A great reminder of best practices I am sure you are all following already! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc973097.aspx
Project Server 2010 includes the new Project Permission feature so that by-default, Project Managers can directly control who has access to the projects that they own. For more information about the Project Permissions feature, see the Project Server 2010 – Project Permissions blog posting.
The ability to directly add or remove permissions to a project is controlled by the Manage Basic Project Security category permission. Given that this is a category permission, it means that it is possible to grant this permission for one project yet deny it for another project or more commonly, to grant it for a group of projects yet deny it for a different group of projects.
By default, the following groups have the Manage Basic Project Security permission enabled on the noted category:
Group
Category
Administrators
My Organization
Portfolio Manager
Project Managers
My Projects
How do you enable or disable this permission? The following steps show you how you could, for example, deny Portfolio Managers from creating project permissions. A similar approach is taken to enable or remove the permission for a group or user.
As noted, you can use a similar process to add the Manage Basic Project Security permission to other users or groups. But do note that that though you can control this permission directly on a category on a user account, for easier manageability it is recommended that you control this at the security group level.
My name is Treb Gatte and I’m the Program Manager responsible for Setup and Upgrade for Microsoft Project Server 2010.
In this post, we will review the major requirement changes for Project Server 2010 and give you the locations of the documentation. In subsequent posts, we will review the “shopping list” of required patches and software levels and then delve into the setup process itself.
While much of Project Server 2010 will look familiar to Project Server 2007 users, there are some key items that have changed in the infrastructure.
Project Server 2010 now requires Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 as a setup prerequisite. SharePoint Server 2010 is the latest version of what was Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. This is a higher SKU than in the previous release where only Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 was required. The key takeaway is that this change may impact your infrastructure and licensing needs.
Project Server 2010 leverages SharePoint Server 2010 to provide workflow capabilities to our new Portfolio features, charting support for Resource and Portfolio charting and Excel Services and the Business Intelligence Center to greatly enhance our Business Intelligence capabilities.
Project Server 2010 will only be offered in 64 bit versions this release. The 64 bit requirement is the same for all tiers (web front end, application server and SQL Server). This change was done to take advantage of better performing hardware. The key takeaway is that this change may impact your infrastructure needs.
Most customers we’ve talked to seem to already use 64 bit SQL Servers. The impact appears to be to the Web Front End /Application Server tiers.
Project Server 2010 requires Internet Explorer 7 or higher only. This means if you attempt to use Firefox and Safari to browse to PWA, it will not load as these browsers are explicitly blocked. The key takeaway is that this may have an impact on how you implement the solution.
If your company is planning to implement Windows 7 on the desktop and you have internal applications that require Internet Explorer 6, you may consider the XP mode feature of Windows 7 for IE 6 support while keeping IE 7/8 on the native desktop for other applications, such as Project Server.
The final release of Project Server 2010 can be hosted on Windows Server 2008 SP2 or later or Windows Server 2008 R2. Please note, the Public Beta can be hosted on Windows Server 2008 SP2 initially. Windows Server 2008 R2 support will be added to the Public Beta in the near future. We’ll post a note when that support is available.
Project Server 2010 will require SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU3 or SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU2 to be installed. As a result, we will no longer support SQL Server 2000. We are currently testing SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP. Therefore, it isn’t officially supported for Public Beta yet. A note will be posted when this support is available.
Absolutely, positively no ActiveX controls anywhere. This will reduce the long term impact of cumulative updates and service paces and well as make initial installation much easier.
Windows PowerShell support has been added to Project Server 2010. This capability makes managing and setting up SharePoint Server and Project Server much easier. If you’ve never used Windows PowerShell, this primer would be a great place to start. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176949.aspx
Project Server 2010 now integrates directly with Exchange Server 2007 SP2 or later rather than use the Outlook Add-In. If your users want to update task status via Outlook, you no longer have to contend with the Outlook Add-In ActiveX control. All configuration is done on the Project Server and the Exchange Server.
