Phoenix Arizona and will be delivering a couple of the sessions. The sessions are planned to be one about the February 2012 Cumulative Update for Project and Project Server, and the other one will be a guide to troubleshooting Project Server looking at some of the tools we use in support to help identify issues. But if there are some specific scenarios or tools that you a...(truncated)...
December 2011 CU Webcast: Questions and Answers
Abstract from Brian Smith's Project Support WebLog (Indexed 2012-01-30):
Sorry for the delay in getting this posting out. Vacation and an unusual amount of snow are a couple of the excuses, and if you missed the webcast then you can view here - https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mseventsbmo/view?id=103249396...(truncated)... if you are thinking of watching this or future TechNet webcasts then I’ll remind you that you will need the Live Meeting client install which can be obtained from here http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD010254990.aspx. – but ...(truncated)...
Leveraging Office 365 for Project Collaboration Success
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2012-01-25):
[Image]Earlier this month our friends on the Office 365 team shared a link via Twitter to an article by technology writer Will Kelly. Entitled "Microsoft Office 365 for Project Managers", the article surfaced the project management potential in Office 365 and an interesting theme--the "democratization of project management data". Read more about it here.Today, we're excited to share a special series on how Office 365 adoption can transform your existing project management capabilities. Microsoft...(truncated)...
Create a Project Calendar with Alternating Saturdays as Nonworking Time
Abstract from Project Server Help (Indexed 2012-01-25):
Title: Create a Project Calendar with Alternating Saturdays as Nonworking TimeBody: A user asked an interesting question recently in the Project Standard and Professional General Questions and Answers user forum about how to create a project calendar with alternate Saturdays as nonworking time. It was my good fortune to answer the user's question, and it is your good fortune to read this blog post and learn how to create such a calendar. To create this calendar, you must follow a two-step proces...(truncated)...
Add a Buffer Task using a Manually Scheduled Task
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2012-01-18):
Now we all know that the finish date a project is automatically calculated by Project and might not necessarily be the due date. If the finish date is before the due date, you have some buffer, if the finish date is after the due date, you have a problem. Lets assume you are in the first case - it is important to track this buffer and Ive found manually scheduled tasks are useful for this since they wont automatically move but theyll warn you when there is a problem. Lets say you have this proj...(truncated)...
Upcoming Microsoft Project & Project Server Event PresenceMarch to July 2012
Abstract from Christophe Fiessinger's Blog (Indexed 2012-01-12):
Happy new year! Yes Im sure you are all actively making travel arrangements to attend Microsoft Project Conference in Phoenix next march, specially after this key announcement today: Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Full Session List Announced! Since I know you love to plan and budget I have put together a list of upcoming events Microsoft PPM will participate in (sessions, demo booth, etc.) in the next few months (yes there are plenty of other regional events as well) but these are the ones th...(truncated)...
Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Full Session List Announced!
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2012-01-11):
[Image]Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Sessions AnnouncedWe’re excited to announce that all session content including titles, abstracts, speakers and learning objectives have been posted to www.msprojectconference.com! Microsoft Project Conference 2012 is your only opportunity this year to see over 90 sessions focused on Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010 in addition to other key products that integrate with our Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management such as Sha...(truncated)...
Microsoft Project Server 2010 Demo VM with SP1 and December 2011 CU
Abstract from Christophe Fiessinger's Blog (Indexed 2012-01-06):
Right before the holidays and following these two recent announcements from Jan Kalis: Project 2010 Demo Pack Version 2 NOW available to Microsoft Partners! and Brian Smith: Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint Server 2007 and 2010 December 2011 CU Announcement. I decided to upgrade my demo environment to showcase the latest and greatest of Microsoft strong positive PPM offering with SP1 and the December 2011 CU. After about one hour I had my demo VM up and running with the latest Service Pac...(truncated)...
Share a Schedule without revealing Actual Dates
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2012-01-03):
One of the questions I get fairly often is that people want to show their project schedules and get feedback on them without including real dates since their project hasnt been officially scheduled yet. You know once you show someone a schedule with dates, thats all they can think about and then you dont get the feedback you want. You have three ways of doing this: Timescale [Image] The default timescale setting has it showing real dates. You can update this though by right-clicking on the ...(truncated)...
Project Server 2010: Operation still processingdont shoot the messenger
Abstract from Brian Smith's Project Support WebLog (Indexed 2011-12-29):
Decided to make this post as we have been getting quite a few questions about this dialog Operation still processing. [Image] It can occur in various places within Project Web App and in my case I have made it appear in Project Center by creating a new project based on an Enterprise Project Type (called Large) that is using a project template which has around 2500 tasks. In this case the full text says The Create operation has been queued, but is taking longer than expected to proc...(truncated)...
