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Project Professional 2007

• Project available as 3 flexible cloud services through Office 365

  28 Feb 2013

  We're proud to announce the availability of Microsoft Project as a flexible cloud service, delivered by Office 365. For the first time, customers can sign up for flexible plans, get started quickly and use the full capabilities of project and portfolio management without adding IT complexity. There are...
• Visual Reports – Where Did My Field Go?

  2 Sep 2010

  One of the more common questions I get around Visual Reports is “I selected a field (% complete, duration, some text custom field, etc.) to add to my report and it doesn’t show up in Excel – why isn’t it there?”. The field probably is there, it just is in a different spot...
• New Project Fan Page on Facebook

  16 Oct 2009

  In our never-ending quest to spread the word about Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project 2010, we now have an official fan page on Facebook! Our news feed includes links to articles on MSDN, TechNet, and Office Online, as well as posts on this blog. You can choose to see our posts in your Facebook...
• Buffer, downtime, and productivity

  29 May 2009

  Maybe it’s because I’ve been swamped this week while the sun’s been shining here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, but I’ve been doing some thinking about buffer, downtime, and productivity. I don’t think it’s a secret that projects have a tendency to come in late...
• Now free on CodePlex: Earned Value management application for UN/CEFACT standards

  27 May 2009

  We've recently published a new application that integrates with Project to support exporting your project plan in a format compliant with UN (United Nations)/CEFACT standard , a worldwide standard for cost and schedule project information. What's Earned Value? A project management/reporting standard...
• Hiding, showing, adding, removing, inserting, etc…oh, and DONUTS

  21 May 2009

  On Office Online, we’ve got this one article, currently called, “ Hide or show a column (remove or add a column) .” It’s a fine article, but, to be frank, the feature can be a bit confusing, so the feedback we typically get on it is pretty bad. Lots of frustrated comments, low...
• Determining Project 2007 version using VBA

  1 May 2009

  For those of you on the on SP2 webcast this morning, a question that we hear often around updates come up - how can I check which version of the project client everyone has? Christophe has posted a solution on his blog - http://blogs.msdn.com/chrisfie/archive/2009/04/30/how-to-check-project-2007-version...
• Announcing Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project Server 2007

  28 Apr 2009

  Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Office Project 2007 and Office Project Server 2007 has been released to the Microsoft Download Center! It includes all the fixes prior to SP2 (including the February 2009 Cumulative Update ), and also several enhancements to Project Standard and Professional, Project Server,...
• Conceptual project management information on Office Online

  30 Jan 2009

  Looking for more information about the project management field? Office Online has several resources that may help. Getting started · Go beyond Excel for project management · How your project fits into the big picture · A short course in project management · A quick history...
• Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution Webcast Series

  29 Jan 2009

  From Christophe's blog : Starting February 18th, 2009 at 11 am (EST) we will be running a webcast series every Wednesday that will show how the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution and related Microsoft technologies can be deployed to meet varying horizontal scenarios. Why should customers...
• Back to Basics: Understanding resource leveling

  29 Oct 2008

  Resource leveling is the act of taking a project with people assigned to a bunch of tasks, and making it so that they don't have to work overtime. Okay, that might be oversimplifying it a little, but essentially that's what you're doing. Seriously, what's resource leveling? Let's back up a bit. So you...
• Infrastructure Update and Help Articles

  22 Aug 2008

  The following Help articles have been updated to reflect changes included as part of the Infrastructure Update. Microsoft Office Project 2007: Assign a resource to a task Enter costs for resources Overview of project cost information Microsoft Office Project Server 2007: Create or modify a custom field...
• Announcing the Infrastructure Update for Office Servers

  15 Jul 2008

  On July 15th, 2008 Microsoft announced the availability of the Infrastructure Update for Office Servers. The Infrastructure Update for Office Servers is a set of updates to improve platform performance and contain several customer driven fixes. The updates are applicable to Microsoft Office SharePoint...
• Back to Basics: Understanding summary tasks and subtasks

  1 Jul 2008

  When you sit down to think through a project plan, it often makes sense to group the project into several sections. For example, let's say I'm planning a software development project. First, I need to identify the scope for the project, and then write functional specifications documents that detail how...
• Back to Basics: Working with task date constraints

  16 Jun 2008

  Microsoft Office Project uses constraints to build a project's schedule. That is, each task has a certain rule applied that helps the scheduling engine figure out when the task should start or finish. There are three types of constraints: flexible, semi-flexible, and inflexible. · Flexible constraints...
• Understanding the Queue - Getting Queued State

  27 Mar 2008

  If the projects you are trying to check in or publish appear to be stuck, something may be blocking the queue. The first step to resolving this issue is to look for projects in the Getting queued state. To view the jobs currently in the queue, click Server Settings on the Quick Launch in Project Web...
• What tasks did I change again?

  20 Mar 2008

  Have you ever been in a team meeting, made a bunch of updates to your project plan, and then wanted to know later which tasks you had actually updated? A coworker emailed me with this scenario today and I decided that the solution deserved a blog post. There are 2 steps to this solution. Step 1: In the...
• New to Project? Try the Project Management Quick Reference Guide

  18 Jan 2008

  It can sometimes be a challenge for new users to find their way through Microsoft Project on their way to becoming project managers. The Project team has just produced another Help product that will help you understand Microsoft Project- The Project Management Quick Reference Guide . This template can...
• The Many Gantt Chart Views

  9 Jan 2008

  Did you know that Project ships 8 Gantt chart views? I thought I'd take today to go into what each one displays. To get to most of these views you'll need to go to the View menu - More Views dialog. Gantt Chart - This is the plain Gantt chart. Bar Rollup - If you like to rollup subtasks bars to the summary...
• Project 2007 SP1 is here!

  11 Dec 2007

  I am excited to announce that Project 2007 SP1 has been released. Links to downloads: Client Download Link Server Download Link (the Project Server patches are rolled into a single Office Server patch) Project Language Packs WSS 3.0 SP1 Download Link Helpful Information: For a list of client fixes see...