If you are using OLAP, Project Server now requires SQL Server 2008 Analysis Management Objects instead of DSO. The setup details and link to the download can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662106(office.14).aspx#section2
The number of post installation configuration steps are greater than in past releases and are needed in both SharePoint and Project Server. Project Server 2010 is now dependent on the following services for Business Intelligence features. As such, there are post configuration steps to enable the functionality for each Project Web Application instance.
For charting in the Portfolio and Resource features, there is a dependency on the State Service. However, this service is automatically configured by our provisioning process since it is a farm wide service.
In Project Server, you will now have to configure Time Reporting Periods as the newly redesigned My Tasks and My Timesheet interfaces depend on having those periods configured. If you previously configured Timesheet Periods in Project Server 2007, these values will populate this table automatically on upgrade.
There are also some recommended SQL Server settings that will improve your performance, which we will cover in a separate post.
To make it easier for you to correctly setup the product, the setup and upgrade documentation is located here.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197280(office.14).aspx
Sometimes, seeing the process performed can be a great way to see beyond the documentation. Therefore, we’ve created videos of the entire setup process for you to review.
Deploy Project Server – Single Application Server Farm
Deploy Project Server – Multi Application Server Farm
Create Project Web Access Site:
Configure Reporting:
Add an Application Server to a Project Server Farm:
Now when Project Server 2010 is available you might think about planning the migration/upgrade to 2010 or just want to explore Project 2010 with your data… We are summarizing the available resources around upgrading to Project Server 2010 so it’s easier to get started!
· Project 2010 Quick Start Training - http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/quick-start-training.aspx (includes Upgrade and Migration module)
· Project Server 2010 Upgrade and Migration Center - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9676814
· Best Practices Migration to Project Server 2010 - http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=12840 (on-demand webcast by top EPM consultants)
Even that the actual “data upgrade” step could be simple and done in few minutes we DO recommend to plan and prepare for this move very carefully as the Project Managers are usually very sensitive about their data J The duration of the physical upgrade is likely to take hours – depending on the complexity of your database and even that should be only a fraction of time devoted to studying the process and testing the upgrade scenarios.
· Project Server 2010 upgrade overview
· Review system requirements for upgrade
· Create an upgrade communications plan
· “Database attach” upgrade – simply backup your 2007 databases and attach them to your newly installed Project Server 2010
o Database attach core upgrade to Project Server 2010
· “in-place” upgrade – upgrade you existing Project Server 2007 on the same machine to 2010
· Upgrade to Project Server 2010 from Project Server 2003
· Best Practices for Migrating to Project Server 2007 (very popular whitepaper released last year by a Project Partner based on their learning with 2003 to 2007 migration)
· This upgrade has to go via Project Server 2007 so you can either
§ Migrate your Project Server 2003 data using the Virtual Migration Environment (VME) – we highly encourage this option as it includes – best practices documentation and verification scripts
Please note we strongly encourage to follow all best practices outlined in the document enclosed in the download - run all scripts provided and follow all the best practices using both pre and post migration scripts. You can save lot of unnecessary troubleshooting and re-work.
o Do it on your own by installing Project Server 2007 first (you can use the Evaluation version available here) and study the VME documents, best practices and use the VME scripts – part of the VME download mentioned above
· While there’s no “magic tool” that would seamlessly migrate processes and data – we have produced number of Solution Starters and Documented the approaches to make the transition easier – check the following resources for more information:
o Upgrade models for Project Portfolio Server 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12e25e2b-fda6-4fda-9f1b-fa39134e26ee
o More details for Portfolio Server migration in July 2010 timeframe on Migration Center http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9676814
· SharePoint 2010 Upgrade and Migration Center - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=189356
Q: After I upgraded to Projects Server 2010 the instance is in “Compatibility Mode” – what is that?
A: Detailed information could be found in this webcast TechNet Webcast: Project Server 2010 - Backwards Compatibility Mode (Level 300)
Q: While upgrading from Project Server 2003 does the Project Server 2007 need to be in production?
A: No. The Project Server 2007 is just pass-through environment so the databases could be immediately attached to Project Server 2010. To make this easier we are offering the “Virtual Migration Environment” – for details see above.
Q: How could I migrate my customizations?
