Archive for August, 2008
Coming Soon - the first Office Cumulative Updates
30 August 2008 You may already be familiar with the term Cumulative Updates for other Microsoft products, and now they are about to make their appearance in the Office world. The idea of moving from individual hotfixes to a bi-monthly package of fixes is something that…(read more)
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New SharePoint Developer Resources Available - SDK 1.4
30 August 2008 MSDN has the latest SDKs for both MOSS and WSS and these are also available for download. Nothing new for Project, and I am not aware of any planned releases of another SDK - but do please let me know if there are some samples you really need and we can…(read more)
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Newly Published Project Server Content for August
29 August 2008Plan for using Project Server 2007 in a Hyper-V virtual environment
This article compares virtual server environments to physical server environments and explains special considerations for deploying and using Microsoft Office Project 2007 in a virtual server environment.
Manage Active Directory synchronization in Project Server 2007
This article has been updated to include additional best practices and resource references.
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PM Audio Launched by PMConnection
29 August 2008PMConnection is proud to bring you PM Audio.
PM Audio is a collection of over 400 audio files (MP3’s, Podcasts) dealing with Project Management. Listen to them through your computer or download them to your iPod or MP3 player.
These files are categorized by Project Management, Microsoft Project, PMP Certification, Microsoft Project Server, Program Management, and Portfolio Management.
They can be sorted alphabetically, by date added, by rating or by popularity.
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New Project Server Content for August - Hyper-V and ADSync
29 August 2008 As promised, the first of the Hyper-V documents is out - see http://blogs.technet.com/epmcontent/ for the links. Great Job, Efren and Robert! Technorati Tags: Project Server 2007 , Hyper-V…(read more)
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Microsoft Project Server Hyper-V Guides
28 August 2008I just wanted to leave a note on here for readers that we are currently working on getting a Project Server Hyper-V guide published within the next couple weeks.
This week expect to see a “newly published” post that includes a link to a new article on TechNet titled “Using Project Server 2007 in a Hyper-V virtual environment”.
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Setting Up Managed Time Periods in Project Server 2007, Part 2 of 2
28 August 2008
Background Information
As I stated in my blog post yesterday, Project Server 2007 still offers the Managed Time Periods functionality found previously in Project Server 2003, however, the process to set up Managed Time Periods is different. Yesterday’s post documented how to set up Managed Time Periods if your organization does not intend to use the My Timesheet functionality. Today I show you how to set up Managed Time Periods if your organization does intend to use the My Timesheet functionality.
Note: To fully use this feature Managed Time Periods in Project Server 2007, your organization must use the My Timesheet functionality, and must require users to enter all time on the My Timesheet page. This allows the Project Server administrator to close past and future time periods, which disallows users from entering any kind of time, including task progress, in the closed time periods. This also prevents project managers from manually entering actual progress in their enterprise projects in Project Professional 2007.
Resolution
To set up Managed Time Periods, the Project Server administrator will need to configure options in five locations in Project Server. These options are:
- Create weekly Time Periods
- Specify Timesheet Settings and Defaults
- Specify options for tracking task progress
- Configure the My Timesheet page
- Configure the My Tasks page
I discuss these options in each section of this blog post. At the end of this post, I also show you how to use the Managed Time Periods functionality in Project Server 2007.
Create Weekly Time Periods
To set up Managed Time Periods, you should begin with creating Time Periods by completing the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Timesheet Periods link in the Time and Task Management section of the page.
4. In the Timesheet Periods page, create multiple weekly Time Periods consisting of 7 days in each period.
5. For each Time Period in which you wish to prevent users from reporting time, set the Status value to Closed.
5. Click the Save button to save the timesheet periods you created.
Note: The Timesheet Periods you create must match the settings you will specify for tracking task progress on the My Tasks page. You will specify these options in the next section of this blog post.
Specify Timesheet Settings and Defaults
Second, you must specify Timesheet settings by completing the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with administrator permissions, if necessary.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Timesheet Settings and Defaults link in the Time and Task Management section of the page.
4. In the Outlook Display section and the Project Web Access Display section, select the options according to your organization’s time reporting needs.
5. In the Default Timesheet Creation Mode section, select the Current task assignments option.
6. In the Timesheet Grid Column Units section, select the Days option.
7. In the Default Reporting Units section, select the Hours option.
8. In the Timesheet Policies section, select the options according to your organization’s time reporting needs.
9. Click the Save button.
Specify Options for Tracking Task Progress
Third, you should set up the Task tracking options used with Managed Time Periods by completing the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with administrator permissions, if necessary.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Task Settings and Display link in the Time and Task Management section of the page.
4. On the Task Settings and Display page, set the following options:
- Select the Hours of Work Done Per Period option.
- Set the day of the week in the Week starts on field to the starting day of every Timesheet Period (usually Saturday, Sunday, or Monday).
- Select the Resources should report their hours worked every day option.
