Virtual Server and Virtual PC SP1 Update Available
May 16, 2008
With the newly released operating systems updates it now support Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista SP1 Windows XP SP3 Virtual Server 2005 Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a79bcf9b-59f7-480b-a4b8-fb56f42e3348&displaylang=en... Read more...
Screen Capture Software
May 16, 2008
In case you are wondering what tool I use to make screen captures everyday for documentation/blog posts/emails, here it is (thanks to Jean): ScreenHunter 5.0 Free As it’s name implies, it’s free! In one click (F6) I capture and save images of any... Read more...
How to Rename Projects After a Project Server 2007 Migration
May 15, 2008
You have probably noticed after a Project Server 2003 to a Project Server 2007 migration that all the project name have the string “_Published” appended at the end (check Migration guide for Office Project Server 2007). Mike Shughrue has written a... Read more...
To Infinity and Beyond, Microsoft WorldWide Telescope
May 13, 2008
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration... Read more...
Leveraging the published Project Server Reporting Database Schema
May 9, 2008
A key success to a Project Server deployment are meaningful reports and dashboards for everyone in the organization. Even though PS comes with standard reports; in order to meet your exact business needs you might have to create custom reports using products... Read more...
How to deploy the Timesheet Compliance Report
May 7, 2008
I recently posted a series of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports that are used in our newly updated EPM demo VPC: New SQL Reporting Services Sample Reports for Project Server. Since a few people asked for a step by step guide to use these reports... Read more...
Project Content Recently Published
May 2, 2008
Please find below a recap of all content released by the Project User Assistance group during the past two months, happy reading/watching and keep deploying the EPM stack! Office Online content: The PWA Role Guides These role guides present broad overviews... Read more...
I love my Hyper-V!
May 2, 2008
Recently reformatted my desktop to Windows 2008 Enterprise 64-bit (use to run Vista 32-bit) and activated Hyper-V RC. I have tested two of my favorite EPM VPC (Core EPM 2007 demo VPC and my Development VPC) and so far it just rocks. Such an improvement... Read more...
PerformancePoint Server Virtual Labs
May 1, 2008
As mentioned in the past PerformancePoint Server 2007 is RTM!, PerformancePoint Server (PPS) could be of great value to EPM deployments. To ramp up on PPS and actually practice in a live environment check the following TechNet hands on labs (free of charge!):... Read more...
Install Project Server 2007 in Windows Server 2008
May 1, 2008
This article discusses the requirements and steps for installing Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 in a stand-alone Windows Server 2008 environment. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc531331.aspx If you are looking for reasons why you should... Read more...