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Note: To change a PO instance permissions mode you must have admin access to the office 365 portal.  Login to the Office 365 portal. From the navigation along the left under the ADMIN section select SharePoint Check the box to the left of the site collection that contains PWA. then From the ribbon click the […]

Microsoft Project Online is web-based and great for: Managing multiple projects Tracking work on Timesheets Balancing broad resource needs If you’re looking for a hosted version of Project Server, you just found it!   Microsoft Project Pro for Office 365 is a downloaded desktop program, and is great for: Detailed project planning Managing resource Calendars […]

This is a great list of the most common and frustrating issues that Project Management deal with and ideas on how to minimize those problems: Team members not knowing or understanding what their responsibilities are, not owning their part of the project. Good project managers let team members know, up front, who is responsible for […]

We are pleased to see the release of the February 2015 Public Update (PU) for Project, Project Server and SharePoint for 2013, and Project and Project Server and SharePoint 2010.  This is the first time all the updates have been included in a PU - rather than a Cumulative Update (CU) for some fixes and […]

Microsoft announced these exciting updates for Project are in development and on the Office 365 roadmap: Apps for Project Pro for Office 365 write support Apps for Project Pro for Office 365 will be able to write-back and update the project plan. Capacity Management capabilities in Project Online Resource Managers can benefit from configurable color […]

A client recently asked me why the totals in the “Other Project and Commitments” line on the Resource Usage view were correct. He had added up the hours from all the listed projects but omitted two line items called “My Timesheet”. The “My Timesheet” lines represent work that has been entered against Administrative tasks in […]

Microsoft Project online lets your company make data driven decisions. We all need the help with what projects to move forward with and how to manage and utilize our current resources? Microsoft Project Online can help. Microsoft Project Online makes data driven decisions easy by equipping team members with the information they need to stay […]

This week we were working on an Excel Services report that pulls data from Project view tables, Resources, Tasks and Assignments. Luckily, we have Power Pivot available to help join these tables, right? We started pulling the tables one at a time using the Data/From Other Sources/SQL option. We enter the server name and our […]

“…Microsoft announced Office 365 Video, a new service of Office 365 that makes it easy to share video inside your organization. Office 365 Video is built on SharePoint Online, powered by Azure Media Services, and leverages Yammer and Office Graph to deliver a dynamic, mobile-optimized experience within Office 365. From onboarding new employees, to distributing […]

Please note that there was an update notice to the update that was released yesterday… “[Update 2014-11-12] When trying to download the fix for KB 2889944 (SharePoint Server 2013 November 2014 CU) you will notice that there are 4 files listed rather than the usual 3 files. One of the files is corrupt and does […]

Here at MS Project Now, we often hear from our customers that they are struggling with managing their resources. It is a common issue at many companies. Microsoft Project Online makes it easy to effectively manage resources allowing you to see what your teams are doing — even when they are managing everyday work or […]

This is the third and final piece of our Real Time Reporting mini series.  The previous posts discussed the primary reporting tools available out of the box, and how to manage the data in a coordinated way so as to produce portfolio level reporting: Real-Time-Reporting-in-Project-Online-and-Project-Server-2013 part I Real Time Reporting in Project Online and Project […]

To provide a better user experience and support the scale at which customers operate, Microsoft has started to roll out performance enhancements to Microsoft Project Online tenants worldwide. Here are a few of the improvements: Project Center—In particular, navigating to a specific project from Project Center. Microsoft invested in optimization that eliminates certain intermediate steps. […]

We receive questions on how to leverage the OData connections quite often, therefore, I thought I’d write up a quick-start. Navigate to the Business Intelligence/Reports section of PWA Locate your OData connections.  There can be several ways to do this.  here’s one: Click on the Gear in the top-right, then select Site Contents Locate and […]

Trying to make sense of your Office 365 Dashboard/Portal?   Microsoft has issued a new article explaining what each of those links mean. Office 365 Admin Center Office 365 Portal Need assistance or guidance on your Office 365 deployment?  Contact us we can help!

Last week we talked about which reporting tools are real time in Microsoft Project Online and Microsoft Project Server 2013: Real Time Reporting in Project Online and Project Server 2013. This week, let’s talk about the data behind that reporting. Since you are reporting across the enterprise, getting all the data correct at one time […]

One thing that can make our rollout of Microsoft Project a success is understanding how our data shows up in reporting and views.  This is true whether we’re using Microsoft Project Online or Microsoft Project Server. At MS Project Now, we’ve seen a wide assortment of client reporting needs. One critical piece is always the […]

Awesome new technology is coming down the pipeline for Microsoft that integrates with O365, SharePoint, Yammer, etc.   What will this Delve, Office Graph technology do? “Delve specifically is designed to intelligently automate in real time for every employee the tasks of prioritizing their work and of finding the information—files, colleagues, documents, data—they need, while staying […]