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Project ServerProject Server is a valuable tool for those interested in enterprise project management and team collaboration. However, it is not a simple tool, especially for those who are new to Project Server and Project Professional. This site is dedicated to helping new users, as well as providing a convenient reference site for Project Server gurus. What's New on ProjectServerTips.comWhile we will continue coverage of Project Server 2003, there will now be added emphasis to Project Server 2007. Watch for new Project Server Tips added daily. Project Server TipsProject Server 2007
Some of the features in Office Project Server 2007 use ActiveX controls on the client to provide functionality. In secured environments, these controls might not have been downloaded and the user might be prevented from downloading them because of security restrictions. You must download and enable these controls on the client for these features to work. This article describes how to publish your project plan from an earlier version of Microsoft Project, such as Microsoft Office Project 2003, to a server that is running Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. Project Server 2003
This article walks you through the various causes of Active Diretory synchronization failures in Project Server 2003. This article explains how you can create, schedule, and restore a backup of your Microsoft Project Server database. This article describes a scenario where the installation of Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 rolls back and a "StartPrjServices: Failed to start service" error message is logged in the verbose installation log file. When you try to build an OLAP cube in Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 or in Microsoft Project Server 2002, you receive the following error message: "The cube scheduled to be built on DateTime failed. (-2147217871). Timeout expired." You try to install Project Server 2003 using SQL Server 2005 as the Project Server Database. However, you receive the following error message: "Error 25624. Failed to execute SQL String" and "Installation ended prematurely" Project Server IllustratedThese guides contain screenshots and advice for some of the most common tasks encountered in Project Server 2003.
Although you may not think it is likely, there are occasions where Project Server 2003 must coexist with SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Project Server must be carefully configured to operate successfully on the same server that has SharePoint Portal Server 2003 installed. This guide shows you how that can be accomplished. Included is a video showing an actual Project Server installation session that will be helpful to people just learning about Project Server Installation. You've set up a beautiful stoplight view in Project Center and then print it to Excel to give to your manager. Unfortunately, you learn that the stoplights are now gone, replaced by the text values of the Project Center fields.
Here's a way to return your stoplights to your Excel spreadsheet, with explanation of the code, and working samples that you can download. The Project Report Presentation Add-in for Microsoft Office Project 2003 helps a user to quickly and easily create a PowerPoint presentation from a Project file. The tool extracts task information from the Project file and populates a PowerPoint template with the user-selected information. This add-in provides an effective, integrated means for project managers and other users to create presentations with real-time project data while avoiding redundant data entry and potential input errors. The final result is an elegant presentation that can be used “as-is” or can be easily customized. Newsgroup PearlsFortunately, there are many knowledgeable and helpful particpants in the Project Server newsgroups. Here are a few "Pearls of Wisdom" from the newsgroup archives.
Dale Howard explains how to change permissions so that the link, "Notify Your Manager of Time You Will Not Be Available" shows up in Administrative projects. Dale Howard explains how to delete an Enterprise Calendar in Project Server 2003. Adeel bin Khalid explains how to fix the problem of receiving a WWW-Authenticate error when trying to connect to Project Server. Mark Everett explains how to set up linked projects that provide the same benefits as Master Projects, without the liability of Master Projects. |
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