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Quick reminder that there are two webcasts you might want to attend this week: Information about Microsoft Project and Project Server August 2011 Software Update , Adrian Jenkins, Brian Smith: Tuesday September 27th, 8:00am Pacific Time   Successfully Deploy Project Server on VMware with Shared...

The following article got published on TechNet : Best practices for capacity management for SharePoint Server 2010 that is a great reminder of best practices you should follow in any deployment (yes all applies to Project Server 2010 as well): Read the available documentation Document your capacity management...

A great reminder of best practices I am sure you are all following already! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc973097.aspx Creating maintenance plans for Project Server 2010 databases Defragmenting indexes for Project Server 2010 databases Shrinking databases in Project Server 2010 Monitoring...

I know of lot of you are virtualizing our application, this recent article for SharePoint 2010 is a great reminder of best practices for Project Server 2010 as well: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh295699.aspx Use hardware-assisted virtualization Enable hyper-threading on processors that...

Just got published: SharePoint 2010 Virtualization Guidance and Recommendations a must read for anyone looking at SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010 virtualization: Overview This white paper illustrates best practices for virtualizing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V...

Database, database, database, yes there are plenty of them and guess what you need to maintain them for optimal performance! A MUST read for all farm admin, and I hope you all carefully implement maintenance plans: Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products This white paper provides...

Quick post to remind you what recommendations and resources are available to plan deploying Project Server 2010 in a virtual environment: Virtualization does not provide parity with physical machines without proper planning Overhead exists with any virtualization technology Proper planning will help...

Dear consultant and administrators please check out this recently released article on TechNet: Project Server 2010 performance counters  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg715567.aspx I am sure you are all carefully monitoring all the servers in your production environment but just in...

Thanks to the TechNet writer’s team Project Server 2010 Administrator's Guide NOW AVAILABLE! A great asset for all project administrators. Table Of Content : Introduction Chapter 1, “Security” Chapter 2, “Enterprise Data” Chapter 3, “Database Administration” Chapter 4, “Look and Feel” Chapter 5, “Time...

In case you missed it and are running your SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010 farms on Windows Server 2008 R2, time to patch! Go to this TechNet page for all the information you need to know about SP1 (deployment, release notes, etc.): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver/gg635126.aspx

Great resources for anyone deploying SharePoint and Project Server specially when you are at your favorite customer and have no network access: Microsoft Project Server 2010 Technical Library in Compiled Help format Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Technical Library in Compiled Help format Microsoft...

A must have reference for all IT Pros and consultants: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=944519e8-e130-4e7a-8a8d-978b10af77c1

Dear Microsoft Project Server 2010 Admin/Consultant etc. I’m happy to announce this new TechNet Resource center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/gg176680.aspx

Excellent whitepaper recently released your should all carefully read and implement: SharePoint Server 2010: Operations Framework and Checklists Table of Content : SharePoint Server 2010: Operations Framework and Checklists Contents Operations Management and Monitoring of a SharePoint Server 2010 Environment...

A must have for all SharePoint and Project Server farm administrators, PMO administrators and consultants: Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration from Todd Klindt , Shane Young , and Steve Caravajal (ISBN: 978-0-470-53333-8, Wrox, 840 pages, June 2010). I really enjoyed the breadth of topics, the...

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: Out of Band Release to Address Microsoft...

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: Microsoft Security Advisory (2416728) - Vulnerability...

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...

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? Great event! 4 dedicated sessions for Project 2010 along with a special announcement :) Project 2010 booth staffed...

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...

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...

Following the first 2010 CU desktop released a few weeks ago, the server KB and hotfix download are now live! Don’t forget to watch this recorded webcast: Information About Microsoft Project and Project Server Cumulative June Update and with this PowerPoint deck to learn the updates included in this...

Following this announcement last month: Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007 and 2010 Cumulative Update Webcast Series I would like to remind everyone that next week Adrian Jenkins will provide an overview of the recently released: June 2010 Cumulative Update (CU) for Project Server 2007, Office...

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...

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! Getting started...