Project Server 2010 - Configure Excel Data Connections

I have seen quite frequent postings related to the excel services configuration, but the good thing is that Microsoft is supporting the Project Server 2010 the way they never done it before. Details postings related to every issue can be found on TechNet, MVP blogs etc. to help users.Few days back I came across this issue for which I was unable to find any specific solution on Google. It was straight forward though, but still worth posting. You...

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Project Server 2010/2007 Permission Settings

Assuming yourself at client side, finalizing your PWA configurations including Group permissions and planning to sit with the client to go through the PWA home page - and just found that the end user being part of the Project Manager group can also be able to delete any item from the custom list, able to change the web part settings, able to change the PWA theme and so on. Now this will leave you wondering that how this is possible, and you might...

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Project Server 2010 Version after OCT CU

Since its been a while a Project Server 2010 is released, and Cumilative updates for the product are also been released. You might come across a situation where you want to make sure if your Project Server version is the latest version or not. Check the following locations for the Microsoft.Office.Server.dll to determine the version. If the version is 14.0.5128.5000 or greater, the October CU, which apparently is the latest hot fix of Project Server 2010 so far, is applied. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ISAPI\Microsoft.Office.Server.dll C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.Office.Server\14....

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Project Server 2010: October Cumulative Update now re-released!

This is just to announce that the new CU of Project Server 2010 is now re-released. See the revised article related to the CU: http://blogs.technet.com/b/projectadministration/archive/2010/10/27/microsoft-project-server-and-sharepoint-2007-and-2010-october-cu-2010-are-live.aspx. So all the Project Server consultants/administrators, visit the following website to read the details and download the Update: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/gg176680.aspx Ref: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/11/18/project-server-2010-october-cumulative-update-now-re-released.a...

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Migrating Content Data from Project Server 2007 to Project Server 2010

Recently i have migrated Project Server 2007 data to Project Server 2010. Restore and Backup of the following 4 Project Web App 2007 databases had restored all the Project data, custom fields, views and etc. Project Server Archive Project Server Draft Project Server Published Project Server Reporting I have also had to migrate the content data from Project Web App, such as: lists folders list items (including files) The migration of PWA artifacts...

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