2010 Videos on Microsoft.com
This is oldish news, but I didn't see it on any other blogs, plus it gives me a chance to direct you to...
04 October, 2010
Blog
Automatically setting the task Publish field to No
G&T (Gordons) with a slice and ice…. If you’re using assignments for team members, you’ll have noticed that completed assignments still appear on the...
04 October, 2010
Moving SQL Servers
<Tea> Over the summer I spent a couple of weeks in Mallorca on holiday, and whilst there prep’d up moving SQL servers (who needs...
04 October, 2010
Project and Project Server 2010
<just coffee> So here I am, sitting Pheonix, AZ at the Project Conference 2010. I’ve been working with Project 2010 for a while now,...
04 October, 2010
Project Professional Crashes on connection to Project Server
<Sauvignon Blanc Semillon> Several weeks ago a customer of mine was getting a fatal error with Project Professional 2007 when connecting to the server. ...
04 October, 2010
MVP
<home made banana milkshake> Just found out Microsoft have awarded me MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Project - nice one! https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx?name=ben+howard Cheers, Ben....
04 October, 2010
SQL Server Native Client – 64 bit – Failed to build the OLAP cubes
<dry – watching Wimbledon> Just a quick reminder that if you’re struggling with getting Analysis Services to build successfully one of the errors you...
04 October, 2010
Task Alerts and Reminders
The following blog details the settings and email formats behind the task alerts and reminders page. I originally wrote this in word using...
04 October, 2010
MPUG events
Just to let you know there are two MPUG events happening in the UK. The first is in London, and the second Manchester. ...
04 October, 2010
Milestones – done or not?
<Wolf Blass & Baileys!> Every now and then something nice happens in EPM, something that makes life simpler! This happened to me before Christmas...
04 October, 2010
Cannot overwrite an OLAP database created outside of Project Server or by another Project Server Site.
<coffee> *** Update *** I came across this blog recently - this is a much better way forward. Thank you Martin - http://www.kulov.net/blogs/martin/2009/08/overwrite-olap-database-problem.html *** End of...
04 October, 2010
Microsoft Project Server 2007 Training
<Brakspear Oxford Gold> If you've been looking out for training for Project Server or Portfolio Server training, there are now a few options...
04 October, 2010
Problems with Status Reports
<dry again> Status reports have been around since Project Server 2003 (or even in 2002? - I can't remember), but I do know that...
04 October, 2010
How to set up permissions so that Project Managers can Save their own projects, and open all others in Read Only mode
This question comes up again and again, and I can't remember where I found this information from all those years ago (it applied...
04 October, 2010
Changing the Project Manager
During the lifetime of a project it is sometimes necessary to change the Project Manager (due to a leave of absence). The process...
04 October, 2010
How to move a sub Project Workspace to another programme site.
Introduction This blog details how to move the WSS workspace between sub-sites. This may occur if a project is moved between programmes (setting up...
04 October, 2010
Creating the Perfect Plan
Introduction Okay, so there is no such thing as the perfect schedule, but there are good and bad practices for creating a schedule using...
04 October, 2010
Fun with Analysis Services!
<dry - again!> Gee'd on by too many nights in hotels, I started briefly messing around with Analysis Services, and I started thinking that there...
04 October, 2010
Master Projects
<red plonk> I have to admit, I do like Master Projects, Microsoft appear to have got these right in this edition of Project Server...
04 October, 2010
Deliverables
<budvar> Moving back to the scenarios, I wanted to give a rounded overview of Deliverables. Historical implementation of deliverables. A deliverable is a tangible and measurable result,...
04 October, 2010
Migrating from MSDE to SQL2005
<black sheep> This blog is a move away from the scenario based blogs on PS2007 that I've been writing, instead it's an overview of...
04 October, 2010
Timesheets – What are they, what do they do?
<Oyster Bay Merlot, NZ> Introduction Timesheets are a completely new area for PS2007. Okay, so PS2002/3 had a button labelled "Timehseets", but the main function...
04 October, 2010
Team Assignments
<London Pride> One of the really neat features that will solve lots of business issues is the new team assignment feature. Team assignments are...
04 October, 2010
Resource Plans – How to use them with a rolling project plan
<dry> As discussed in my previous post EPM2007 allows for some new scenarios regarding resource management. This blog discusses using a resource plan in...
04 October, 2010
How to plan and track operational resources and time
Resource Scenarios – How to plan and track operational resources and time (café latte) EPM2007 allows for some new scenarios regarding resource management, specifically regarding...
04 October, 2010