Microsoft Project 2010
The official blog of the Microsoft Project product team. Learn how to manage your projects effectively.
Using Project to Create Meeting Agendas
*** Update on 4/5 - I attached the project file that I used for this blog post to help you get...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/29/2011
Next Project Conference – March 19-22, 2012
Microsoft Project Conference 2012 will be held in Phoenix, Arizona on March 19 - 22, 2012. •...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/24/2011
Project 2010 Help Content – Now Available for Download
You can now download a bunch of help content around Getting Started with Project 2010. This content...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/23/2011
New Feature Pack from Visual Studio Improves Project Management and Software Development Team Collaboration
*** Update *** June 28th, 2011 – Please note the following resources are now available: Visual...
Author: Christophe Fiessinger Date: 03/08/2011
Project 2010 Service Pack Update
Some of you may have seen the recent Office blog post from the Microsoft Office sustained...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/22/2011
CapGemini Posts Review of Project 2010
I want to take the opportunity to point you to a review of Project Server 2010 from CapGemini - a...
Author: ArpanS Date: 02/17/2011
Project Web App Help content on TechNet
The Project Web App Help content, available on Office.com, is now also available on TechNet. While...
Author: Sonia Atchison Date: 01/31/2011
Microsoft is a Leader in Enterprise IT PPM and ALM
IDC’s most recent MarketScape positions Microsoft as a leader in the Enterprise IT PPM and...
Author: ArpanS Date: 01/27/2011
Handling Changes to the Project Start Date
How often are you told that your project will start on date x and then it is moved to date y, maybe...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 01/17/2011
Help! Where’s the Help?
OK. I’ll admit it. Sometimes documentation for Project and Project Server isn’t always...
Author: Toneys Date: 01/13/2011
New Project Server 2010 content
Customer requests fueled two new documentation resources for Project Server 2010! These resources...
Author: Sonia Atchison Date: 01/12/2011
Project 2010: Creating New Views
In Project 2010, we’ve simplified the view creation process down to two steps. Step 1: Update...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 01/04/2011
Announcing Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project Server Integration Feature Pack Beta
We are excited to announce the release of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 and Project...
Author: Christophe Fiessinger Date: 12/07/2010
TechEd Europe, come meet the Project technical team in Berlin, 8-12 Nov
This year Microsoft Project 2010 will have exceptionally strong presence in the upcoming Microsoft...
Author: Doug McCutcheon at Microsoft Date: 10/29/2010
Come meet the experts online today and in person soon
Come visit the Project Momentum “virtual” booths and connect with the experts today Click here to...
Author: Doug McCutcheon at Microsoft Date: 10/28/2010
At a Glance: Roles vs. Generic Resources
Project Server 2010 supports both resource roles and generic resources. On the surface, these terms...
Author: Sonia Atchison Date: 10/27/2010
Tips and Tricks: Copy custom views, filters, tables, and other elements to other projects
After you start working with Project, if won’t be long before you get creative and start customizing...
Author: Toneys Date: 10/22/2010
Enabling Better Collaborative Project Management with Office 365 and Project Professional 2010
Today, Kurt DelBene announced Office 365, which we believe will define the future of productivity....
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/19/2010
An invitation for customers to join us in Barcelona for the Project Momentum event
An invitation for all European , Middle East and African Microsoft Project 2010 & Microsoft...
Author: Doug McCutcheon at Microsoft Date: 10/11/2010
Project 2010 Customer Success and Dynamics SL 2011 Integration
My name is Arpan Shah and I’m the Director of Microsoft Project Product Management at...
Author: ArpanS Date: 10/11/2010
Live Chat Announcement - Want to learn more about Office 2010 and Windows?
Would you like to learn more about the cool new features in Office 2010 and Windows 7 and what has...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 09/29/2010
Tips and Tricks: Change the month the fiscal year starts on
I get this question a lot: How do I change the month that the fiscal year starts on? First, to make...