Microsoft Project Conference 2012: Free Instructor-Led Training Sessions, More Customer Sessions and the Wednesday Evening Event
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2011-12-21):
[Image]Free Instructor-Led Project 2010 Training Sessions for Conference AttendeesWe are excited to announce Instructor-led training sessions by our three validated training partners:Milestone Consulting Group [Image] Global leaders in providing Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) services, Milestone Consulting Group can help your organization gain visibility, insight and control across all work. With the launch of Project 2010, Milestone expanded their training offerings to include M...(truncated)...
Project 2010: Events now raised by changes in Project Information dialog
Abstract from Brian Smith's Project Support WebLog (Indexed 2011-12-20):
This will be the first of a couple of postings about some changes in behavior that you might see once you install the December Cumulative updates. This one is specifically about the client, and the Project Information dialog. In the past if you changed a field value within the Project Information dialog then this would not raise the ProjectBeforeTaskChange or ProjectDeforeTaskChange2 events. The values in Project Information relate to the project summary task (Task 0) and in Project 2007 thes...(truncated)...
10 Tasks For the 2011 Holidays
Abstract from Christophe Fiessinger's Blog (Indexed 2011-12-17):
Dear readers I wish you all a restful and peaceful holiday break! Since its a quiet time of the year and a great opportunity to catch up on recent product updates and announcement I wanted to provide you a list of tasks to keep you busy if you have spare cycle in the coming two weeks [Image] Register to Microsoft Project Conference 2012 next march in Phoenix Arizona.Yes you cant miss it! We have great content and speakers, plus its a very unique opportunity to network with Microsoft, custome...(truncated)...
Actual Work Best Practices Documentation Now Available
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2011-12-15):
One of the most important aspects of any Project Server implementation is the ability to accurately record and report on actual work values when they are submitted by resources. The desire to ensure that the integrity of actual work, or actuals, is maintained within Project Server is one of the most critical customer requests. When implementing a Project Server based solution for time tracking and progress reporting there are a lot of questions that come up like: Whats the best way to have m...(truncated)...
December Cumulative Update Announced for Project and Project Server 2010 and 2007
Abstract from Brian Smith's Project Support WebLog (Indexed 2011-12-14):
Take a look over at http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectadministration/archive/201...(truncated)... for the full details. Also dont forget the webcast in January giving you the inside scoop on what we are delivering in these Cumulative Updates. TechNet Webcast: Information about Microsoft Project and Project Server December 2011 Software Update (Level 200) https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=...(truncated)... A couple of my favorite fixes the correction of a...(truncated)...
Create a Custom Combination View for Entering Task Progress
Abstract from Project Server Help (Indexed 2011-12-11):
Title: Create a Custom Combination View for Entering Task ProgressBody: Several months ago I answered a question for a user in the Project Professional and Standard public forum on the Internet, and I believe my answer would make a nice blog post today. The user stated that he wanted a custom view in which to enter progress. This view should be a combination view with the Gantt Chart view in the top pane and some type of tracking form in the bottom pane. The user stated that the Task Form view d...(truncated)...
Visio 2010 Add-in for Microsoft Project WBS Modeler
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2011-12-09):
Good news for all the Visio enthusiasts out there! Did you know that you could visualize, edit and even create a new project plan in Microsoft Office Visio 2010 (Professional or Premium) and then export it to Microsoft Project? Courtesy of the Visio product team, the Visio 2010 Add-in for WBS Modeler enables effective integration between Visio and Project by offering the ability to manage project elements in a graphical view, as well as capabilities to layout a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in...(truncated)...
Change the Assignment Units After Changing the Max. Units Value for a Resource
Abstract from Project Server Help (Indexed 2011-12-02):
Title: Change the Assignment Units After Changing the Max. Units Value for a ResourceBody: As has been my habit for many years, today I answered a question for a user in the Project Standard and Professional General Questions and Answers user forum on the Internet. After the user changed the Max. Units from 100% to 80% for a resource in a project, the user asked if there was any easy way to change the assignment Units values to 80% for the resource, who is assigned to hundreds of tasks in the pr...(truncated)...
Microsoft Project Conference 2012: The Can't-Miss Conference of the Year!
Abstract from Microsoft Office Project '12' (Indexed 2011-12-01):
[Image]The Can't-Miss Conference of the Year With just 3.5 months before Microsoft Project Conference 2012, excitement over Microsoft Project Conference 2012 has been through the roof! Come celebrate the phenomenal momentum of Project 2010 with us at the conference. There will be a concentration of learning, networking, and growth opportunities you can't get anywhere else. Remember, Microsoft Project Conference doesn't happen every year (the last one was in 2009) so you definitely don't want to ...(truncated)...