A: All custom code written against Project Server 2003 leveraging PDS has to be re-written to use the Project Server 2007/2010 PSI – more information in Project Server 2007 SDK here. Custom code against Project Server 2007 requires small changes and possibly accommodating new functionality and new user interface – more in the Project 2010 SDK.
Q: Any additional resources for Upgrade to 2010?
A: Yes – check the Project Aministration blog (yes - it's this one :)) or check for answers in the official Microsoft Project Server - Setup, Upgrade, Administration and Operation forum.
Following the publication of the source code for the recently released Project 2010 content pack, we also published the source code of the project to automate the deployment procedure of the content pack on MSDN Code Gallery: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project2010DemoPack.
One of the nugget it contains is the PowerShell script to automate the configurate of Secure Store Service (which is required for Excel Services 2010), and yes you can also follow the step by step procedure documented on TechNet: Configure reporting for Project Server 2010
Code is also here: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter/en-us/a88f7b6e-9c9e-475f-afd1-c68c4ef3cc4a
$targetApplicationName = "ProjectServerApplication" $userName = "contoso\administrator" $password = "pass@word1" $url = "http://project.contoso.com/pwa" $grp1 = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount("contoso", "domain users")).Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).Value $memberclaims = New-SPClaimsPrincipal -Identity $grp1 -IdentityType WindowsSecurityGroupSid $pw = new-spsecurestoreapplicationfield -name "Password" -type WindowsPassword -masked:$false $un = new-spsecurestoreapplicationfield -name "User Name" -type WindowsUserName -masked:$false $fields = $un, $pw $proxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy -identity "af18e4e8-3221-432f-b6cb-9e76a64d248c" $defaultServiceContext = Get-SPServiceContext $url $credentialTypes = "UserName","Password" $c1 = convertto-securestring $userName -asplaintext -force $c2 = convertto-securestring $password -asplaintext -force $credentialValues = $c1,$c2 $pkmacctclaims = New-SPClaimsPrincipal -Identity $userName -IdentityType WindowsSamAccountName $app = new-spsecurestoretargetapplication -name $targetApplicationName -friendlyname $targetApplicationName -contactemail "administrator@contoso.com" -applicationtype Group -timeoutinminutes 3 -setcredentialsuri "http://ipserver2" new-spsecurestoreapplication -ServiceContext $defaultServiceContext -TargetApplication $app -Administrator $pkmacctclaims -CredentialsOwnerGroup $memberClaims -Fields $fields $ssoapp = Get-SPSecureStoreApplication -ServiceContext $defaultServiceContext -Name $targetApplicationName [System.Threading.Thread]::Sleep(10000) Update-SPSecureStoreGroupCredentialMapping -Identity $ssoapp -Values $credentialValues Update-SPSecureStoreApplicationServerKey -Passphrase pass@word1 -ServiceApplicationProxy $proxy
Cross post from chrisfie’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chrisfie/archive/2010/06/16/microsoft-project-and-project-server-2007-and-2010-cumulative-update-webcast-series.aspx
I am happy to announce the following TechNet Cumulative Update (CU) webcast series targeted at IT Professionals/Administrators. The goal of this series is to provide an overview of the updates released for Microsoft Project Server 2010 and Project Server 2007 server products as well as Microsoft Project 2010 and Project 2007 desktop products, and to address related questions you might have about these products updates. These webcasts are scheduled every two months (two weeks after each Cumulative Update release) for the next six CU. Presenters are experts from Microsoft Customer Support and Services. Book your calendars!
What are cumulative updates?
Cumulative updates are a new method of providing hotfix releases on a scheduled delivery basis for Office Server products, including Project Server and Project desktop 2007 and 2010. Through this model, Office hotfixes are released every two months in the form of a downloadable package of current and previous hotfixes. The primary goal is to deliver high-quality fixes on a predictable schedule. The updated releases are accompanied by a Knowledge Base article describing the contents of the update. The first Project Server cumulative update was released in August, 2008.
The hotfixes found in a cumulative update include:
Cumulative updates apply to all versions of Office that are currently in mainstream support. For general information about Microsoft product support, visit the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Web site)(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147498).
