I was asked lately how to find the great reports and dashboards that Microsoft shows in its sales demonstrations. Happily, Microsoft makes those example files available online for anyone who has Project Server 2007. The reports are based on Microsoft SQL Reporting Services which has a wide range of reporting functionality. You could, for example, create reports which are scheduled to leave the report file in a particular area and then automatically send an email…
With major ERP vendors like SAP and Oracle directing new efforts from the enterprise market to the mid-market and vendors like Microsoft directing new efforts from the end-user to the mid-market, there is bound to be some interesting competition underway. We can think of an ERP system as the unmoveable object but the wave of user support for Microsoft is not to be taken lightly. We can think of them as the unstoppable force. Both are headed to the same place. How does this affect the Enterprise Project Management market? This article tackles this subject.
Systems: Microsoft Project Microsoft has released a “December 2007 Cumulative Update notice”. The notice includes update information on Microsoft Office Project 2007, Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 and other elements of the techology “stack” on which Project and Project Server depend. You can find the details at the bottom of the Microsoft Project Update Page here on EPM Guidance. Read more…
Systems: Microsoft Project Server 2007 updates Microsoft Project Server 2007 has had a range of updates, service packs and patches. There’s not a simple list of these updates on the Microsoft web site so we’ve made a cheat sheet list for you to get to them quickly. Read more…
Here are some recently added compiled help format (CHM) files containing downloadable documentation for SharePoint, Office and Project Server. · SharePoint 2007 Technical Library in Help format · Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Technical Library in Help format · Office 2007 Resource Kit in Help format · Microsoft Project Server 2007 Technical Library in Help format After downloading the files, you may need to right click the file in Explorer, select Properties, and then Unblock the file in…
For those waiting on Project and Project Server updates, there is a new “October Cumulative Update” (fixes) available for Project and Project Server: Cumulative update packages for the 2007 Microsoft Office core suite applications and for 2007 Microsoft Office servers: October 28, 2008 KB: 958847: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958847 Description of the Project 2007 hotfix package (Project.msp): October 28, 2008KB: 958138: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958138 http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=958138 Description of the Project Server 2007 hotfix package (Pjsrvapp.msp, Pjsrvwfe.msp): October 28, 2008KB:…