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

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 library, you will get a blank page displayed instead...

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...

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 omissions. Finally, the complexity...

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 command from the command prompt will do the trick...

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...

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...

First upgrade to at least SP1 the project client because the Sync with task list has been upgraded in SP1 See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/project/archive/2011/05/18/project-2010-sp1-enhancements-to-sync-to-sharepoint-task-list.aspx Second, add the field in Backstage - Manage fields. See: http...

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...

Configuration cache 1. Check the directory with the configuration cache in " Drive :\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config " 2. [If needed] Look for the GUID of the configuration database in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server...

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...