This link has been making the rounds lately and I wanted to share it.
SharePoint patching demystified by Stefan Gossner: http://blogs.technet.com/b/stefan_gossner/archive/2014/08/19/sharepoint-patching-demystified.aspx
Please let me know if you find this useful!
Hello, Microsoft PPM Community.
This is our first blog post about what is happening in the Microsoft Community.
I mean webcasts/webminars, PMI and MPUG chapter events and all about you need to know to stay up to date about Microsoft Project, Project Server and Project Online.
We will post about this topic monthly.
So, let's start!
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MPUG Vendor Showcase August 19 @ 12:00 pm - August 20 @ 5:00 pm In this two-day event, Project’s hottest vendors will showcase their products and services for the MPUG community. Each session is FREE, 45 minutes long, and will be worth. (That’s up to 5 free PDUs total!) |
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Project Everywhere: View and Track Your Projects and People from (almost) Any Device and Location Aug 13, 2014 12:00 PM EDT Join expert Collin Quiring in an introduction to Microsoft Project Online. Learn how to keep track of your projects, adjust tasks, and run reports to make informed decisions when you need to, from wherever you are. |
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How PS+ could transform the way you manage your projects 20/08/2014 12:30 Transform the way you manage your Portfolio, Programmes and Projects. Project Server Plus is designed to allow customers realise and implement the full potential of Microsoft Project Online or Project Server in relation to their business challenges, simply and at a low initial investment. |
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Cross posted from http://blogs.technet.com/b/brookswhite/archive/2014/08/04/baselining-best-practices.aspx.
The following MPUG article by Kenneth Steiness is a good introduction to the basics of baselining. A baseline is a snapshot of your project at a point in time and you can create up to 11 of them. Baselines provide a benchmark to compare against and also provide variances. The variance helps show how far you were or are off of the original estimate, so you can take corrective actions. This can help avoid delays, cost overruns, resource issues, and much, much more.
Here's the article: http://www.mpug.com/articles/baselining-best-practices/
As you go through the article, under the Maintaining the Baseline section, look at how he uses inactive tasks.