Author: Toneys Date: 09/23/2010
Tips and Tricks: Add miscellaneous costs to tasks using cost resources
Cost resources provide an easy way of applying miscellaneous or multiple costs to a task, like...
Author: Toneys Date: 09/17/2010
Finding Project Server 2010 documentation
Documentation for Project Server 2010 is spread across three websites: TechNet, Office.com, and...
Author: Sonia Atchison Date: 09/15/2010
Visual Reports – Where Did My Field Go?
One of the more common questions I get around Visual Reports is “I selected a field (%...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 09/02/2010
Change the font and color of text on the Gantt chart
Many people know how to use bar styles to change the color of the bars on the right side Gantt...
Author: Toneys Date: 08/09/2010
Getting started with Project Web App
Office.com has a great set of Help content to get you started using the version of Project Web App...
Author: Sonia Atchison Date: 06/28/2010
Wrangling with the Timeline
The new Timeline in Project 2010 has become an very popular way to present Project information...
Author: Toneys Date: 06/25/2010
Tips and Tricks: Out with the old menus and in with the new ribbon
Can’t find your favorite Project 2007 menu commands on the new ribbon for Project 2010? Now you have...
Author: Toneys Date: 06/10/2010
Using Alternate Domain Accounts to Connect Project Client to Project Server
There are many reasons why you might want to connect the Project client to the server using an...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/10/2010
Introducing Inactive Tasks in Project 2010
Inactive Tasks is a powerful new feature in Microsoft Project 2010 Professional that allows you to...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/10/2010
How do you Prioritize and Select Projects?
Project wants to get feedback on how you prioritize and select items; such as projects and tasks. As...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/06/2010
Project 2010 Virtual Launch Event – May 12th
Work management solutions for individuals, teams and enterprises. Hear how Microsoft® Project 2010...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 05/06/2010
Project 2010 Availability
Project 2010 is now available through multiple channels. See these posts for more...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 05/03/2010
Assignment Units in Project 2010
If you are an experienced project manager then it’s likely that you are familiar with the Assignment...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/29/2010
Tips and Tricks: Deleting summary tasks
One nice thing about summary tasks is that changes to them get reflected (or “rolled down”) to their...
Author: Toneys Date: 04/27/2010
Project 2010 reaches RTM!!!
On Friday we reached an exciting engineering milestone – the release-to-manufacturing (RTM)...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/19/2010
Microsoft Project 2010 Resources and Content – April 2010
The virtual launch of Project 2010, Project Server 2010, Office 2010, and SharePoint 2010 is right...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/14/2010
Tips and Tricks: Clean up the Gantt bars
Sometimes the details aren’t so important. When people are assigned to tasks, their names by default...
Author: Toneys Date: 04/13/2010
How do You Report?
Project wants to know how you report. As we plan for future product improvements, we want to learn...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/07/2010
Who Doesn’t Manage Projects?
Ludovic Hauduc, the general manager of Microsoft Project, recently had the opportunity to talk about...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/06/2010
Tips and Tricks: Add a custom bar to your print legend
A popular request for printing project plans is have the legend display a custom bar that you’ve...
Author: Toneys Date: 03/30/2010
Video Walkthrough of the Out of the Box Sample Proposal Workflow
Out of the box, Project Server 2010 comes with a “Sample Workflow” which highlights many...
Author: Sam Chung [SPD] Date: 03/19/2010
Project 2010: Introducing Delegates
In Microsoft® Office® Project Server 2007, the timesheet surrogate feature exists to allow one...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/18/2010
Tips and Tricks: Mark a single task on the Calendar
In my last Tips and Tricks blog I introduced the Calendar view in Project, a very familiar and...
Author: Toneys Date: 03/16/2010
Project 2010: Project Permissions
Other Users Need Access to My Projects Consider this scenario. As a project manager you create your...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/04/2010