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Free Download: UPDATED Quick Reference Card Pack for Microsoft Project 2010

Posted on by Michael Samadi

For your downloading pleasure, we have added two more Microsoft Project 2010 quick reference cards to the pack — bringing the total up to SEVEN (7) pages — to help you learn the MS Project interface, keyboard shortcuts, Ribbon menus,  the resource assignment variables, and Task Types… nicely packaged in a downloadable Microsoft Project 2010 Quick Read more about Free Download: UPDATED Quick Reference Card Pack for Microsoft Project 2010[…]

Setting a Deadline in Microsoft Project

Posted on by Debbie Perez

Whilst training users how to use Microsoft Project I am forever explaining to people what constraints will do to their schedule should they be applied in a liberal fashion. Students try to fight me believing that they really need to constrain the finish dates of a tasks to finish on a certain day. I then Read more about Setting a Deadline in Microsoft Project[…]

Sync to Reporting Database Fails

Posted on by Karam Mohammed

After publishing a Project on Project server 2010, you go to see the status of the queue, you find that the job for ‘Sync to Reporting’ fails. An easy way to catch this is when you run a report that is pulling data from a Projects that fails to sync with the reporting database, you Read more about Sync to Reporting Database Fails[…]

SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach–Follow Up

Posted on by Nichole Zimmerman

Yesterday, I attended SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach. It was the 5th year anniversary of the event (and the birth place of SharePoint Saturday) and was an awesome experience. Got to meet and interact with several SharePoint gurus and exchange ideas. A healthy and productive day mentally, I would say. I was also lucky enough to Read more about SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach–Follow Up[…]

Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach #SPSVB #ProjectServer2013

Posted on by Parthiv Bhuta

I am happy to announce that I have been accepted to speak at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach on a session titled “SharePoint Project Lifecycle Governance using Project Server 2013” on January 5, 2013. It’s an awesome way to kick-off the new year and I am very excited about it. This session demonstrates how SharePoint and Read more about Speaking at SharePoint Saturday Virginia Beach #SPSVB #ProjectServer2013[…]

Workflow Visualization # Project Server 2010–Part 2

Posted on by Karam Mohammed

Continuing on from Part 1 of this blog post, our next step is to add the SSRS Report we generated to the Workflow Status page. Adding the SSRS Report to Workflow Status Page If you did not already, create a Project Detail Page (PDP), and set the type of the PDP as Workflow Status For Read more about Workflow Visualization # Project Server 2010–Part 2[…]

%Complete Vs %Work Complete

Posted on by Parthiv Bhuta

“So what is the difference between % Complete and % Work Complete ?” Or “Why does Microsoft project have two different fields to track progress?”. These are some of the most common questions asked by a new Microsoft Project user. Well, I am hoping to answer these questions through this blog. Before I can start, Read more about %Complete Vs %Work Complete[…]

Project Server 2010-Approval Center-Status Update History-Blank Actual Work Column

Posted on by Michael Samadi

Wow! That’s a long title! Well, I could not find a simpler phrase, sorry! Anyway, for those of you who have not read their RSS feeds yet, the October 2010 Cumulative Update for Project Server has been released. More information here. However, one of the updates caught my eye, as I remember one of my Read more about Project Server 2010-Approval Center-Status Update History-Blank Actual Work Column[…]