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Remember: December 2011 CU information webcast on Jan. 10th, 2012.
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over 2 years ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Remember - The Microsoft Project and Project Server December 2011 Software Update web cast is scheduled for January 10th. Click the link below to register. TechNet Webcast: Information about Microsoft Project and Project Server December 2011 Software...
Link to "How to become a PFE at Microsoft"
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over 2 years ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I am periodically asked how I became a PFE at Microsoft. The process is rigorous and you do need to have technical know how, but you will also need to demonstrate people skills. I found a great description from another PFE and wanted to share it: Here...
Auto Accept of Task Updates by Status Manager with Rule
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over 2 years ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
A customer called me complaining that the Status Manager on several tasks in a project was not receiving task updates sent by resources (Project Server 2007). The Status Manager had a rule in PWA > Task Updates under Actions > Manage Rules that...
Case studies of using Project, Portfolio, Team Foundation Server, and Project Server at Microsoft.
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over 2 years ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Interesting case studies of using Project, Portfolio, Team Foundation Server, and Project Server at Microsoft. Enjoy! Microsoft Information Technology Group (MSIT) using Team Foundation Server with Project Server. Microsoft Human Resources using...
Where to find Project Server documentation online...
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
While I do receive a lot of requests for specific information and links from customers, I thought it worthwhile to point out some sites that are wonderful jumping off points to references online. Enjoy! Update center for Office, Office servers,...
Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 February 2013 CU Announcement
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 February 2013 CU Announcement here http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2013/02/14/microsoft-project-server-2007-2010-and-2013-february-2013-cu-announcement.aspx You can also get the downloads...
Error editing resources in PWA > Server Settings > Manage Users
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I've seen a few of these problems lately where a user clicks on a link in PWA that should open a timesheet, a resource, etc., and instead, the user is rewarded with an "Error on page" in the lower left hand corner of IE. In one case, we deleted temporary...
SharePoint Config Wizard fails with "SPUpgradeException: One or more types failed to load."
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
These things don't appear connected, but I was unable to run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard while setting up Project Server 2007 on a test server. The configuration failed with this message: 04/05/2013 11:37:29 8 INF...
Link to "Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 April 2013 CU Announcement"
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 April 2013 CU Announcement - http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2013/04/11/microsoft-project-server-2007-2010-and-2013-april-2013-cu-announcement.aspx
Office 15-Minute webinar was dedicated to Project (2013)!
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
July 18th, 2013's Office 15-Minute webinar was dedicated to Project! If you missed it, links are below: Learn a thing or two about your favorite project management software: http://spr.ly/6031k4C1 . What you will learn in the webinar...
"Responding to government legal demands for customer data" by Brad Smith
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
"Responding to government legal demands for customer data" by Brad Smith , General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2013/07/16/responding...
Project 2010 and Project Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Released!
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Project 2010 and Project Server 2010 has been released. http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2013/07/23/project-2010-and-project-server-2010-service-pack-2-sp2-released.aspx As with any service pack (SP) or...
Editing enterprise custom field lookup table, Error='gzip' is not a supported encoding name.
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Editing an enterprise custom field lookup table, I received an unexpected error with no other information in the PWA page. The following error appeared in the ULS log. Application error when access /_vti_bin/PSI/LookupTable.asmx, Error='gzip' is not...
How Percent Complete Is Calculated for Nested Summary Tasks
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I ran into this problem again with a Project Server 2007 customer today. The project plan had more than 2000 lines and the % Complete at the Project Summary Task level did not make sense to the project manager; it seemed much lower than it should have...
Project Pro and Project Server 2010 and 2013 August 2013 CU released.
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
The August 2013 CU for Microsoft Project and Project Server 2010 and 2013 were released today. http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2013/08/13/microsoft-project-server-2010-and-2013-august-2013-cu-announcement.aspx Please thoroughly...
Alerts and Reminders in Project Online
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over 1 year ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Today, I learned that Alerts and Reminders isn't available in Project (2013) Online. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/projectserver/en-US/a3d80d76-7d9c-4011-8a41-e7e0ff7a8bd8/alerts-and-reminders-in-project-2013-online Edited...
Pretty darned useful - "Merge-SPLogFile" cmdlet
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9 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
My favorite ULS logging PowerShell command is described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607721.aspx. The Merge-SPLOgFile cmdlet pulls trace log entries from all farm computers into a single log file on the local computer and it works...
SPS Farm Report
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8 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
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Today, I learned about a PowerShell script that is already part of some of the diagnostic tools I use in my day to day work and I just didn't know it was in there. It's freely available online so I wanted to share. You can go to http://spsfarmreport...
Add AD group to all PWA project sites with Read Only permission using PowerShell
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6 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Until I can figure out who to cross post between the Project Server PFE Team Blog and my own blog, I will double post. My customer wanted to be able to provide his Portfolio Managers with read only access to all project sites in PWA. Because an AD...
Baselining Best Practices
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4 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
The following MPUG article by Kenneth Steiness is a good introduction to the basics of baselining. A baseline is a snapshot of your project at a point in time and you can create up to 11 of them. Baselines provide a benchmark to compare against and also...
Can I make changes to the Reporting DB?
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4 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
A customer asked me today if he could make changes to the Reporting database in his Project Server 2010 environment. The short answer is, yes, you can create entities in the Reporting database. Below is a scrubbed version of the conversation. Customer...
Link to "SharePoint patching demystified" by Stefan Gossner
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4 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
This link has been making the rounds lately and I wanted to share it. SharePoint patching demystified by Stefan Gossner: http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2014/08/19/sharepoint-patching-demystified.aspx
Find and Manage Updates for SharePoint 2010/2013 and Project Server 2010/2013
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3 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I've always maintained a list of my own links to updates, but I learned of these two links today. You can find and manage updates for SharePoint and Project Server with these two links. I hope you find this useful; they both hold a coveted spot in...
Best Practices for Project Server 2010, 2013, and Online Permissions
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2 months ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
The cardinal rule of permissions: Keep It Simple The highest rule of permissions best practice is to keep your permissions scheme simple . If you can use the default categories, groups, and permissions with only minor changes, or...
MUST READ: "Project Server and Synchronizing Users to Project Sites" by Brian Smith
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26 days ago
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Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Brian Smith has posted a very interesting blog article about synchronizing users in Project Server 2010 versus Project Server 2013. He says there are behavior differences between Project Server 2010 and Project Server 2013 regarding user synchronization...
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