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Although a default instance of Project Web App is created upon signing up for the service in an Office 365 Portal, there are many times in which an organization may want to create or provision an additional Project Web App instance. For example, an organization may have separate security requirements in project web app instance.

Setting up Active Directory synchronization with Microsoft Project Online helps System Administrators simplify the maintenance of adding/removing user access to the Project Online system. The Active Directory Sync will add users to Project Online in order to provide access to Project Web App and more, as well as allows users to be assigned as Resources on project. Before we get into the sync, lets talk just a bit about Active Directory.

Microsoft is expanding the reach of Microsoft Search in SharePoint; classic team sites that do not have customized search experience will be updated to the modern Microsoft Search experiences that deliver better personalization and relevance.

Upon navigating to the Task tab in Microsoft Project for the Web, the page was blank. Since it worked fine in Microsoft Edge, I knew the issue was related to a browser setting.

Have you ever tried to retrieve an enterprise project schedule template only to see the message: "Sorry, we had trouble connecting to get to the templates and can't show them right now"?

If you are an O365 subscriber with a Project Online Professional license or higher, your SharePoint Admin determines the frequency in which feature updates are pushed to your version of Project Pro desktop client (and other O365 products). Monthly Channel releases feature updates on a monthly basis. Semi-Annual Channel releases feature updates every six months – […]

A custom of ours was receiving this message when trying to access the help feature in Project Web App in a SharePoint 2016 environment. To troubleshoot the issue I first checked to see if the CAB files for help existed.  In a SharePoint 2016 farm they are located at, 1033 is english: C:program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft […]

I recently devoted several hours to studying for and passing the Microsoft 70-348: Managing Projects and Portfolios with Microsoft PPM Exam. Prior to the exam, I had been using Project and Project Web App for about 2 years, but only surface level interactions. I knew the basic commands and how to pull the information I […]

Many of our clients have taken advantage of the workflow capabilities in Project Server and Project Online. Two of the biggest reasons to do this: Tracking approval for governance transparency Being able to see, at any time, where the project is in its progress Item 2 is getting a lot of attention these days. With […]

Most of the reports I create have a time element… Which client used the most project hours last year? ….. How many hours are my QA people scheduled to work next month?  Without that time framework, the information is less valuable. Time phased reports do, however, have an unfortunate side. The tables we must use […]

Cloud data security is a huge issue right now with all companies. Keeping your data safe and keeping others out of your data is critical for success. This is a great list of items to keep your data and your company information safe: 1. Know Your Data Regardless of age, gender, experience or status, we […]

Hello! Recently I did the unthinkable.  I became impatient while some Windows updates were being applied to a SQL Server.  I thought they actually were stuck because it was stuck on one update for several minutes.  I therefore tried to stop the updates.  Well instead of stopping the server became unresponsive.  And instead of waiting […]

Hello. I worked with a customer recently that reset the password to an account used for the farm admin account among other things in a development SharePoint environment.  Although there are a plethora of PowerShell commands this particular fix still requires stsadm.exe.  I found a nice article on TechNet for the procedure.  One thing to […]

Hello, I cannot even recall how many times I have seen this error when working on either moving a Microsoft Project Server or SharePoint instance to a different server/domain/etc., or performing an upgrade.  Lets just say I’ve encountered it many times.  This time was a bit unique, and related to a Microsoft Project Server 2007 […]

The new Office 365 plans for SMBs are: Office 365 Business: The full Office applications—Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher and OneDrive for Business cloud storage, which makes it easy to access, edit and share your documents across your Windows PC, Mac, iPad, Windows tablet and smartphone. Office 365 Business Essentials: The core cloud […]

Hello, We recently had a customer who was receiving the error below when publishing one of their projects.  The error was a Reporting job fail, therefore, the reporting database was not reflecting the correct information for the project.  This error is related to baseline records containing incorrect values for certain fields, such as a blank […]

My client encountered this error with historic/migrated timesheets after I upgraded them from Project Server 2007 to 2013. They were able to see historic timesheets for employees under ‘approvals’, however when they click on ‘my timesheet’ to drill into the details, they ran into the following error:   Workaround: If you go to PWA Settings […]

“The Azure Preview Portal now supports the automated creation of a basic or high-availability SharePoint farm in Microsoft Azure.” To read the full article click here. Need Microsoft Azure assistance?  Or assistance with SharePoint 2013.  We can help, contact us today.