Webcast Overview
Join us for this webcast to get a brief overview of the recently released Microsoft Project and Project Server Cumulative Update (CU). After giving you an overview of the updates for the Microsoft Project Server 2010 and Project Server 2007 server products and the Microsoft Project 2010 and Project 2007 desktop products, we address related questions you might have about these products updates. We also provide the latest content to help you deploy the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution.
Webcast Presenters
Adrian Jenkins, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation and Brian Smith, Senior Support Escalation Engineer, Microsoft Corporation.
Adrian Jenkins is a program manager with the Microsoft Project team and has been working with Microsoft Project since 1990 when the first version was released. Prior to joining the Project team, he worked in the Project support organization under a number of different roles. For the Microsoft Project 2010 release, he worked on areas such as security, delegates, administration, and the Project Center. Additionally, he leads the service pack teams and leads a number of customer-facing programs that get feedback from users on in-market versions of the product.
Brian Smith is in his eighth year of employment at Microsoft. For the last six of these years, Brian has been working in the Customer Support and Services organization, supporting Microsoft Project as a senior support escalation engineer. Brian also supported the beta releases of Microsoft Project 2010 and Project 2007 and is just finishing up the Project 2010 Beta and transitioning back to the main support team. He is also author of the popular blog on Microsoft Project support at http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith.
You need to register for the free of charge webcast by clicking the links below; then you get emailed a link to sign on and participate in the web cast on its date and time (please note only the first two webcast are available for registration at this stage). Each TechNet webcast is recorded for later viewing which should be through the same registration URL: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=webcasts
Title and Registration URL Date and Time
It’s our pleasure to present you refreshed versions of our one-stop technical resources related to
· Upgrade and Migration to Project 2010 - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9676814
· Business Intelligence for Project 2010 - http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9726143
These centers are part of the Project Server 2010 TechNet TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/projectserver/ee263909.aspx and their concept is to collect relevant information in one place and to give end-to-end information from getting started quickly to deep dive.
Q: How about Demand Management and Portfolio Strategy?
A: We are working on Demand Management Center that will became one stop for information about Demand Management, Portfolio Strategy, including technicalities, like building custom Demand Management Infrastructure – including workflow. This center will live on the Project Server 2010 Center on TechNet - http://technet.microsoft.com/projectserver/ee263909.aspx and will be available in few weeks.
Q: I’m a developer, what’s in there for me?
A: Many of included links include pure developer resources. We have decided not to fragment the resources between TechNet and MSDN – that’s why you might find also developer-related link to MSDN content in the above TechCenters.
· Product information and trial download
o Main product site www.microsoft.com/project
o Project Team Blog blogs.msdn.com/project
· End-User Product Help
o Project 2010 Help http://office2010.microsoft.com/project-help
o Project Server 2010 Help http://office2010.microsoft.com/project-server-help
· Interactive content – Videos/Sessions/Webcasts
o Quick Start Training - http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/quick-start-training.aspx
o Project Video Channel - www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/channels/microsoftproject
o Project Webcasts - www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx
· IT Professional related – TechNet
o TechCenter http://technet.microsoft.com/ProjectServer
o Admin Blog http://blogs.technet.com/projectadministration
· Developer related - MSDN
o Developer center http://msdn.microsoft.com/Project
o Programmability blog http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability
· Project & Project Server 2010 Demo Image
o Download http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713956
o Hosted Virtual Lab http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713654
· Got questions? Search or ask in the official Microsoft Forums
o http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/projectserver2010,projectprofessional2010
· SharePoint 2010
o http://sharepoint.microsoft.com
[Cross-posted @ Project Server 2010 - Architecture, Sizing, and Capacity Webcast]
Following this announcement at the beginning of the month: ANNOUNCING Microsoft Project Server 2010 IT Professional TechNet Webcast Series, don’t miss out tomorrow to learn from the very best consultant on the subject:Michael Jordan, How to Architect, Size and Plan your Project Server 2010 Farm. Live at a browser near you starting at 8:30 Pacific Time (Seattle time!): https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032442909&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
If you missed it, check this first webcast on the subject: Microsoft Project 2010: Project Server Stress Testing
Following this announcement at the beginning of March 2010: ANNOUNCING Microsoft Project Server 2010 IT Professional TechNet Webcast Series, don’t miss out tomorrow (April 7th) to learn from the very best consultant on the subject:Jean-Francois LeSaux and Steven Haden, Project Server 2010 - Upgrade and Migration. Live at a browser near you starting at 8:30 Pacific Time (Seattle time!): https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032442904&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Webcast Agenda:
As a reminder all upcoming and recorded webcasts and podcasts can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx
Do not miss out this great webcast from my colleague Jan Kalis on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada): TechNet Webcast: Project Server 2010 - Backwards Compatibility Mode (Level 300).
