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November 2007 - Posts

Sharepoint Logging Spy on CodePlex

New useful tool released on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/sharepointloggingspy , it's a SharePoint utility that allows real time diagnostics of your SharePoint farm which I'm sure include and Project Server deployment! Please note it's still a beta Read More...
Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 9:32 PM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

Preview into WSS 3.0 SP1 and SharePoint Server Service Pack 1

It's all here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/11/29/preview-into-wss-3-0-sp1-and-sharepoint-server-2007-sp1.aspx More later on Project Server/Portfolio Server/Project Professional and Standard 2007... Read More...
Posted Friday, November 30, 2007 8:59 PM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

EPM 2007 Test Data Population Tool released to CodePlex

The EPM 2007 Test Data Population Tool solution starter was published on CodePlex today: http://www.codeplex.com/EPMDatapop The EPM 2007 Test Data Population Tool enables you to load large amounts of EPM data: resources, projects, tasks, assignments into Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:26 AM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

EPM Connect Version 2.0 is Live!

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new version of EPMConnect: www.EPMConnect.com EPMConnect puts the resources of hundreds of Microsoft Enterprise Project Management partners at your fingertips, enabling you to quickly locate the right solutions Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 12:30 AM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework are here!

On Monday, Nov. 19 , Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released to manufacturing (RTM). With more than 250 new features,Visual Studio 2008 includes significant enhancements in every edition, including Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:11 AM by chrisfie | 0 Comments
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WinDirStat

Do you ever run out of disk space and wonder where to start the cleanup? WinDirStat is a great tool (under a General Public License) that helps you view and cleanup files. For instance, below in blue you can admire the size of my 22GB EPM 2007 VPC :) Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:10 PM by chrisfie | 0 Comments
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Timesheeting and Statusing Data Flow Diagram

Please find attached a Visio 2007 diagram that shows the standard data flow for time tracking and reporting progress in EPM 2007. Might be useful if you are doing customization using the Tied-Mode solution starter released last week on CodePlex . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:03 PM by chrisfie | 1 Comments
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Attachment(s): EPM 2007 Timesheeting & Statusing - Data Flow.vsd

Timesheet & My Tasks Solution Starter On CodePlex

Due to popular request we have published today an EPM 2007 solution starter that introduces Tied Mode between Timesheet & My Tasks on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/EPMTSST Project Server 2007 provides for full separation between the project-focused Read More...
Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 2:04 AM by chrisfie | 3 Comments

Upgrading an EPM database server

Are you considering upgrading your EPM database server to improve performance (more CPU, more RAM, and 64-bit version )? If so, below the steps required thanks to Michael Epprecht: Create a friendly DNS alias for each SQL Server with a short Time To Live Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:36 PM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

Tool to help you deploy/remove custom event handlers

Mike Shughrue from MCS' EPM Worldwide Center of Excellence (COE) has written an extremely useful tool that helps you manage (remove and add) your custom event handler to a specific PWA instance. This tool uses reflection on your custom dll and the standard Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:41 AM by chrisfie | 2 Comments
Attachment(s): PSIEventLogger.zip

Upgrading SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Customizations to SharePoint Server 2007

FYI two articles just got published on that subject: Part 1 Part 2 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:55 PM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

Sample Code to Create/Update/Submit/Approve Timesheets

Following my presentation last week at the Project Conference on Timesheet and Statusing API, please find attached some sample code that demonstrate how to create, update, submit and approve Timesheets programmatically in EPM2007 leveraging the standard Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:50 AM by chrisfie | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): Timesheet.txt

Trial Versions Available on TechNet

FYI trial versions of Project Professional 2007 , Project Server 2007 , and Project Portfolio Server 2007 are available on TechNet (this includes localized versions). Trials are valid for 180 day. Read More...
Posted Sunday, November 04, 2007 2:59 AM by chrisfie | 0 Comments

Managing timesheets in Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

FYI documentation on this subject was published this week on TechNet : Using the My Timesheets page Using timesheets with the Project 2007 add-in for Outlook Approving administrative time Approving timesheets Read More...
Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 6:35 PM by chrisfie | 0 Comments
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