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Friday, April 25, 2008 8:49 AM

Microsoft Launches WorldWide Simulated Robotics Competition

Un-related to EPM :) but very cool : http://www.robochamps.com Today Microsoft unveils RoboChamps ( www.robochamps.com ), a simulated robotics league that is open to academics, hobbyists and developers from around the world, that demonstrates the power
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:54 PM

Project Server Load Balancing Using F5

Ryan Korock from F5 has shared the following suggestions when discussing load balancing for Project Server: Load Balancing Method - Because of the nature of HTTP, any of the load balancing methods will work fairly well (this is not always true for other
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:59 PM

Active Directory/AD Resource Synch Utility on CodePlex

Another great tool from Mike Shughrue has been published on CodePlex: http://www.codeplex.com/PS2007ADResSync From the documentation contained in the utility (zip file): Overview The out of the box active directory sync for Project Server 2007 only moves
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Monday, April 21, 2008 11:00 PM

Tools available to test Project and Project Server 2007

Please find below an inventory of tools that can be used to perform the following tests: Capacity Planning & Scalability Tests & Performance Tests Testing & stress testing customizations (event handlers, COM add-in …) Do not use these tools
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:30 AM

Must-read Newly published SharePoint White Papers

On a weekly basis I always check this two great source of information on TechNet (ideally I’d love to be able to have an RSS subscription to these pages): Newly published content for Office SharePoint Server 2007 Newly published content for Office Project
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:52 PM

Deploying a Custom Event Handler Has Never Been Easier!

Last week I announced the release of a new solution starter on CodePlex: Persist SQL Server Analysis Services Roles settings Solution Starter on CodePlex , one of the great hidden treasure of that code sample is an automatic installer that deploys the
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 6:12 PM

New Excel Services Sample Reports for Project Server

Following this post ( New SQL Reporting Services Sample Reports for Project Server ), please find below the list of Excel Services (samples attached) reports included in the newly released demo VPC. If you want to learn more about Excel Services (requires
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Attachment(s): EPM2007 VPC v2- Excel Reports.zip
Friday, April 11, 2008 11:55 PM

Don’t forget to dispose your SharePoint Objects!

A week ago I pointed to a sample piece of code to retrieve Project Server Settings , today I came across this excellent post from Roger Lamb: SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 Dispose Patterns by Example . If you are using SharePoint objects don’t forget to
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Friday, April 11, 2008 7:04 PM

Description of the Project Server 2007 hotfix package: April 3, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;950816 As mentioned before the best way to stay up to date with hotfix/KB articles and be proactive, is to subscribe to the following RSS feeds: Project Server 2007 Project 2007 (desktop) Project
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:47 PM

Persist SQL Server Analysis Services Roles settings Solution Starter on CodePlex

A new solution starter that demonstrates how to persist SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Roles settings in the Project Server OLAP database was released today on CodePlex . For instance you might require to create specific Roles in your OLAP database
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:15 PM

New SQL Reporting Services Sample Reports for Project Server

(August 20, 2009 update, check out this Second Report Pack for Project Server 2007 ) We have released last week an updated version of our EPM 2007 demo VPC. Please find below the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports used in that VPC. All these
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Attachment(s): EPM2007 VPC V2- SSRS Reports.zip
Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:04 PM

SharePoint Learning Resources

Learn more about Office SharePoint Server 2007 and related technologies to take advantage of the full enterprise capabilities. This site includes highlighted learning resources for developers and IT professionals. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/readiness/pages/search.asp
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Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:33 PM

Geographic Separation of SharePoint Farm Components

An must read blog post from Mike Watson: More Clarification Needed? Geographic Separation of SharePoint Farm Components.
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:31 PM

Retrieving Project Server Settings via Code

Excellent post from Martin Winzig (thanks Chris Boyd for blogging it) : http://projectserver.cz/cms/index.php?itemid=35 Basically this code sample will retrieve the Shared Service Provider’s name (using reflection) as well as each of the four Project
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 4:05 PM

Available roles for Project Web Access

FYI, they are now available (similar to EPM 2003) here: Learn about available roles for Project Web Access Depending on your role in your organization and what security permissions are assigned to you, you will have access to different features of Microsoft
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