Brooks White, Sr. PFE SharePoint
I am a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer supporting SharePoint.
Turning off Access Requests in all sites in a web app
My customer uses Jive instead of Yammer for internal social media. Jive is housed in SharePoint 2013...
Date: 08/06/2018
Lesser Used Features in the Project Desktop Client: Add object to task
This series covers the Microsoft Project 2016 and Project Online desktop client’s lesser known and...
Date: 04/26/2018
Please upvote product suggestions on UserVoice
I was reviewing UserVoice input for suggestions about CSOM accessing Project Online and Project...
Date: 04/04/2018
Providing notes to resources on their timesheets
My customer wanted to provide text notes to a resource about a task. The requirement that made this...
Date: 01/08/2018
"Due to organizational policies, you can't access these resources"
I attempted to connect to my Project Online instance today with Project 2016 using my administrator...
Date: 01/08/2018
What's new in SharePoint and Project Server 2016 links
I assembled this list of what is new/deprecated in SharePoint and Project Server 2016 for a customer...
Date: 12/07/2017
Installing Project 2016 on a workstation with Office Pro Plus 2016 C2R (click to run)
My customer will be upgrading from Project Server 2013 to Project Server 2016 (all on premises). In...
Date: 10/09/2017
HTTP or HTTPS in Office Online Server
I'm deploying a single Office Online Server for my SharePoint 2016 single server farm and using...
Date: 06/28/2017
PWA banner says “This site is read-only at the moment.”
Testing a customer's database upgrade on my internal test servers, I ran into this problem again....
Date: 06/06/2017
Migrate-SPProjectDatabase : Error encountered while migrating project data in Content database. The INSERT permission was denied on the object 'MSP_RESOURCES', database 'PWA_Content', schema 'pjpub'.
I'm running a migration test from Project Server 2013 to Project Server 2016 and ran into a problem...
Date: 05/13/2017
"Sorry, this site has not been shared with you." on PS2013 databases restored to a different domain farm.
I recently began working with a new Project Server 2013 customer and restored a copy of the...
Date: 05/11/2017
GeneralActionCanceledBecauseServerEventServiceProblem (22002) Action cancelled because of a problem with the Project Server Event Service.
Today I was working on why a customer seems to be unable to delete nodes from their RBS table in...
Date: 05/11/2017
After February 2017, no more support for Project 2013 with Project Online
***** Update Jan 26 2017 The deadline has been extended....
Date: 10/29/2016
SharePoint 2016 - Joining Farm failed. The exception is One or more types failed to load.
Problem My customer was setting up her first SharePoint 2016 server in a test farm and ran into a...
Date: 10/28/2016
Actual hours can move in a plan
I have been working on actual work hours mismatches between timesheets and project plans. Kate...
Date: 07/29/2016
What's the impact of an AD display name change on workflows?
The short answer: None that I can find and I'd like to learn about your experience in the comments...
Date: 06/02/2016
Periodic Tasks for Project Managers
Periodic Tasks for Project Managers Daily Check the queue for Failed and Blocking jobs related...
Date: 04/04/2016
Tell the Product Group what you want to see!
The Product Group wants to know how Microsoft can improve SharePoint Server, SharePoint Online,...
Date: 02/04/2016
403 error in IE when accessing the Project Online OData feed URL
This morning, I fired up my Microsoft Edge browser to connect to my demo tenant for Project Online...
Date: 12/18/2015
Time to create timesheet periods for 2016!
My customers are starting to send me questions about setting up timesheets for 2016, so here's...
Date: 11/25/2015
Where did "Close tasks to updates" go in Project Server 2013/Project Online?
In performing some troubleshooting today for Project Online, I went to "Close tasks to...
Date: 11/13/2015
Email notifications available in Project Online
Email notifications are available now in Project Online! Turn on notifications in Project Online -...
Date: 10/26/2015
SharePoint and Project Online roadmaps
I thought I had posted about this already. Go to the Office 365 Customer Success Center to see the...
Date: 09/23/2015
MPUG has a neat article about reporting in Project Server.
If you are not subscribed to receive updates from https://www.mpug.com/, I would recommend you...
