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This content database has a schema version which is not supported in this farm.

Daniel Bell — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:07:19 GMT

I was attaching a content database from one SharePoint farm to another and encountered this error. This issue occurred because the farms were at different path levels. Once I corrected this the attach worked fine.

Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Session Recordings Are Live!

Jacques Goupil — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:37:33 GMT

Great news – you can now review the recordings of most of the sessions. Thanks to Brian (and the rest of the Microsoft Project Marketing team) for a job well done with the Project Conference and for getting the content on the Showcase Channel Enjoy the content – I know we surely did and will continue to. Brian’s blog posting: Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Session Recordings Are Live! Also - check out the Project Conference Recap blog for more info on the Project Conference. And note that unfortunately the extremely popular Hands-on Sessions, including our sessions, were only offered to the Project Conference attendees as Live sessions.

Compare Project Server versions

Jacques Goupil — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:58:57 GMT

Microsoft has created a great tool for those that are looking to compare Project Server versions. Download Microsoft’s complete comparison of EPM 2003, EPM 2007, and EPM 2010 – click here.

Enjoy

Bring Your Project Plan to Dinner – An Interactive Project Planning Workshop MSProjectNow! to facilitate MPUG Boston Meeting June 6th, 2012

Jacques Goupil — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:22:54 GMT

Boston MPUG Meeting: Bring Your Project Plan To Dinner – An Interactive Project Planning Workshop The Boston Chapter of MPUG (Official Industry Association for Microsoft Project) will be holding a membership meeting on Wednesday June 6, Bring Your Project Plan To Dinner – An Interactive Project Planning Workshop. This interactive presentation and discussion is sponsored by MSProjectNow! and will be facilitated by Jacques Goupil, Director of Business Development at MsProjectNow! Do you find yourself spending too much time working in Microsoft Project? …. Want to learn how to minimize the amount of time required but maximize the benefits? …. Need your questions answered? Then come participate and learn. This will provide an overview of the ‘Eight Successful Steps’ of building a project schedule with Microsoft Project 2010 followed by breakout sessions to concentrate on your specific questions with Microsoft Project. The sessio ...

8 Steps to Scheduling Success–Step 4: Set the Dependencies

Cindy — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:18:00 GMT

So what’s all the fuss about dependencies, anyway? I mean, it’s a nice way to tie tasks together but it’s also a lot of work! Besides, I can just enter the start date to get tasks to start where I want them to and there’s nothing wrong with that, right? WRONG!!!!! If you are entering start dates for most tasks you may as well go back to using Excel to manage your schedules. Believe me, I do not want to encourage to do that but let’s face it, if you’re entering too many of those dates then you aren’t letting Microsoft Project do its job. Our schedules need to be dynamic and that can only happen when we have captured ALL of the necessary dependencies. So how do I know if I have “enough” dependencies in my schedule? I’m glad you asked. EVERY detail task and milestone in your schedule must have a dependency on its finish date. Most tasks should also have dependencies on their start dates, but there will be exceptions to that when you have to schedule tasks to start no earlier than a specific date. (but please ...

Fixing the IE 8 warning – ‘Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?’

Daniel Bell — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:42:14 GMT

OK, so not a typical item for our blog. It was, nonetheless, causing me headaches while working on an ssl enabled SharePoint site. The fix was easy enough, and is below. Resolution Navigate Tools > Internet Options Select the Security tab Click on the Internet Zone icon at the top of the dialog box Click the Custom Level button In the Miscellaneous section, select the Enable button for Display mixed content. Repeat the previous steps for the other zones if desired.

Claiming your PMI PDU’s

Jacques Goupil — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:07:21 GMT

Need PMI PDUs (Professional Development Units)? MSProjectNow! is a PMI Registered Education Provider which allows you to claim PDUs for our courses and webcasts. This link on MPUG’s blog covers how to claim PDU's: http://www.mpug.com/Pages/pmipdu.aspx

Ask the Experts: What to do with the “Sample” fields in Microsoft Project Server 2010

Daniel Bell — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:33:09 GMT

Question Hi, I'm in the process of configuring my new EPM2010 dev environment, to gain some familiarity prior to implementing a live build. I see how the Department hierarchy can be used to make enteprise custom fields and also cube builds specific to an organisation (my EPM serves multiple organisations in the local area). I see a set of 'Sample' enterprise custom fields pre-defined in the system, may I please ask if these Sample custom fields are all required in the system, and should I simply rename them all by removing the work "Sample" from their names? Thanks, Alan. Answer Hi Alan, All of the “sample” enterprise custom fields are related to the sample workflow that comes out of the box. Changing them may “break” the sample workflow and should not be done unless you are CERTAIN you will never want to use/demo the sample workflow. Happy Scheduling! -Cindy

8 Steps to Scheduling Success–Step 3: Entering the Estimates

Cindy — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:18:35 GMT

In 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, we started with Step 1: Defining the Project and then moved on to Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. If you haven’t had the chance to read those posts, follow the links and check them out before reading on. In Step 1, I mentioned Task Types and suggested you set the appropriate task type before entering any tasks into your schedule but I didn’t tell you how to choose the appropriate task type. (I had to leave something to cover in Step 3) If you will be estimating in Work, set the task type to Fixed Work. If you will be estimating in Duration, set the Task Type to Fixed Duration with Effort Driven unchecked. If you have already entered all your tasks and want to apply this change to everything, click on any column heading to highlight every task and then select Information from the Task Ribbon. To apply it to all new tasks, go to File >Options>Schedule. Once you have the task type set correctly, you are ready to enter the estimates. Simply enter duration e ...

Reporting Certification Series: Session # 3 May 22nd

Jacques Goupil — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:21:25 GMT

Make sure to join MPUG and MSProjectNow! for the third of the Reporting Certification Series. We will be looking at Performance Point and SSRS to create dashboards and other helpful advanced reporting areas.

See session information here: http://msprojectnow.com/events/allevents/tabid/350/vw/3/itemid/182/d/20120522/MPUG-Reporting-Certification-Series-(3-of-3)-Webcast.aspx

Enjoy