Perhaps one of the common customizations in Project Web Access (PWA) in Project Server 2010 would be to add a custom webpart on a Project Detail Page (PDP). This webpart will save some data into a data store such as another SQL server database, a SharePoint...

Excerpts from Christophe Fiessinger's blog post http://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2009/04/28/announcing-service-pack-2-sp2-for-microsoft-project-2007-and-microsoft-project-server-2007.aspx Normal 0 false false false...

Here is a great explanation of the local project cache. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197466.aspx (1a) User opens a project for the first time. (1b) Project is cached. (2a) User opens the project for the second time. Project...

There are 2 types of Report Viewer Web parts: 1. Web Parts which come with SQL Server Reporting Services 2. Web Parts which come with the Reporting Services Add-in for Sharepoint Although both these sets of web parts have the same names, they...

Interesting… something like the Project Server PSIs but for Portfolio Server. I was not aware of this earlier. Allows programmatic access to Portfolio Server data. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PPSSolutionConnector

Taken from Christophe Fiessenger's official communication regarding this topic: The purple one highlighted below is a good one to know – esp when you are customer facing. The yellow one is an excellent listen – it is totally hilarious ...

Taken from Christophe Fiessinger's offical communication regarding this topic: Microsoft Project Server 2007 supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (released last august). You’ll find below related links including how to configuration the Cube Building...

Cool feature you can use to compare project versions in MS Project 2007

Quick comparison b/w MOSS (Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server) Standard and Enterprise. Good to know, given the fact that WSS / MOSS is the platform for Project Server. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101978031033.aspx

Good points about OLAP issues on Brain Smith’s support web log: http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/search.aspx?q=OLAP&p=1

From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197379.aspx '...Note: Office Project Server 2007 supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008 . However , you must install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later as well as Office...

1. Project server is supported in virtualized environments http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957006 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916533 2. Project and SAP connector http://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2007/04/20/integrating-epm-2007...

The Project 2007 Project Resource Kit is a very useful set of tools. The PRK consists of the following tools: Portfolio Analyzer Views Migration: Allows an administrator to bulk edit the location of an analysis server for multiple data analysis...

This is a crisp 1 hr webcast on high availability and scalability of Project Server 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/detail/webcastdetails.aspx?seriesid=51&webcastid=5110 “In this webcast, we introduce the Microsoft Office Project...

Good information about Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server integration on Christophe Fiessinger's blog . http://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2008/10/17/project-server-and-performancepoint-server-virtual...

I stumbled upon a very interesting tool called "Innovation Process Management" (IPM). This is one of the ‘ coolest’ uses of the Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution. In brief, the EPM solution is used by an organization to create, manage and...

What is the difference between a risk and an issue? I am no project management guru, but this is an issue I am willing to take a risk on ;) A risk is something that will affect the schedule of the project (for the worse). When a project is planned...

Here's the thing: You are off making a big enterprise application that a company will use for a lot of it's work. Then, the development lead comes and tells you that you should be creating custom controls which basically wrap all the normal UI controls...

3DPro! is an app which I made for a college project. The objective of the project was to learn and play around with the basics of 3D graphics programming (it is something that always interests and fascinates me) such as the phong illumination model, specular...

Here are some take-aways from my first day attempts at WCF(Windows Communication Foundation). Note: All of it tried on WinFx Beta2 release. WinFx is now known as .NET Framework 3.0 1) The config file (app.config or web.config) for your host (app or...

This is my first ever blog on MSDN. So, let me say it in the most popular way known to computer literate man, " Hello world! ". I am quite excited about this blog and I would like to post my learnings, my '2 cents' and my experiences as I walk through...