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Blog Post:
SharePoint Server 2010: Operations Framework and Checklists
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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5 Oct 2010
Blog Post:
Project Server 2010 - Upgrade and Migration webcast on April 7th
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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7 Apr 2010
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project Server 2010 Virtualization
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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14 Apr 2011
Blog Post:
Must read: Best practices for capacity management for SharePoint Server 2010
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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15 Sep 2011
Blog Post:
Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
Christophe Fiessinger
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
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22 Feb 2011
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project August 2010 Cumulative Update Webcast: September 14th
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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8 Sep 2010
Blog Post:
Project 2010 at Microsoft TechED Europe 2010
Jan Kalis
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...
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9 Sep 2010
Blog Post:
Claims Authentication Overview
Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS
What is Claims Authentication? New to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and Microsoft SharePoint Services is claims based authentication. This means Project Server 2010 also gains this authentication addition and improvement as well. Briefly, claims based systems provide for federated authentication services...
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24 Feb 2010
Blog Post:
Database Maintenance for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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5 May 2011
Blog Post:
Must download: Project Server 2010 Administrator's Guide
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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1 Mar 2011
Blog Post:
Upcoming Webcasts for The Week of Dec 14, 2009
Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS
Title Date/Time Description Presenter Overview of Microsoft Project Server 2010 for IT Professionals Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) In this webcast, we provide an overview of Microsoft Project Server 2010 features, requirements, and deployment considerations that IT...
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15 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
Operations guide for servers and server farms for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Christophe Fiessinger
A must have reference for all IT Pros and consultants: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=944519e8-e130-4e7a-8a8d-978b10af77c1
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19 Jan 2011
Blog Post:
Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer is now available for Windows Server 2008 R2
Christophe Fiessinger
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 :)
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30 Apr 2010
Blog Post:
New resource center on TechNet: Updates for Project Server 2010
Christophe Fiessinger
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
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19 Oct 2010
Blog Post:
How to Restart/Change Workflows
Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS
This is the final installment of a four part series on common workflow administration tasks associated with Project Server 2010. Installation and setup of Project Server 2010 is covered in the overall setup guide, and these articles will make the assumption that the user has already read and completed...
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21 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
How to Associate a Workflow with an Enterprise Project Type
Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS
This is the first of a four part series on common workflow administration tasks associated with Project Server 2010. Installation and setup of Project Server 2010 is covered in the overall setup guide, and these articles will make the assumption that the user has already read and completed the...
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21 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project Server 2010 – Operations webcast on May 19th
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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19 May 2010
Blog Post:
SharePoint Server 2010 Advanced IT Professional Training – Watch Them ALL!
Christophe Fiessinger
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 Technorati Tags: Microsoft SharePoint 2010
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14 May 2010
Blog Post:
Project Server 2010 - Architecture, Sizing, and Capacity Webcast
Christophe Fiessinger
[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...
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24 Mar 2010
Blog Post:
Implementing Governance in SharePoint 2010 whitepaper
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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3 Sep 2010
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project Server 2010 – Backup and Restore webcast on May 5th
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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5 May 2010
Blog Post:
SQL Server Settings for Performance Recommendations
Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS
We’ve added some performance configuration suggestions for SQL in this release, based on feedback from early test customers and from the results of our own performance testing. These settings are intended to help the overall performance of the system. Database Properties The following properties...
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4 Dec 2009
Blog Post:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is RTM
Christophe Fiessinger
Exciting times at Microsoft, after Visual Studio 2010 and Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Project 2010, Project Server 2010 , SQL 2008 R2 is RTM (press release: Microsoft Kicks Off Worldwide Launch of SQL Server 2008 R2 ). A good summary of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 can be found here: http://blogs.technet...
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21 Apr 2010
Blog Post:
Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007 and 2010 Cumulative Update Webcast Series
Christophe Fiessinger
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...
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16 Jun 2010
Blog Post:
How to Troubleshoot Your Workflows
Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS
This is the third of a four part series on common workflow administration tasks associated with Project Server 2010. Installation and setup of Project Server 2010 is covered in the overall setup guide, and these articles will make the assumption that the user has already read and completed the...
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21 Dec 2009
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