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 permission "View Project Site" does not seem to...

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 was working. The Problem was caused by Citrix...

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 page provides details regarding the following...

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 processed. This has been addressed with some later...

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 several hours to several minutes. --Enable...

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 load. All the tasks will be run on the client...

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 skill set to a real Resource as well. This way...

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 integration at the AD level, as sometimes users don...

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-need-to-load-sp1.aspx Full updates (all languages...

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, the Queue Service or Event service, one of them is...

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-errors.aspx that could triage most of the common...

Sometimes Sharepoint and Project are installed with a AD User instead of a system account and it happens that the password for the user expires after X days due to a AD Policy. The best way to avoid this is to follow the following Technet article: Plan for administrative and service accounts SharePoint...

This behaviour is by design if you don't give sufficient privileges in the Internet Explorer Security settings. The solution is as follows : Configure Internet Explorer permissions for ActiveX controls Start Internet Explorer. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. Click the Security tab, click...

If you encounter Project Server Queue Jobs aren't processed anymore or the Project Server Queue Service doesn't start anymore it might happen that the Account with whom you are running the Project Queue Job doesn't have enough permissions on the SQL Server or you have changed the account recently or...

This Membership Forms authentication is based on a SQL Membership Provider Store. When trying to logging with forms based authentication consider the following: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197472(office.12).aspx http://help.globalscape.com/help/eft6/mergedprojects/sat/Editing_the_Configuration_File...

Randomly Queue Job failures can occur with the following Error Message displayed in the ULS Logs: ERR Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot start service ProjectEventService on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The service did not respond to the start or control...

Project and Project Server 2007 Hotfix Versions Version Number Release Server KB Client KB WSS Server Rollup MOSS Server Rollup 4518.1016 RTM N/A N/A 6061.5000 RTM HF1 N/A 935557 6018.5000 RTM...

After installing October Cumulative update on Project Server 2007 the new activX grid will not load. Displaying "to view this grid, you must have a newer version of the Project Web ActiveX Control installed. Click here to download it" The issue has been address to the product group and will be...

Before going ahead and configure Exchange with Project Server 2010 make sure that you have the latest Cumulative Updates installed for the Project Server. As always before applying an Update please do a Full Backup of the Project Databases (Archive, Draft, Published, Reporting) before upgrading to...

If you are getting the following a similar error message after trying to migrate/do a full backup from the central admin than you have run into a Backup/restore procedure mishandling . The solution to this problem would be a manual backup and restore of the Project Db's as follows. If you are not familiar...

1. Check Microsoft.SharePoint.dll - WSS version (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\ISAPI 2. Check Project version in the GAC ( type assembly into the start RUN) – check for Microsoft Project Server and Windows SharePoint Services File Version Microsoft Project...