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Saturday, May 30, 2009 5:42 PM

Windows 2008 Server Replication and SharePoint Server

Reading this recent TechNet article: Configure disaster recovery across SharePoint farms by using SQL Server log shipping I saw this graph: It’s another great reason to upgrade your SharePoint/Project Server farm to Windows 2008, the improvements in Distributed
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:34 PM

Microsoft Project Server 2003 Mainstream Support Ended on April 14 2009

As a reminder, Microsoft Project Server 2003 Mainstream Support Retired on April 14, 2009 , as show on our Microsoft Product Lifecycle site. This means that Microsoft Project 2003 and Microsoft Project Server 2003 customers should purchase Extended Support
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:40 AM

Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

Just got released yesterday, time to upgrade your Project Server farm running on Windows 2008 as well as your home computers if you are not running Windows 7 yet :) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/dd262148.aspx Service Pack 2 (SP2) for
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:09 AM

Enterprise Project Management and Social Networking: To Tweet or not to Tweet?

It has been interesting to track the latest Project Management buzz about Twitter during the past few weeks; Tony Zink definitely raised the Project Server bar with this post today: Use Twitter to Track Tasks and Time in Project Server 2007 . Please find
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:31 AM

TechNet Webcast: Communication between Project Professional and Project Server - Active Cache processes and Architecture drill down

Chris Boyd and Jan Kalis will be delivering the following webcast this Thursday ( May 28 @ 9:30 Pacific Time ): This webcast will uncover processes and key messaging between Microsoft Office Project Professional and Microsoft Office Project Server. From
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Friday, May 22, 2009 10:38 PM

Microsoft Project EVM- Application exporting to UN/CEFACT Standards CodePlex solution

Announcing the release of a Microsoft Project 2007 application co-developed with QuantumPM that is supporting the UN (United Nations)/CEFACT standard , a worldwide standard for cost and schedule project information. The Microsoft Project UN/CEFACT Export
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Friday, May 22, 2009 7:11 AM

Important Information on Project Server and SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Following the recent Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) release for Project Server 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007 please note the following issue recently published by the SharePoint team that impacts Project Server deployments
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:51 PM

Latest Microsoft Project Conference 2009 Update

The Microsoft Project Conference 2009 site has just been updated with the following information: There will not be any conference ( FAQ page) in Europe or Asia: There won’t be another worldwide Project Conference elsewhere or during the next year so we
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 7:09 PM

Latest Microsoft Project Case Studies

Last march I did this post: Looking for Microsoft Project Server/EPM Case Studies? , and since the Microsoft Case Studies site was update plus another great case study got published Shire Pharmaceuticals . To see the latest Enterprise Project Management
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:10 AM

My Favorite Microsoft Project RSS Feeds

Please find attached my favorite list (OPML file) of related Microsoft Project RSS feeds. It’s a great way to stay up to date on what’s happening in the Enterprise Project Management world. For instance all the RSS under Microsoft Content contains updates
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Attachment(s): Microsoft Project OPML_051909.opml
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:38 AM

Project Server 2007 Performance Testing White Paper and Performance Lab Kit

I am pleased to announce the release of two key assets to assist customers with Microsoft Project Server 2007 capacity planning: a white paper and a Visual Studio performance lab kit. This effort was led by Antonio Gazzeri, Lead EPM EMEA Architect from
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Friday, May 15, 2009 8:52 PM

Latest Project Server and SharePoint Server deployment guidance

I am pleased to announce the release of a white paper written by Boris Bazant from Microsoft Consulting Services entitled: EPM and Office SharePoint Server 2007 Coexistence: Intranet Scenario . This whitepaper outlines the recommended setup and configuration
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:30 PM

Project 2007 Service Pack 2 recorded webcast and deck are now available on EPMConnect

The Project 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) recorded webcast delivered on April 30 and deck are now available on EPMConnect . The following topics were discussed during the webcast: Project 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) overview (desktop and server) Project 2007
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:13 PM

SQL Server 2008 R2

Announced today at TechEd: SQL Server 2008 R2 , will be a great enhancement to Project Server deployment from a reporting perspective, why? Check the following preliminary resources (more info here: R2 Benefits by Workload ): Self Service Analysis with
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:06 PM

Let’s try Twitter :)

I had a Twitter account for almost a year but never used it, Doug McCutcheon reminded me I should join the trend, so let’s give it a try and see it’s potential value! Follow me at cfiessinger . I still think blogging is a lot more useful to the EPM community
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Monday, May 11, 2009 8:44 PM

Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview

Announced at TechEd this morning; Office 2010 Technical Preview for Word 2010, Excel 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010, OneNote 2010, Communicator 2010, Access 2010, InfoPath 2010 and Publisher 2010:
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Monday, May 11, 2009 6:50 PM

Announcing Project Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements

Following this SharePoint 2010 announcement today: Announcing SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements please note the following requirements for Project Server 2010 Project Server 2010 will be 64-bit only Project Server 2010 will require
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Friday, May 08, 2009 2:59 AM

Announcing the release of the April Cumulative Update for Project and Project Server 2007

We are happy to the announce the release of the April Cumulative Update (April CU) . Cumulative Update (CU) are scheduled every two months, so the next releases will be at the end of June, August, October, December, etc... Please note that the April CU
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