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Want to learn what’s new for IT Professionals in Project 2010, check out this 11min video Jan Kalis and I recorded during TechEd Europe in Berlin two weeks ago:
Also check out this equivalent video targeted at Developers: Are you Project 2010 Developer ready?
I am happy to announce the dates and locations of the last two Project 2010 Ignite events (Are you Project 2010 Ready? - Announcing Project 2010 Technical Ignite and Sales Training) in the US in March 2010, register early since seating will be limited!
Detailed agenda and registration information can be found here.
We have had great feedback from all attendees so far in Europe, and look forward to get a lot more attendees Project 2010 Ready in the next two weeks in Mexico and Brazil (Estas listo para Project 2010? Microsoft Project 2010 Ignite en México.)!
With the release of Project 2010 Public Beta last week a few key documents were released as well that will help you better understand what’s new with Project Professional 2010 and Project Server 2010:
Project 2010 Reference: Software Development Kit
Hello, in case you did not attend the Project Conference last September 2009, all the sessions recording are now available free of charge here: http://www.microsoft.com/video
Search using terms like “Project 2010”: http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/search?phrase=project%202010
or this to find out about Project Server 2007 best practices and partner solutions for instance: http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/search?phrase=project%202007
An please remember that 2010 is available to ALL as of today: Announcing Microsoft Project 2010, Project Server 2010 Public Beta Availability
Bonjour, in case you missed it, Microsoft Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010 are all available for download as part of the 2010 Public Beta availability (alongside SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 applications): http://www.microsoft.com/project/2010
Public Beta is available for the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish
Please get the bits and test it out but read carefully the expectations from a deployment point of view, read up on TechNet about Public Beta limitations: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee662496(office.14).aspx
Important:
Upgrading from Project Server 2010 Technical Preview to Project Server 2010 Beta is not supported.
Important: The Public Beta is not supported for production use. Important:
Upgrading from the Project Server 2010 public Beta to the Project Server 2010 released version is explicitly blocked and not supported. This restriction applies to both the in-place and database-attach upgrade methods.
More information about Project 2010 can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/project/
The following white paper was published last week on TechNet: SharePoint guidance for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database administrators
Why a must read? Well in case you did not know all your data gets stored in a SQL database at the end of the day :) and typically this is the bottleneck in your farm architecture, hence it’s key to follow best practices and guidelines to ensure optimal performance, not to mention that SharePoint 2010 will require a lot more databases due to the new Service Application architecture so time to ramp up on SQL 2008 to be better prepared for SharePoint and Project Server 2010. Yes even though this article is written for SharePoint most guidance applies to Project Server 2007 since it’s a SharePoint application; refer to this white paper for Project Server specific SQL guidance: Microsoft Project Server 2007 Performance and Capacity Planning Best Practices Whitepaper
Abstract
This book is a guide for database administrators who implement or maintain Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. It provides guidelines for improving the performance of SharePoint Server solutions running on Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008.
This guide provides information about key considerations for configuring storage and SQL Server before installing SharePoint Server; the required steps in installing SharePoint Server when using DBA-created databases; backup and recovery considerations for SharePoint Server, including what can and cannot be protected by SQL Server backups; and maintaining and monitoring SQL Server databases that support a SharePoint Server implementation.
En días anteriores, les habíamos anunciado una serie de capacitaciones presenciales, técnicas y de ventas, en Microsoft Project 2010. (Are you Project 2010 Ready? - Announcing Project 2010 Technical Ignite and Sales Training).
Todavía estas a tiempo para registrarte, pero recuerda que hay un cupo limitado y los espacios se están llenado muy rápido.
No dejes pasar esta excelente y gratuita J oportunidad de capacitación donde podrás conocer las mejoras y las nuevas funcionalidades de los productos, tales como Administración de la Demanda, Administración de Portafolios, las nuevas capacidades en reportes y en el tema de actualización de avance de tareas y la nuevas ventajas por la integración con SharePoint 2010 entre algunas de las sesiones.
Son tres días de capacitación, del 1 al 3 de diciembre 2009, el evento se realizará en Microsoft México, Paseo de Tamarindos No. 400 A, Piso 22, Bosques de las Lomas, 05120 México, D.F., En el sitio del Project 2010 Ignite podrás ver más información sobre las sesiones técnicas y de ventas, como también la agenda del evento.
Esperamos verlos y que podamos compartir, adicional a las capacitaciones, un delicioso antojito mexicano y un vigorizante tequila. Regístrate ya...!!!
Si no nos puedes acompañar en México, este mismo evento se estará dando en Sao Paulo, Brasil, del 8 al 10 de diciembre, te puedes registrar en el evento que mejor se acople a tu agenda.
Lo importante es que no dejes pasar la oportunidad de recibir de capacitación que te preparará para la nueva versión del producto.
Special thanks to Omar Quesada Madrigal from EPMWorks, http://epmworks.com for helping write this :)
For non-Spanish speakers, just come over to Mexico City in December (1-3) to learn about Microsoft Project 2010!
Hello in case you have missed them the Project engineering team (yes from Redmond) has started a series of blog posts on the key new features/capabilities of Microsoft Project 2010. The series started with desktop enhancements and is now in full gear with server based enhancements. All are MUST read posts so get a cup of coffee or your favorite beverage and learn about Project 2010:
As announced we also have plenty of content on TechNet and MSDN: ANNOUNCING the launch of Project 2010 technical resource centers at TechNet and MSDN and Forums!