Microsoft Project Reporter -- Single Source for the Latest Microsoft Project Jobs and Info http://www.msprojectreporter.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:05:00 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/logo.jpg http://www.msprojectreporter.com Feed provided by Microsoft Project Reporter -- Single Source for the Latest Microsoft Project Jobs and Info. http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12984 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. ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12965 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. ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12966 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. ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12948 [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. ... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12952 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. ... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12920 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. ... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12893 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. ... Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12894 [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. ... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12864 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. ... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.msprojectreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=12895 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. ... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500