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Great Reporting Certification Series session today – if you missed it check out the recording at mpug.com. Here is a list of the Questions and Answers from the session: Resource Link on Reporting Templates:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg597682.aspx Question: Are we using MS Pro client only today, or EPM environment? Answer: Alan - we are looking at PS2010 […]

The following is an excerpt from our Business Intelligence with Microsoft Project Server 2010 course.  Enjoy! Step Action Details 1 From PWA navigation to the Business Intelligence Center à Sample Reports à English (United States) 2 Expose the contextual menu for the Simple Projects List à Edit in Microsoft Excel 3 If presented with a […]

Step Action Details 1 Launch Excel 2010 2 On the Data tab, in the Get External Data group, click From Other Sources, and then click From Data Connection Wizard. 3 Select Microsoft SQL Server, and then click Next. 4 Enter the name of the server (by default, it is the network name of the computer) […]

Hello Folks, now this is an interesting topic and question:  Can you create a Master Project Template in Project Server 2010?  that follows last week’s blog posting Cross Project Dependencies, Linking tasks, and subprojects in Project Server 2010. The answer is Yes – you sure can create a Master Project Template that has Subprojects in […]

Folks, we recently were asked some questions around Project Server 2010 and subprojects – while there are many thoughts on the use of subprojects, let me address the questions and provide my recommendations as well.  Note to determine whether you should break up a large project into a master project and subprojects – check out […]

I recently setup a deployment with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for intranet access via SSL.  When accessing external you would type “https://crm.serverName.com”.   Although the external access worked fine, when I tried to setup the Outlook connection I continuously received the error below:     What I noticed, is that I did not setup the correct URL […]

I found the batch job and not starting topics useful and wanted them local. Overview: A queue is a waiting line that becomes a necessity when the number of service requests becomes greater than the optimum serving capacity. Nearly all critical operations in the Office Project Server 2007 system go through the Office Project Server […]

Wow another great turnout on today’s Reporting Certification Series.  Thank all 320+ attendees for all your great questions and your participation.  There are two (2) more sessions in this series, make sure to register today to reserve your spot.  Just click on the links below: May 8 Level 2, Intermediate Reporting May 22 Level 3, […]

The 2012 Microsoft Project Conference was a great event packed with over 200 hours of content.  It was wonderful to see the record setting attendance.  From the theme, to the events, to the food, to the content – this was a top-notch conference that provide attendees the opportunity to directly connect with the Microsoft Product […]

We were honored to receive the MCLA Training Award (Microsoft Community Leadership Award) at the Project Conference 2012 (in March) presented by Microsoft and MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group).  Awards were presented by Ludo Haudac, the General Manager of Microsoft Project business.  It was a great event and evening. Thank you to all those for […]

We are excited to run the Microsoft Project Reporting – Certificate Program for MPUG (the Microsoft Project Users Group).  This web series of three (3) powerful sessions will provide you with the knowledge you need to know around reporting and Business Intelligence.  Come join us – pre-registration is required. What you get:      1)  Incredible […]

Thank you all for your attendance on today’s MPUG webcast, 8 Steps for Scheduling Success with Project 2007 and what a turn out, with over 350 registrants.  We got some great feedback that this was one of the best sessions that a few of you have attended.  Thanks for the feedback.  As mentioned on the […]

I had a client that when you deslected the Update Periodically checkbox for the cube build time it generated an error.  We therefore had to delete the cube build timer job manually like so: Navigate to Central Administration –> Operations –> Time Job Definitions Locate the timer job, right-click on it, then select properties.  I […]

Funny how you can forget things when you’ve not done them in a while.  I was working on building a virtual child domain, and when I connected one of the servers to the new child domain Symantec starting malfunctioning.  I then remembered I needed to generate a new SID. Great tool to use when working […]

Parameters: SQL 2008 R2, Project Server 2010 Recently at a client I was configuring SSRS integration for SharePoint integration in Central Administration.  When attempting to browse to the Report Server URL, I received the message below.  Turns out the client had not installed SharePoint on the SSRS server.  When setting up SSRS in SharePoint Integration […]

Those that attended Project Conference 2012 had the opportunity to meet Chris Crane, Director of Microsoft Project & Visio Product Marketing.  You can see an interview from the conference here: http://tinyurl.com/MPN-CCrane Thanks Dux for the great videos during the conference. -Jacques

Recently when building a SuperMicro server I ran into an issue where no bootup devices were recognized, although they were setup appropriately in the bios.  All I had to do from within the bios was reload defaults then clear NVRAM and all was better.

Plan for software boundaries (Project Server) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/d996b2b0-4190-45ed-b28e-4016228d8ed3.aspx Project Client Maximums http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/specifications-for-microsoft-project-HP010106565.aspx?pid=CH100667321033