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Same guidance, resources and best practices as this: Announcing the release of the Microsoft Project and Project Server 2007 August Cumulative Update Check out Brian’s blog post for more information: Project Server 2007: October 2009 Cumulative Updates (CU) are Available as well as this from the SharePoint...

We are happy to the announce the release of the August 2009 Cumulative Update (August CU). Cumulative Update (CU) are scheduled every two months, so the next releases will be at the end of October, December, etc. Please note that the August CU does not contain all the fixes from Service Pack 2 (SP2)...

The following resource center is now available on MSDN: Application Lifecycle Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server Find guidance, best practices, articles, white papers, and documentation about Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for custom applications built by using Microsoft Office...

Last November Microsoft Ramp Up Program: Just Launched SharePoint for Developers Track Part1, Part 2 has just been launched! It’s a great opportunity to learn about SharePoint development free of charge! Since Project Server is a SharePoint application I highly recommend learning the fundamentals using...

It works! I downloaded the ISO from MSDN and followed the instructions to deploy SharePoint Server 2007 and Project Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008, and it works like a charm on R2 (notice the Windows 7 similar toolbar at the bottom with the big PowerShell icon)! What’s new with Windows Server 2008...

Please find below a list of EPM 2007 webcast in the coming months as well as on-demand webcasts (recorded in the past 4 months) . These webcast are primarily targeted to IT Professionals and will present in details key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy, and operate Project Server 2007...

<Update June 2010> As a reminder as mentioned in this MSDN article: SharePoint Database Access “ process for acquiring that data should be through the built-in SharePoint object model, and not by using any type of query to the database.” hence a much more elegant and supported solution to address...

Yet another cool tool from CodePlex: SPWakeUp - Wake up your Sharepoint and WSS Sites written by Andrew Kennel . A great tool to warm up and optimize your demo performance as well as your favorite SharePoint farm. A simple application that touches each site and site collection on a Sharepoint or WSS...

David Kitchen , Louise Brigthon and Calvin So from PCubed have recently released the following CodePlex project: ShUIE (SharePoint User Interface Extender) : ShUIE is an addition to Microsoft SharePoint that allows a developer to inject JavaScript and CSS fragments depending on the context of the page...

The December Cumulative Update was released on December 16th. The next Cumulative Update (CU) is scheduled for the end of February, then Service Pack 2 will be available between February and April and it will include the February CU. From this point forward each Cumulative Update will consist of a package...

The following article Best Practices for capacity management was recently published on the SharePoint Server TechCenter . Some highlights that are also applicable to the Project Server world are: Capacity planning should be revisited repeatedly in all phases of a project as assumptions become more concrete...

We announced today the launch of our Online Services for Exchange and SharePoint, check out the official press release here: Exchange Online and SharePoint Online Out of Beta and Ready for Purchase SharePoint Online Services: http://www.microsoft.com/online/sharepoint-online.mspx

Last week the URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7 was released, this could be useful for your Project Server and SharePoint Server deployment: URL Rewriter for IIS 7.0 enables Web administrators to create powerful rules to implement URLs that are easier for users to remember and easier for search engines to...

Just launched today: Security Resource Center for SharePoint Products and Technologies This page provides IT pros with security resources for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 .

This is a great assets for all SharePoint and Project Server developers: http://microsoft.com/spg Overview This guidance helps architects and developers build SharePoint intranet applications. A reference implementation (RI) demonstrates solutions to common architectural, development and lifecycle management...

The Ramp Up program ( www.MyRampUp.com ) has just launched a brand-new learning track: SharePoint for Developers, Part I today. This includes: Level 1: Web Parts Level 2: Data Lists Level 3: Event Handlers Level 4: Workflow Level 5: Silverlight Web Parts Ramp Up is a free, online, community-based program...

It’s amazing to see how the CodePlex community has taken off during the past year. There are valuable tools and code samples being posted by products experts everyday. Please find below the latest nuggets I found that are applicable to your Project Server/SharePoint Server deployments: Performance Analysis...

The Microsoft Office team has changed the way that it delivers hot fixes for reported problems by moving away from the current priority-driven hot fix release model to a scheduled delivery model. This change comes in the form of cumulative updates and critical on-demand (COD) hotfixes. The objective...

Starting October 1 st , 2008, Michael Jordan (Lead Architect – MCS EPM Global Practice | WW COE for EPM) will present a series of Project Server 2007 webcast on TechNet targeted at IT Professionals . These 60 minutes webcasts will present in details key aspects to consider when you evaluate, plan, deploy...

If you’d like to integrate SharePoint with SAP check the following site: http://www.microsoft.com/isv/sap/technology/interop/sharepoint.aspx of particular interest: Interoperability between SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft SharePoint Technologies For other related resources about the Microsoft products...

A partner recently asked me the following question: Is there a recommended limit on how many workspaces can be created at one level? First please refer to the following SharePoint documentation on TechNet : Plan for software boundaries (Windows SharePoint Services) Site object Guidelines for acceptable...

A new TechCenter on TechNet focused: resources to help you with performance and capacity planning for your SharePoint Server deployment—map your solution design to a farm size and set of hardware that supports your business goals. Organized By: Planning Recommendations Estimate performance based on test...

Bonjour, two key documents has been published on TechNet last week: Plan for using Project Server 2007 in a Hyper-V virtual environment and see this post for more Hyper-V info Project Server Hyper-V Virtualization Support and Licensing This article provides preliminary guidance for using Microsoft Office...

Please find an important announcement from the SharePoint team that impact the Project Server 2007 world as well: Update on Licensing and Virtualization Support for SharePoint Products and Technologies Project Server 2007 Service Pack and later is now officially supported on Windows 2008 Hyper...

Today we released the source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint—based on the Silverlight Beta 2 release. The Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint provide a way for developers to better understand how to integrate Silverlight applications with SharePoint. Silverlight is an incredibly...