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Infrastructure Update and Cost Resource Behavior
Hello, this is David Ducolon. You may have noticed that we have just released the post-SP1...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/21/2008
New Help Content - June/July
Check out the new help content that has come out over the past month. Office Online Content and Demo...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 07/18/2008
Announcing the Infrastructure Update for Office Servers
On July 15th, 2008 Microsoft announced the availability of the Infrastructure Update for Office...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 07/15/2008
Office Online Gadgets
Just when you thought Windows Live couldn't get any livelier, Microsoft now offers a Web gadget for...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 07/08/2008
Back to Basics: Understanding summary tasks and subtasks
When you sit down to think through a project plan, it often makes sense to group the project into...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 07/01/2008
Back to Basics: Working with task date constraints
Microsoft Office Project uses constraints to build a project's schedule. That is, each task has a...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/16/2008
New Help Content - May/June
Check out the following help content that has come out over the past month.Demo Videos Watch this:...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/12/2008
Project Server TechNet - New Column "From the Trenches"
Deployment issues? We have a new series on TechNet that may be able to help you out. We will have a...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/11/2008
Project's on Facebook
Make no mistake about it-project management is rough. Sometimes rough enough to overwhelm the...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 06/03/2008
RACI charts and Project
RACI charts are a convenient tool in the initial planning process for a project, helping to identify...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 05/30/2008
New Deployment templates are posted
If you want to install Office 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007, or Office Project Server 2007, we...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 05/28/2008
Timesheet Classifications
You can use classifications on timesheets to categorize the work being performed in your...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 05/19/2008
New Help Content - April
Check out the following new help content that was come out over the past month. Office Online...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 05/02/2008
Project Fields and Their Descriptions
Modifying your Project views just got a little easier. Deciding on what field (column) to add is...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/28/2008
Values randomly appearing on your timesheet?
Picture this: you create a new timesheet in Project Web Access, and rather than seeing a blank...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/22/2008
Randomly Checked Out Projects
Here's a puzzler for you-a team member who does not have Microsoft Office Project 2007 installed on...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 04/11/2008
Project Server and Project Portfolio Server Sessions at TechEd 2008
TechED 2008 - Developers and TechEd 2008 - IT Professionals are two months away! Please find below...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/28/2008
Understanding the Queue - Getting Queued State
If the projects you are trying to check in or publish appear to be stuck, something may be blocking...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/27/2008
What tasks did I change again?
Have you ever been in a team meeting, made a bunch of updates to your project plan, and then wanted...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 03/20/2008
Project Server 2007 My Schedule View
Are there times where you wish you could just see all of your time commitments in a calendar...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 02/25/2008
Roles for Project Web Access
You might know what hat you wear in your organization, but do you know your role-that is, when it...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 02/22/2008
Project Portfolio Server 2007 SP1 is here
The Project Portfolio Server 2007 SP1 is now available:...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 02/18/2008
Join the MPA community today
Join the official association for Microsoft 2007 Office Project today! MPA® gives users a vibrant,...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 01/28/2008
Project 2007 Project Resource Kit
Hi everyone, Phil Smail from the Project Product Group here. Just wanted to announce the news that I...
Author: Pheeel Date: 01/25/2008
New to Project? Try the Project Management Quick Reference Guide
It can sometimes be a challenge for new users to find their way through Microsoft Project on their...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 01/18/2008
Why does the Quick Launch only appear on certain pages?
Hi guys, this is Phil Smail, one of the Program Managers for Project. I mainly work on Project...
Author: Pheeel Date: 01/10/2008
The Many Gantt Chart Views
Did you know that Project ships 8 Gantt chart views? I thought I'd take today to go into what each...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 01/09/2008
My Tasks Page and Colored Lines
You launch the My Tasks page in Project Server 2007 and you see these colored lines next to your...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 12/21/2007
Happy Holidays from the Project team!
As I am leaving for vacation, this will be the last post until next year. To end the year on the...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 12/14/2007
December Project SDK Update
The December update of the Project 2007 SDK download and the MSDN online release are now live. This...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 12/12/2007
Project 2007 SP1 is here!
I am excited to announce that Project 2007 SP1 has been released.Links to downloads: Client Download...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 12/11/2007
Display the Project Summary Task by Default
We've heard requests from some users that they want the Project Summary Task to be on by default....
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 12/06/2007
Group By, It's Great!
We have something called SQM data that tells us how many clicks each feature in Project gets and in...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 11/30/2007
Help with Help
It can sometimes be a bit challenging to find just the right spot among Microsoft's many web sites...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 11/26/2007
2008 Microsoft Office Developer Conference
The 2008 Office Developer Conference promises to be a ground-breaking event as it's the first time...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 11/19/2007
We're Back (and with instructions on creating a Burndown Report)!
Hi, I'm Heather O'Cull, another program manager on the Project team. In case you're wondering what...
Author: Heather [msft] Date: 11/14/2007
Blog Hiatus
Yes, we are going on blog hiatus for the season. The Spec Writing season, that is. We are hard at...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 09/27/2007
Read our content in other languages.
I've added a link to the new Windows Live Translator service that was rolled out this week. The link...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 09/13/2007
Visual Project Planning and Reporting
In case you weren't aware of this, you can use the WBS Modeler tool to visually model and plan your...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 09/13/2007
New Add-In for Project 2007 - Import tasks from Excel
From Jim Corbin. The technical article Importing Project 2007 Tasks from Excel Using a Managed Code...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 08/29/2007
Report Pack - Update to the Timesheet Audit Report query
It appears part of the where clause is missing on the published Timesheet Audit report. The result...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 08/09/2007
You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers
We've had a number of good questions come in. I thought it would be helpful to share these and the...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 08/07/2007
Using a Consolidated Project for What-If Analysis
This post is based on a technique presented in an Ed Hanna e-mail and is augmented with items that...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 07/31/2007
New Connector Released
Today, Microsoft officially released a new connector between Visual Studio Team Systems and Project...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 06/11/2007
Project 2007 Conference Sessions are now available!
The session list for the Project 2007 Conference has been posted to the...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 06/07/2007
HOW TO: Setting Up RBS Security for Vendor Resources
This post comes to us from Phil Smail, our Project Server Security Program Manager. He understands...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 05/25/2007
SDK Updates
Jim Corbin informs us that the Project Server 2007: Getting Started with a New Platform for...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 05/21/2007
HOWTO: Deploy Project Web Access 2007 ActiveX controls via SMS
One of our support engineers, Anil Kumar, created the following instructions for using SMS to...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 05/02/2007
Downloadable Books Now Available
The downloadable books that correspond to content in the technical libraries on the Web have been...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 03/21/2007
Project Server Live.com Collection
This Project Server centric Live.com collection is being released as a way to keep you connected...
Author: Treb Gatte, Project MVP, MBA, MCP, MCTS Date: 03/08/2007