#ProjectServer #Project Conference 2014 #ProjectOnline #ProjConf #pm #pmot #projectmanagement #PPM

The Project Conference 2014 is fast approaching. This is the place to be for information on Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server and Project Online. For details see the links below: http://www.msprojectconference.com/  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jkalis/archive/2013/11/20/register-for-the-project-conference-2014-now.aspx See you there!

#ProjectServer 2013 Project Center view failed to load #PS2013 #SP2013

I have seen this issue a few times now in Project Server 2013 where users see the error “View Failure The view failed to load. Press OK to reload this view with the default settings. Press Cancel to select another view” Clicking OK gives another error: “You don’t have permissions to view any projects” This...

When upgrading #ProjectServer #PS2010 to #PS2013, consider any custom project site templates #SP2013 #SharePoint

I have seen this posted quite often on the Project Server forums  so I thought I would write a quick blog post. When upgrading from Project Server 2010 to Project Server 2013, you will need to recreate the customised Project Site templates. Project Server 2013 doesn’t recognise the Project Server 2010 project site templates. Project...

How to check the #ProjectOnline database usage #ProjectServer #PS2013 #SP2013 #SharePoint #SharePointOnline #Office365

A quick blog post to detail how you can check the Project DB size in Project Online. With Project Online, each Project Web App site collection can have a 10 GB Project database: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/office365-project-online-help/project-online-software-boundaries-and-limits-HA104063425.aspx To check Project database usage for Project Online, access your SharePoint Admin page in Office 365. On the Site Collections page,...

Should I display duration fields on the #ProjectServer PDPs? #PS2010 #PS2013 #SP2010 #SP2013 #SharePoint #ProjectOnline #MSProject

The answer to this question in my opinion is no. In this blog post I will explain why using an example. Firstly I have created a new test duration field on my test Project Server 2013 environment, this is called _duration. For the purpose of this post, I also have a new Project Detail Page...

#ProjectServer #PS2013 #Project Site permission sync clarification #SP2013 #SharePoint #ProjectOnline

**** Update *** There has been a change to the project site user sync since 2013 was released, see the post from Brian below that explains the change and the change that is coming: http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectsupport/archive/2015/02/03/project-server-2013-project-now-controls-the-visitors-group-on-project-sites.aspx *************** Just a quick post to make you aware of a design change in the Project Server 2013 project site...

Changing #SharePoint Central Admin Regional Settings stops the #PowerPivot Dashboard timer job #SP2013 #PS2013

Take care when updating the Central Admin regional settings as certain things stop working. The link to update the region settings doesn't exist on the Site Settings menu probably for this reason but you can type the URL manually and access the page. Just add _layouts/15/regionalsetng.aspx to the URL. Central Admin region settings were updated...