Date: 08/11/2015
Real world problems upgrading to Project Server 2013
I recently helped a customer upgrade from Project Server 2010 to Project Server 2013. In the course...
Date: 07/07/2015
SPUpdatedConcurrencyException: An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action.
I frequently build and tear down PWA instances on my test servers. Today on my Project Server 2013...
Date: 04/22/2015
Act as delegate causes inability to connect with Project Pro
Lately, I have been troubleshooting quite a bit in Project Server 2013's PWA and Project Pro...
Date: 03/16/2015
No permissions to read Project Web Access Enterprise Global file.
I have been setting up my Project Server 2013 multi-server test farm for a demonstration next week...
Date: 02/26/2015
"From the Trenches" white papers about enterprise project management
Whether you're new to project management or a seasoned professional, it can be helpful to have...
Date: 02/14/2015
Disconnecting a single server from a SharePoint farm
How to remove a single SharePoint server from your server farm. Performing these steps will remove...
Date: 01/30/2015
Periodic Tasks for Project Server Administrators
Periodic Tasks for Project Server Administrators Daily Check the queue for Failed and Blocking jobs....
Date: 01/30/2015
"Reporting (Project Sync)" queue job when linking tasks to risks.
A customer pain point brought to my attention this week is related to linking tasks to risks from...
Date: 12/12/2014
MUST READ: "Project Server and Synchronizing Users to Project Sites" by Brian Smith
Brian Smith has posted a very interesting blog article about synchronizing users in Project Server...
Date: 12/04/2014
Best Practices for Project Server 2010, 2013, and Online Permissions
The cardinal rule of permissions: Keep It Simple The highest rule of permissions best practice is to...
Date: 10/27/2014
Find and Manage Updates for SharePoint 2010/2013 and Project Server 2010/2013
I've always maintained a list of my own links to updates, but I learned of these two links...
Date: 09/29/2014
Link to "SharePoint patching demystified" by Stefan Gossner
This link has been making the rounds lately and I wanted to share it. SharePoint patching...
Date: 08/26/2014
Can I make changes to the Reporting DB?
A customer asked me today if he could make changes to the Reporting database in his Project Server...
Date: 08/21/2014
Baselining Best Practices
The following MPUG article by Kenneth Steiness is a good introduction to the basics of baselining. A...
Date: 08/04/2014
Add AD group to all PWA project sites with Read Only permission using PowerShell
Until I can figure out who to cross post between the Project Server PFE Team Blog and my own blog, I...
Date: 06/26/2014
SPS Farm Report
Today, I learned about a PowerShell script that is already part of some of the diagnostic tools I...
Date: 04/02/2014
Pretty darned useful - "Merge-SPLogFile" cmdlet
My favorite ULS logging PowerShell command is described here:...
Date: 03/26/2014
Team members receive Access Denied when accessing Project Details
Problem: Team member with My Tasks set by Team Members template and the same for Global Permissions....
Date: 01/28/2014
Project Server 2010 Queue is VERY Slow
I ran into a problem with a customer late last week that I had never encountered before. That's...
Date: 01/13/2014
A feature/function comparison of Project Online and Project Server 2013
If you are wondering what the differences are between Project Online and Project Server 2013,...
Date: 12/17/2013
Your client does not support opening this list with Windows Explorer.
On my test server, while attempting to upload about ten .odc files to the Trusted Data Connection...
Date: 08/19/2013
Alerts and Reminders in Project Online
Today, I learned that Alerts and Reminders isn't available in Project (2013) Online....
Date: 08/16/2013
Project Pro and Project Server 2010 and 2013 August 2013 CU released.
The August 2013 CU for Microsoft Project and Project Server 2010 and 2013 were released today....
Date: 08/14/2013
How Percent Complete Is Calculated for Nested Summary Tasks
I ran into this problem again with a Project Server 2007 customer today. The project plan had more...
Date: 08/07/2013
Editing enterprise custom field lookup table, Error='gzip' is not a supported encoding name.
Editing an enterprise custom field lookup table, I received an unexpected error with no other...
Date: 08/06/2013
Project 2010 and Project Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Released!
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Project 2010 and Project Server 2010 has been released....
Date: 07/24/2013