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Brooks White, Sr. PFE for Project Server
I am a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer supporting Project Server.
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"Reporting (Project Sync)" queue job when linking tasks to risks.
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
A customer pain point brought to my attention this week is related to linking tasks to risks from PWA vs linking risks to tasks via the project site’s Risks list. The customer noticed that, in Project Server 2010, linking a task to risk from PWA’s drill down view of the project schedule...
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12 Dec 2014
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MUST READ: "Project Server and Synchronizing Users to Project Sites" by Brian Smith
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 to project sites. I quote, "One key part of...
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4 Dec 2014
Blog Post:
Best Practices for Project Server 2010, 2013, and Online Permissions
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 none at all, do so! Avoid creating unnecessary...
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27 Oct 2014
Blog Post:
Find and Manage Updates for SharePoint 2010/2013 and Project Server 2010/2013
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 my favorites for CUs now. Find and manage updates...
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29 Sep 2014
Blog Post:
Can I make changes to the Reporting DB?
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: I have a request from the business to create...
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21 Aug 2014
Blog Post:
Add AD group to all PWA project sites with Read Only permission using PowerShell
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 group for Portfolio Managers already exists, we can...
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26 Jun 2014
Blog Post:
Pretty darned useful - "Merge-SPLogFile" cmdlet
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 in Project Server 2010 and 2013, too. I can...
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26 Mar 2014
Blog Post:
Project Server 2010 Queue is VERY Slow
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I ran into a problem with a customer late last week that I had never encountered before. That's not really saying much, but the solution surprised me! The timesheet queue was filled with “waiting to be processed” jobs that had begun to pile up on Friday morning. There were more than...
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13 Jan 2014
Blog Post:
When your Project Server queue slows down.
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I have a customer who has been fighting with slow/stopped queue processing every time they ran AD Sync, which is on a monthly basis. Running rebuild indexes on Draft and Published allowed the queue to start processing again, but this article from Brian Smith shows where real problem may be: http://blogs...
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25 Sep 2012
Blog Post:
Moving Customized Project Workspace Templates Between Instances
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Until recently, because I had never actually tried it, I thought that moving customized project workspace templates from Project Server 2007 to Project Server 2010 was simply a matter of saving a customized project workspace site as a template, then importing that template into Project Server 2010. I...
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5 Sep 2012
Blog Post:
Options for maintaining archival/historical Project Server 2007 data
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I have a customer who will be installing and configuring Project Server 2010 this summer. The upgrade plan is to configure Project Server 2010 as a fresh, new install with no data migration from Project Server 2007. This being the case, the question came up about how to preserve the Project Server 2007...
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9 May 2012
Blog Post:
TFS Server Integration with Project Server 2010
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Useful links Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 and Microsoft Project Server Integration Feature Pack = http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg455680 . This link has all the links you need. I strongly recommend you read through all of the sub-articles prior to beginning installs and configuration...
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26 Jul 2012
Blog Post:
Case studies of using Project, Portfolio, Team Foundation Server, and Project Server at Microsoft.
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 Project Portfolio in Project Server 2010. Microsoft...
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22 Feb 2012
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project Server and Sharepoint Server 2007 and 2010 June 2012 CU Announcement
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Links to the Project Admin Blog and Brian Smith's blog concerning the release of the June 2012 CU. Project Admin Blog announcement Brian Smith's Blog announcement If you haven't already, please develop test procedures to use before and after testing the upgrade in a TEST environment. Use...
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3 Jul 2012
Blog Post:
What has been fixed in a CU?
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
A user contacted me via email the other day with a simple question - "Where can I get all the KB articles for Project Server 2010 and Project 2010 client fixes from June 2011 to February 2012?" The user said that, ideally, a spreadsheet including all fixes in those CUs would be the most useful. CUs...
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25 Jun 2012
Blog Post:
How to have resources self assign tasks assigned to a team assignment pool resource.
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I have a customer who wanted to be able to assign project plan tasks to a team resource, then have the actual users self assign those tasks from My Tasks in PWA. What she was asking for is called team assignment pooling. You can use teams to pool assignments under a single resource where they can...
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25 Jan 2013
Blog Post:
April 2012 Cumulative Updates Released
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
Wow, am I behind the times! Here's the link .
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22 May 2012
Blog Post:
Link to "Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 April 2013 CU Announcement"
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
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12 Apr 2013
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 February 2013 CU Announcement
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 from here: Update center for Office, Office servers...
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18 Feb 2013
Blog Post:
How to filter a resource assignment view in PWA based on a Project level custom field in Project Pro
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
How to Filter Resource Assignments in PWA by a Project Level Enterprise Custom Field Value in Project Pro 2007 Problem Statement Resources are assigned to many plans in Project Server going back several years. This has a tendency to make Resource Assignment views overwhelming due to the number...
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27 Feb 2012
Blog Post:
Register for the Feb 2011 CU Webcast for Project Server!
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
TechNet Webcast: Information about Microsoft Project and Project Server February 2012 Software Update (Level 200) Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Pacific Time Adrian Jenkins, Escalation Engineer, Microsoft Corporation Brian Smith, Senior Support Escalation Engineer, Microsoft Corporation...
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6 Mar 2012
Blog Post:
Project Pro and Project Server 2010 and 2013 August 2013 CU released.
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 test the CUs on a test environment before rolling...
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14 Aug 2013
Blog Post:
Changing the Days to Weeks for Entering Actuals in My Tasks
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
A Project Server 2007 customer called me this morning to ask how to change the My Tasks view to show Days for entering Actual Work rather than Weeks. I’ve done this before and I though immediately of editing the web part to change that, but it turns out that wasn’t the right choice. It...
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21 Dec 2011
Blog Post:
Webcast for Project and Project Server 2007 and 2010 cumulative updates for December 2011
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
I just read on Brian Smith's Blog that the webcast for the December 2011 CU has been scheduled. Mark your calendars for the webcast on the December 2011 CU scheduled for 1/10/2012.
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8 Dec 2011
Blog Post:
Configuring Excel Service Application for Business Intelligence Center in PWA
Brooks White - Sr. PFE Project Server
My teammate went on vacation and asked me to demonstrate reporting using the Excel Service Application in Project Server 2010 for reporting to his customer. He thanked me profusely for stepping in to cover him and then hightailed it out of the office. Huh. Now, I have to figure out how to set this up...
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9 Aug 2012
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