Webcast agenda:
Now that we have announced the Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 Release To Manufacturing (Project 2010 reaches RTM!!!) a great series of assets went live last week to help you plan your 2010 Farm: Capacity Management for SharePoint Server 2010. Since Project Server 2010 is built on top of SharePoint Server 2010 it is key to fully understand how to do SharePoint capacity planning prior to performing Project Server capacity planning, both go hand in hand!
For instance you should all read these whitepapers (both contains Project Server information as well):
Except a lot more documentations in the coming months not to mention the recently delivered webcasts on the subject: Project Server 2010 - Architecture, Sizing, and Capacity Webcast
Following this announcement at the beginning of March 2010: ANNOUNCING Microsoft Project Server 2010 IT Professional TechNet Webcast Series, don’t miss out tomorrow (April 21st) this free opportunity to learn from Jean-Francois LeSaux, EPM Lead Architect, Microsoft Corporation, Project Server 2010 - Coexisting with SharePoint Server 2010.
Live at a browser near you starting at 8:30 Pacific Time (Seattle time!): https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032442979&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
For all of you that are running Hyper-V on demo machines or in production, this is a good reality check! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977238
See a screen capture of the Hyper-V BPA on my demo laptop:
As usual follow the documented best practices on TechNet to avoid the above :)
Following this announcement at the beginning of March 2010: ANNOUNCING Microsoft Project Server 2010 IT Professional TechNet Webcast Series, don’t miss out tomorrow (May 5th) this free opportunity to learn from Jean-Francois LeSaux, Solution Architect, and Steven Haden, Senior Consultant, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Project Server 2010 – Backup and Restore.
Live at a browser near you starting at 8:30 Pacific Time (Seattle time!): https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032443107&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Event Overview
In this webcast, we explain the process for performing backup and restore in Project Server 2010. The supported scenarios we cover include mirroring (with and without witness), restore over existing farm, and restore into a new farm. We demonstrate the tools in Central Admin, command line, PowerShell, and Microsoft SQL Server for farm-level, instance-level (5 database attach scenario), and site-level collections. We also provide an overview of Playbooks, the metadata backup and restore tool in Project Server 2010.This webcast is part of a seven-part series that provides Microsoft Project Server 2010 deployment guidance and best practices for IT professionals.
2010 Server Language Packs for SharePoint Server 2010, Project Server 2010, Search Server 2010, and Office Web Apps 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=046f16a9-4bce-4149-8679-223755560d54&displaylang=en
Select Change Language drop-down list to specify one of the language above (please note not all SharePoint 2010 language packs are supported with Project Server 2010, please read the TechNet documentation for a list of supported language packs), follow the installation instructions documented on TechNet and voila you are ready to do a Portfolio Analyses or should I say “Analyses de portefeuilles” using your favorite language.
Happy localization!
Must see Visio download for all IT Pros: Databases That Support SharePoint 2010 Products (yes it discussed the four Project Server databases required per Project Web App instance)
and a lot downloads are available with the upcoming launch, a glimpse here: Ignition, 3, 2, 1 … Microsoft Project 2010 Launch countdown has started
Now that Microsoft Project Server 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 are RTM its time to monitor servers in your farms!
The Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products management pack is designed to be used for monitoring SharePoint 2010 Products events, collecting SharePoint component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically correlating critical events, this management pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service outages or configuration problems, allowing you to proactively manage SharePoint servers and identify issues before they become critical. The management pack monitors and provides alerts for automatic notification of events indicating service outages, performance degradation, and health monitoring.
Among multiple services it does monitor the following three:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c73415d-97ba-4bdc-8e92-2c4ea4507f91&displaylang=en
Ready for download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d765b362-2772-400f-b8a8-1f4e7f0e150b
For IT professionals, SharePoint Server 2010 helps to drive productivity by offering an array of enhancements, scalable unified infrastructure, and flexible deployment options. These 20 presentations and their accompanying videos cover many areas of interest to IT pros.
Stay tune for the equivalent Project 2010 Ignite slides.
Must read prior to any production rollout: Estimate Performance and Capacity Requirements for Microsoft Project Server 2010.
This performance and capacity planning document provides guidance on the footprint that usage of Microsoft Project Server 2010 has on topologies running Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.
More information around performance and capacity planning for Project Server 2010 can be found on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/projectserver
Additionally check out all the Microsoft Project 2010 Ignite videos released today, plenty of IT Pro content you all need to know: Microsoft Project 2010 Ignite Online Recordings Are Live!
As announced by the TechNet IT Pro content team this is awesome news with tons of content to help you deploy Microsoft Project Server 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/epmcontent/archive/2010/05/13/project-server-2010-content-hot-off-the-presses.aspx
On a similar note please check out the released Developer content on MSDN: http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability/archive/2010/05/11/rtm-update-of-the-project-2010-sdk.aspx
Live at a TechNet near you :) Plenty of content to ramp up on SharePoint 2010 that all Project Server 2010 IT Pro needs to watch: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff420396.aspx
All see this: SharePoint, SharePoint, SharePoint 2010 guides
Although you can upgrade directly from 2007 to 2010 (assuming all pre-requisites are met) this isn’t the case with 2003 – you have to go via 2007, and obviously you also need to get up to x64. To help make this process as painless as possible we have created the Virtual Migration Environment.
The Microsoft Project Server 2010 Virtual Migration Environment (VME) is now available on the download site. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729345
What is the VME?
The VME is a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V based image of a fully configured and operational SharePoint 2007 /Project Server 2007 farm with Project Pro 2007 and SQL Server 2005. This instance is intended to be used to migrate Project Server 2003 and SharePoint 2003 customers forward to 2007 as the first step of the two step migration to 2010.
The design goals were to create a standalone environment that could be run on a typical desktop/notebook and can be reset for multiple runs. It can also be used as a test environment for PDS to PSI conversion efforts.
Other useful resources for migration and upgrade:
As announced by Bill Bauer: SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and SharePoint Server 2010 Better Together Whitepaper. Great paper written for SharePoint 2010 but totally applicable to Project Server 2010. If you want to experience for instance the power of SQL Server 2008 R2 along side SharePoint and Project Server 2010, download the RTM demo virtual machine: Microsoft Project Server 2010 RTM Demo Virtual Machine is Ready for Download
Following this announcement at the beginning of March 2010: ANNOUNCING Microsoft Project Server 2010 IT Professional TechNet Webcast Series, don’t miss out tomorrow (May 19th) this free opportunity to learn from Jean-Noel Lienhart, Senior Consultant and Christophe Fiessinger, Senior Technical Product Manager Microsoft Corporation: TechNet Webcast: Project Server 2010 - Operations (Level 300)
Live at a browser near you starting at 8:30 Pacific Time (Seattle time!): https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032443109&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US
Webcast Agenda
This webcast is part of a seven-part series that provides Microsoft Project Server 2010 deployment guidance and best practices for IT professionals. In this webcast, we cover the process of managing and maintaining a Project Server 2010 implementation, demonstrate Project Server 2010 diagnostics and monitoring, provide troubleshooting tips, and share health check best practices.
In the previous post, it was stated that Windows Server 2008 R2 support was coming. I’m happy to announce it is here, if you apply the following hotfix. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976462 Once you apply it, you don’t have to reboot the server. However, we would suggest doing an IISReset to ensure everything is reloaded with the patched bits.