Following this initial post last week: Security Advisory 2416728 (Vulnerability in ASP.NET) and Microsoft Project Server 2010 please find this announcements that impacts all Project Server 2010 and 2007 farms: MS10-070 Released Out-of-Band Today
Additional links:
Dear Project Server 2010 customers and partners please read this blog post carefully from the SharePoint team: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2010/09/21/security-advisory-2416728-vulnerability-in-asp-net-and-sharepoint.aspx
For more information:
Hello to announce the release of the Microsoft Project Server 2010 Server Settings Backup/Restore tool (also referred to as Playbook): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg128952.aspx
The Microsoft Project Server 2010 Server Settings Backup/Restore tool is part of the Project Server 2010 Project Resource Kit (PRK). It enables Project Server 2010 administrators to back up server settings from a selected Project Server 2010 instance to an XML or binary .playbook file. The tool can then restore the server settings to another Project Server 2010 instance. The data from the exported XML (or binary) file is what is imported to the target Project Server 2010 instance. This tool can be especially useful when you move server settings from a test to a production environment, but could also be used to generate a simple “playbook” of custom fields and views (for example, for different industries). You can access the Project Server 2010 Server Settings Backup/Restore tool by downloading the Project 2010 PRK from the Microsoft Download Center.
The Microsoft Project Server 2010 Server Settings Backup/Restore tool is part of the Project Server 2010 Project Resource Kit (PRK). It enables Project Server 2010 administrators to back up server settings from a selected Project Server 2010 instance to an XML or binary .playbook file. The tool can then restore the server settings to another Project Server 2010 instance. The data from the exported XML (or binary) file is what is imported to the target Project Server 2010 instance. This tool can be especially useful when you move server settings from a test to a production environment, but could also be used to generate a simple “playbook” of custom fields and views (for example, for different industries).
You can access the Project Server 2010 Server Settings Backup/Restore tool by downloading the Project 2010 PRK from the Microsoft Download Center.
As you may know Microsoft TechED Europe 2010 is taking place in November in Europe and Microsoft Project 2010 will have of course presence at the event!
What you can look for?
We will post more details on the sessions next week along with the session catalog going life next week!
Christophe & Jan
Following the recent release of the August 2010 Cumulative Update for both Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007 and 2010: Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint 2007 and 2010 August CU 2010 are Live!, I would like to remind everyone that next week Adrian Jenkins and Brian Smith will provide an overview of the recently released updates, so book your calendar and attend!
TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft Project and Project Server Cumulative August Update
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Agenda:
Great new asset you shall read and leverage as part of your Project Server 2010 farm deployment: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=602d7bfc-0878-469a-90bd-36aaab8f3cea&displayLang=en
Summary
SharePoint 2010 provides a rich set of capabilities that empower business users. For example, Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 enables users to collaborate with each other, tag and rate content, self-publish, and even develop their own solutions. These new capabilities require clear guidance to both underscore their benefits and realize their potential while maintaining a level of consistency and control within an organization.
*** Update *** Please see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/09/17/project-server-2010-applied-august-cu-and-having-problems-with-jsgrid.aspx if you are having issues with JSGrid after loading JUST the Project Server 2010 CU - KB 2276341
Yesterday saw the release of the August Cumulative Update (CU) for both Office 2007 and Office 2010 product families, including Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Microsoft Office Project 2007, Microsoft Project Server 2010 and Microsoft Project 2010.
These include a number of fixes, so Microsoft strongly recommends that you evaluate in a test environment based on your production environment before putting this fix live in production.
Also do not forget the upcoming Webcast where Adrian Jenkins and Brian Smith will provide an overview of this release and also address related questions:
TechNet Webcast- Information About Microsoft Project and Project Server Cumulative August Update - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
For full details of this series please see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chrisfie/archive/2010/06/16/microsoft-project-and-project-server-2007-and-2010-cumulative-update-webcast-series.aspx
The article below provides information on how to deploy the Project Server Cumulative Update. There is an article in the works for 2010, but basically the steps are the same.
We strongly recommend that you install WSS and Office Servers 2007 Service Pack 2. The KB articles below provide information on how to download and install SP2 if you have not already done so.
The server patches require that WSS and Office Servers 2007 SP1 be installed. For clarity, SP1 is required and SP2 is strongly recommended. Here are the links to the SP1 Server Patches for your convenience:
The Server CU is released in two different versions. The first version is in Individual Packages specific to a particular product like WSS and Project Server. These are smaller downloads but they do not include language packs or patches for other products so patches for those products would have to be downloaded and installed separately.
The second version is the Server Rollup Packages. This is a set of rollup packages which contains (for 2007) all the fixes for WSS, Project Server and MOSS. These packages should be used when MOSS is part of the deployment and/or you have language packs installed. The Server Rollup Packages are much larger (~200MB each) but they will greatly simplify MOSS patch deployment.
For 2010 there are new combinations due to the fact that SharePoint Server 2010 is now a required feature. I will update this post once the articles are live with a better description of the rollups, but basically the Project Server rollup contains the SharePoint Server patches – but the Server Rollup no longer contains the Project Server patches
You can read about the fixes included in the August CU from the following articles:
Note: There may be a few days delay before all of the articles are published.
2007
Individual Product Packages: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (sts-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276469 Description of the Project Server 2007 hotfix package (Pjsrvapp-x-none.msp; Pjsrvwfe-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276475 Description of the Office Project 2007 hotfix package (project-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2289175
Individual Product Packages:
Server Rollup Packages:
2010
Individual Product Packages: Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 hotfix package (Sts-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2266423 Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (spswfe-x-none.msp, pplwfe-x-none.msp, osrchwfe-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276339 *** Update - If you load the Project Server 2010 hotfix 2276341 you will also need to load at least 2266423 listed above. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/09/17/project-server-2010-applied-august-cu-and-having-problems-with-jsgrid.aspx Description of the Project Server 2010 hotfix package (Wosrv-x-none.msp, Pjsrvwfe-x-none.msp, Osrv-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276341 No August update for Microsoft Project 2007 Server Rollup Packages: *** Descriptions updated *** Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (SharePoint Foundation server-package): August 31, 2010 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2352346 Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package): August 31, 2010 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2352342 (Does not include Project Server patch) Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package, Project server-package): August 31, 2010 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2352345
*** Update - If you load the Project Server 2010 hotfix 2276341 you will also need to load at least 2266423 listed above. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/09/17/project-server-2010-applied-august-cu-and-having-problems-with-jsgrid.aspx
Server Rollup Packages: *** Descriptions updated ***
Client Installation:
In order to install the 2007 hotfix, you will need to have Microsoft Project 2007 SP1 installed on the client. The article at the URL below contains information on how install download and install SP1 should you not have it installed already.
Note: We strongly recommend that you install Project 2007 SP2 from the information earlier in the article.
Once we know that SP1 is installed, you will install the hotfix by performing the following steps:
NOTE: Microsoft strongly recommends testing within a NON-Production environment prior to rollout.