Brooks White, Sr. PFE SharePoint

I am a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer supporting SharePoint.

"Responding to government legal demands for customer data" by Brad Smith, General Counsel &...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 07/17/2013

Office 15-Minute webinar was dedicated to Project (2013)!

July 18th, 2013's Office 15-Minute webinar was dedicated to Project! If you missed it, links are...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 06/24/2013

Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 April 2013 CU Announcement -...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 04/12/2013

SharePoint Config Wizard fails with "SPUpgradeException: One or more types failed to load."

These things don't appear connected, but I was unable to run the SharePoint Products and...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 04/05/2013

Error editing resources in PWA > Server Settings > Manage Users

I've seen a few of these problems lately where a user clicks on a link in PWA that should open a...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 02/27/2013

Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 February 2013 CU Announcement

Microsoft Project Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 February 2013 CU Announcement here...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 02/18/2013

Where to find Project Server documentation online...

While I do receive a lot of requests for specific information and links from customers, I thought it...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 02/01/2013

Project Server 2013 Reporting Database Schema and OLAP Reference

I learned today that there is a Project Server 2013 reporting database schema tool that can be...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 01/31/2013

Dec 2012 CUs

As part of my role as a dedicated support engineer, I proactively perform upgrade tests on customer...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 01/30/2013

How to have resources self assign tasks assigned to a team assignment pool resource.

I have a customer who wanted to be able to assign project plan tasks to a team resource, then have...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 01/25/2013

Disk Cleanup in Windows 2008 R2

Today, I learned that if you want to run Disk Clean up in Windows 2008 R2, you have to actually...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/20/2012

The New Microsoft Project reaches RTM!

Very exciting new!...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 10/12/2012

When your Project Server queue slows down.

I have a customer who has been fighting with slow/stopped queue processing every time they ran AD...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 09/25/2012

Moving Customized Project Workspace Templates Between Instances

Until recently, because I had never actually tried it, I thought that moving customized project...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 09/05/2012

Configuring Excel Service Application for Business Intelligence Center in PWA

My teammate went on vacation and asked me to demonstrate reporting using the Excel Service...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 08/09/2012

TFS Server Integration with Project Server 2010

Useful links Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 and Microsoft Project Server Integration Feature...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 07/26/2012

Microsoft Project Server and Sharepoint Server 2007 and 2010 June 2012 CU Announcement

Links to the Project Admin Blog and Brian Smith's blog concerning the release of the June 2012 CU....

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 07/03/2012

"How Toy Story 2 Nearly Vanished" or "TEST your backups, people!"

Here's a link to a video short created by Pixar on how they lost almost all of Toy Story 2 and...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 06/28/2012

What has been fixed in a CU?

A user contacted me via email the other day with a simple question - "Where can I get all the KB...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 06/25/2012

April 2012 Cumulative Updates Released

Wow, am I behind the times! Here's the link.

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 05/22/2012

Options for maintaining archival/historical Project Server 2007 data

I have a customer who will be installing and configuring Project Server 2010 this summer. The...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 05/09/2012

Project Server and Client February CUs have been released!

The February 2012 CUs have been released and you can see the announcement here on the Project...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 03/13/2012

How to Use a Default Counter Template to Capture perfmon Data

How to Use a Default Counter Template to Capture perfmon Data. Go to Start > Run and type...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 03/13/2012

Register for the Feb 2011 CU Webcast for Project Server!

TechNetWebcast: Information about Microsoft Project and Project Server February 2012Software Update...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 03/06/2012

How to filter a resource assignment view in PWA based on a Project level custom field in Project Pro

How to Filter Resource Assignments in PWA by a Project Level Enterprise Custom Field Value in...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 02/27/2012

Case studies of using Project, Portfolio, Team Foundation Server, and Project Server at Microsoft.

Interesting case studies of using Project, Portfolio, Team Foundation Server, and Project Server at...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 02/22/2012

Auto Accept of Task Updates by Status Manager with Rule

A customer called me complaining that the Status Manager on several tasks in a project was not...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 01/30/2012

I am periodically asked how I became a PFE at Microsoft. The process is rigorous and you do need to...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 01/18/2012

Remember: December 2011 CU information webcast on Jan. 10th, 2012.

Remember - The Microsoft Project and Project Server December 2011 Software Update web cast is...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 01/05/2012

Changing the Days to Weeks for Entering Actuals in My Tasks

A Project Server 2007 customer called me this morning to ask how to change the My Tasks view to show...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/21/2011

How to Access All Available Commands in Project 2010

Every now and then, I find myself hunting for a command in Project 2010. Because of the Ribbon,...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/15/2011

Backward Compatibility Mode in Project Server 2010 After Upgrade

If you are testing Project Server 2010 by upgrading your Project Server 2007 databases in a test...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/15/2011

Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint Server 2007 and 2010 December 2011 CU Announcement

As announced on the Project Server Admin blog: Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint Server 2007...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/14/2011

How to Create Custom Views in Project Professional 2007 and 2010

How to Create Custom Views in Project Professional 2007 and 2010 Custom views are an extremely...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/13/2011

Webcast for Project and Project Server 2007 and 2010 cumulative updates for December 2011

I just read on Brian Smith's Blog that the webcast for the December 2011 CU has been scheduled. Mark...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/08/2011

Quick Demo: How calendars work in Project Professional

A customer told me that "the calendars don't work right" in Project Professional 2007, so I created...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/08/2011

SharePoint Server 2010 Update Testing Procedure

SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack and Cumulative Update Testing Process Contents Disclaimer 3 1....

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/08/2011

How to quiesce a SharePoint 2010 farm.

There is no longer an option in the SharePoint 2010 Central Administration page to "quiesce farm" as...

Author: Brooks White - Sr. PFE SharePoint Date: 12/02/2011

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