- Select the Restrict updates to Project Web Access option. (This option actually enables Managed Time Periods.)
- Select the Time entry by Timesheet only… option. (This option forces users to enter all time in the My Timesheet page, which allows the Project Server administrator to close past and future time periods.)
7. Click the Save button.
Configure the My Timesheet page
Fourth, you must configure the My Timesheet page to include the Remaining Work field. Warning: This option is only available if your organization installed the Infrastructure Update for Project Server 2007 released in July 2008. To add the Remaining Work field to the My Timesheet page, complete the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with administrator permissions, if necessary.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Manage Views link in the Look and Feel section of the page.
4. On the Manage Views page, click the My Timesheet link in the Timesheet section.
5. Select the Remaining Work field in the Available fields list and click the Add button.
6. Using the Up and Down buttons, move the fields in the Displayed fields list into the proper order for reporting time in your organization.
7. Click the Save button.
Configure the My Tasks page
The last step in setting up Managed Time Periods actually requires two separate operations. First, you should configure the My Tasks page to include the Remaining Work field. Second, you must modify the My Tasks web part to display the daily timesheet grid. To do these two operations, complete the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with administrator permissions, if necessary.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Manage Views link in the Look and Feel section of the page.
4. On the Manage Views page, click the My Assignments link in the My Work section.
5. Select the Remaining Work field in the Available fields list and click the Add button.
6. Using the Up and Down buttons, move the fields in the Displayed fields list into the proper order for reporting time in your organization.
7. Click the Save button.
To modify the My Tasks web part, complete the final set of steps as follows:
1. Navigate to the My Tasks page.
2. Click the Site Actions pick list and select the Edit Page item on the list.
3. In the upper right corner of the My Tasks web part, click the Edit pick list and select the Modify Shared Web Part item.
4. In the sidepane on the right, expand the Project Web Access section.
5. Select the Show only current tasks * option and the Hours per day option.
6. Set the Work Format value to Hours.
7. Click the OK button.
8. Click the Exit Edit Mode button in the upper right corner of the page (DO NOT click the X button for the My Tasks web part!).
Using Managed Time Periods
After you enabled Managed Time Periods in Project Server 2007 using the steps detailed in this blog post, users will enter time as follows:
1. Enter all time and task progress on the My Timesheet page and adjust the Remaining Work on any task, as needed.
2. Submit the timesheet for approval.
3. On the My Tasks page, import progress entered in the My Timesheet page by clicking the Import Timesheet button.
4. Add task Notes as needed.
5. Submit the task update for approval.
Important Note: With Managed Time Periods enabled, users cannot manually enter Actual Work in the My Tasks page, nor can they adjust the Remaining Work for any task. They must do all of this in the My Timesheet page.
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Running Project Server on Small/Essential Business Server
28 August 2008
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My Blog Statistics
28 August 2008A few weeks ago, I did my 200th post since starting this blog, so following Brian Smith’s initiative I wanted to share with you statistic I have gathered from you dear readers 
for the past 90 days using Microsoft adCenter. It’s interesting to see what content you read and how you find it using your favorite search engine, I’m also surprised by the variety of languages that hit my blog, I’m impressed with the diversity!
If you have a wish list of posts or comments about this blog, feel free to send feedback using the contact form.
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Setting Up Managed Time Periods in Project Server 2007, Part 1 of 2
27 August 2008
Background Information
Project Server 2007 still offers the Managed Time Periods functionality found previously in Project Server 2003, however, the process to set up Managed Time Periods is different. Microsoft offers you two options for using Managed Time Periods in Project Server 2007, which are:
- For organizations that do not want to use the My Timesheet functionality, you can only use Managed Time Periods to prevent project managers from manually entering actual progress in their enterprise projects in Project Professional 2007.
- For organizations that intend to use the My Timesheet feature, you can close past and future time periods, require users to enter all task progress in the My Timesheet page, and prevent project managers from manually entering actual progress in their enterprise projects in Project Professional 2007.
The setup of Managed Time Periods is different for each of these two situations. Therefore, today I will show you how to set up Managed Time Periods if you organization does not intend to use the My Timesheet functionality. Tomorrow I will show you how to completely set up Managed Time Periods if your organization does intend to use the My Timesheet functionality.
Resolution
To set up Managed Time Periods without using the My Timesheet functionality in Project Server 2007, the Project Server administrator should complete the following steps:
1. Log into Project Web Access with administrator permissions.
2. Click the Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the Task Settings and Display link in the Time and Task Management section of the page.
4. On the Task Settings and Display page, select the Restrict updates to Project Web Access option.
Note: This option actually enables Managed Time Periods.
5. Click the Save button.
Remember that when you set up Managed Time Periods without using the My Timesheet functionality, you can only prevent project managers from manually entering actual progress in their enterprise projects in Project Professional 2007. You cannot close past and future time periods for reporting progress.
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