Project Server 2013 More Symptoms to Lost Resource Issue #PS2013 #LostResources #ProjectServer

In relation to a famous Lost Resources issue in Project Server 2013, i would like to share few more symptoms that can help you to identify this issue and apply the relative fix. Also the purpose is to feed search engines with more relevant data to help us lead to right direction. By the way if anyone has already applied April 2014 CU, or planning to apply, then note that the fix for this issue is available as part of this April 2014 CU. But the...

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#ProjectServer2013 RollUp Formula field Calculation Issue #PS2013 #ProjectServer

OK this post is actually about sharing an issue i came across lately, with the hope to get a fix through any of the coming CUs. And the hope is high, with the recent news of getting scheduled CU more frequently now :) Out of lot of improvements we are enjoying with Project Server 2013, one of them is having a scheduling capabilities built within  PWA, and now PWA schedule webpart do all the formula processing as well without open/publish the...

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#ProjectServer and #SharePoint 2013 SP1 re-released #ps2013 #sp2013 #office2013

There is lot of noise over the web related to Service Pack 1 of MS Office 2013 products, it was released with much of an applaud then deactivated due to issue and then re-released with lot of clarifications :) because in between deactivation and re-release of SP1, April 2014 CU for Project Server and SharePoint 2013 was also released. So let me kill all this unnecessary noise with the final announcement that Service Pack 1 is now available to download, and all the clarifications in a nut shell is that Just apply this SP1 to your environment even if you have applied the previously released SP, and also feel free to apply this SP1 if...

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#Project, #ProjectServer and #SharePoint Server 2013/2010 April 2014 CU available #ps2013 #sp2013

This is to announce that April 2014 CU of Project, Project Server and SharePoint Server 2013/2010 is out now. The important point to note that April 2014 CU of Project Server 2013 includes the fixes of SP1 as well. Since SP1 is deactivated until further announcement from Microsoft, Apr 2014 CU can do the job for now. Also Project Server 2013 CU is not a roll-up package, which means it doesn't includes SharePoint server fixes. Test the CU in your test environment first prior to apply to production. Project Server 2013 individual Apr 2014 CU: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2863881 Project 2013 Apr 2014 CU: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2878276 SharePoint...

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#SharePoint Product Configuration Wizard Error: Unable to create a Service Connection Point in AD #SP2010 #PS2010

While updating one of my Project Server 2010 environment with language pack, the configuration wizard has thrown following error in the end at step 9: An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfig urationTaskException was thrown.  Additional exception information: The upgrade command is invalid or a failure has been encountered. Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products. ULS logs digging helped me found a substantial clue and reminded me that i did come across to similar issue long time back as well. The issue is related to configuration to track any SharePoint production installation to farm of your...

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#ProjectServer and #SharePoint 2013 #SP1 download deactviated

Update: Service Pack 1 is re-released now, find details in this post This is to spread the word that due to recently discovered issue, Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 have been temporarily unavailable for downloading. “We have recently uncovered an issue with this Service Pack 1 package that may prevent customers who have Service Pack 1 from deploying future public or cumulative updates. As a precautionary measure, we have deactivated the download page until a new package is published.” Download pages for Project Server and SharePoint are also updated with above reason. For more details, check Brian Smith post:&n...

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#SharePoint 2013 SP1 on the way ... #SP2013 #Office2013

Thought of spreading this thrilling announcement recently published that SP1 for 2013 product is on its way and expecting to be released early next year. Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the 2013 set of products including Office, SharePoint and Exchange.  SP1 will deliver performance enhancements, feature updates and improve compatibility with Windows 8.1.  http://blogs.office.com/b/sharepoint/archive/2013/11/20/service-pack-1-is-coming.aspx This will be applicable to both on-premises and online versions, and more details are expecting soon. Also i am trying finding any news related to Project Server, if SP1 is applicable to Project...

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Say hello to #Project and #ProjectServer 2013 Service Pack 1 #sp2013 #ps2013 #office2013

A quick note to spread the news that Service Pack 1 for SharePoint/Project Server 2013 and other 2013 office products is out now. For Project Server 2013, you can download from below: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42011 For Project 2013 client, 32bit or 64bit, you can download from below: 32 bit - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42013 64 bit - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42020 For SharePoint 2013 server, you can download from below: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42008 Few important things to note here, that unlike previous...

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#SharePoint 2010 setup error: Cannot connect to database master at #sp2010 #ps2010 #sp2013

Lately i got a chance to help my customer with standard deployment of Project Server 2010, and as they say "you learn new things each day", i also learnt about an issue which could be seen as basic activity but could lead you to pull your hairs while troubleshooting. The issue occurred while running SharePoint 2010 setup, after installing pre-requisites, and following first few initial screens of setup wizard. Once reached to the point where you can enter SharePoint database server name, and credentials which can be used to talk to database server. You may see this error: Cannot connect to database master at SQL Server at <server_name>....

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Year 2013 Passed, A new to come..

At the start of new year 2014, when i turn back and see 2013, it seems like it passed with the speed of light. But then this is how it meant to be, as they says "time flies" .... For me the year starts with some big fireworks display, as Dubai has plan to create a world record of biggest fireworks at new year. It was fun to witness such historic moment, at the same time a little guilt that this enormous amount of money could be used to something...

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