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Project lite vs Project Pro Comparison chart
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7 months ago
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RaymondRis
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In case you were wondering what the differences are between the different Project Client versions : More Details : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/project-online-service-description.aspx
Windows Antivirus Exclusion Recommendations (Servers, Clients, and Role-Specific)
Posted
11 months ago
by
RaymondRis
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Some useful information to take into consideration, all the info here in this doc: Windows Antivirus Exclusion Recommendations (Servers, Clients, and Role-Specific) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158 for our sweet products, we have these...
Project Server 2010: Service Pack2 and August 2013 Cumulative Update installation issues- ReBlog
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over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
2
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Please be aware that there are some issues with August Cumulative Update 2013 more details on Brian's Blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2013/09/12/project-server-2010-service-pack2-and-august-2013-cumulative-update-installation...
Additional Links for Service Pack 2
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over 1 year ago
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RaymondRis
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The SP2 release improves the compatibility of the Office and SharePoint 2010 products with Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10, Office 2013, and SharePoint 2013. It also addresses security, stability, and performance and contains ll the Cumulative Updates...
Project Server Service Pack 2 OUT NOW!
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
Long awaited its finally here ..Service Pack 2 for Project Server 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687452
Reducing downtime during Cumulative Updates installation SharePoint/Project Server 2013
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over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
I found a very interesting blog post from Russ on how to reduce a Cumulative Update installation from 5 hours to 16 minutes. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/russmax/archive/2013/04/01/why-sharepoint-2013-cumulative-update-takes-5-hours-to-install.aspx
Project Server 2010 permissions granted through RBS are not flowing through to Project Sites
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
6
Comments
When setting the security category with the option "The Project Owner is a descendant of the user via RBS". The permissions applied to this security category work within PWA and allow the superiors of Project Owners to manage their projects, however the...
Project Server 2010 cannot open project files from the Project Web App with Citrix XenConverter
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over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
1
Comment
I come across an interesting third party problem that I wanted to share with you. One Citrix VM built on WinXP SP3 with IE8 could not open via the internet explorer in the PWA, Project Files with the Project Client. Opening Files from the Project Client...
Cannot open or create word documents in SharePoint 2013 with Office 2010 and Project 2013
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over 1 year ago
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RaymondRis
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I wanted to share an issue I came across related to the SharePoint 2013. If you have installed the Office Suite 2010 and Project 2013 installed together on the same machine you will not be able to create a new Office document from the SharePoint document...
Office 2007 future updates require Service Pack 3
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
The Service Pack 2 baseline has been dropped and SP3 is now required to install Office 2007 updates from this point forward. Why? Please see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle pages for full details. Here’s a quick summary – once a Service...
Asp.net Authentication Diagnose page -Who
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over 1 year ago
by
RaymondRis
I came across an issue where the PSI impersonation was not working. I found an interesting Script tool that helped to check the authenticated user. This tool can help in several scenarios where authentication is a problem. Currently the diagnosis...
Automatic deployment of SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010
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over 2 years ago
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RaymondRis
2
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Before you begin, here are some reasons for applying this method: Today, the diversity of the IT team or outsourcing potentially exposes your system to human error. New SharePoint Server or Project Server is infrequent and easily generates...
Publishing or saving projects is slow and takes some time to start on Project Server 2010
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
Configure NTP on your windows 2008 R2 Server might help in this situation. If the clock / time is different on the Project Server and the SQL server. If the time difference is 1 min on the SQL server. The job will sit in the queue for 1 min till it gets...
Olap Cube is taking several hours to build on SQL 2005
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
Following the performance trend I was thinking to blog some of the best practices for the Project Server. Some old issues related to the Olap Cube performance are related to the SQL Server flag. After enabling this flags I've seen improvements from...
How to create a Web Performance Test using Visual Studio Ultimate
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
Let's say that you notice a bad performance on the Project Server during 9AM-12AM Timeframe but since it's the production environment you cannot to much troubleshooting during that period.You have a service window but in that timeframe you have no user...
How to assign a Skill set to a Task in Project Server 2010
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
Generic Resources are usually used for planning purposes when you don't know for sure which resource can handle your task at a certain date. You have the possibility to assign a Skill set (AD, SQL, Networking) to this generic Resources and to assign this...
When Trying to install a update you get "The expected version of the product was not found on the system."
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over 2 years ago
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RaymondRis
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I came on my test environment across this problem when trying to install the latest update I've got the error message: "The expected version of the product was not found on the system" this can occur on Project 2007 and 2010. Running the following...
Unexpected behaviour for Sharepoint and Project Server and not only
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
Sometimes it might happen that you run into very random issues and cannot reproduce the problem. This might happen due to the antivirus that is blocking temporary files to scan them and by this it's putting the files also in read only mode and this is...
How to create a Project Server Test environment from your production environment - or - Project Server 2010 Backup and Restore
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
2
Comments
1) Backup your source databases. Open SQL Server Management Studio and identify the five required databases (Archive, Draft, Published, Reporting and Content): Right click on the source databases, and select Tasks > Backup. Save the...
Exchange Server 2007 integration with Project Server 2010
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
I've noticed that sometimes Exchange Server 2007 integration doesn't integrate seamless as followed on the following technet article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee782548.aspx . This could be related to the AD - Exchange Server 2007...
Mainstream Support for Project Server Ends on 9th October 2012
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over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
1
Comment
Important reminder for the one that are still using Project Server 2007, as the Product is ending the mainstream support http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&alpha=Project+Server+2007&Filter=FilterNO Take into...
Project Plan does not open in MS Project 2010 after a failed save/publish process displaying "closing project name"
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
1
Comment
The behaviour that is seen is that the project file is opened for a fraction of a second and closed, in the lower tab in the Project Pro client is displayed "closing project name" The issue cannot be reproduced but it could occur when a ressource is been...
August Cumulative Update Out NOW
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
From the August Cumulative Update onwards you will have to install sp1. For mor details on this please check Brians Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2012/07/18/project-server-2010-from-august-2012-cumulative-update-onwards-you-will-also...
Project Server 2010 Services Stop Periodically
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
4
Comments
I've noticed a strange behaviour on my environment that is occuring randomly after installing April CU or later. The issue is related to periodical job that Sharepoint is triggering and for some reason sometimes is timing out and the Project Services...
Business Intelligence Error Message "This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an excel services application trusted location"
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
RaymondRis
Generally if you encounter problems with your Project Server Business Intelligence on the Project Server 2010 server check out also Brian's Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/09/16/project-server-2010-business-intelligence-center-common...
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