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This content database has a schema version which is not supported in this farm.

I was attaching a content database from one SharePoint farm to another and encountered this error.  This issue occurred because the farms were at different path levels.  Once I corrected this the attach worked fine. ...

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Microsoft Project Conference 2012 Session Recordings Are Live!

Great news – you can now review the recordings of most of the sessions.  Thanks to Brian (and the rest of the Microsoft Project Marketing team) for a job well done with the Project Conference and for getting the content ...

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Compare Project Server versions

Microsoft has created a great tool for those that are looking to compare Project Server versions.  Download Microsoft’s complete comparison of EPM 2003, EPM 2007, and EPM 2010 – click here.

Enjoy

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Bring Your Project Plan to Dinner – An Interactive Project Planning Workshop MSProjectNow! to facilitate MPUG Boston Meeting June 6th, 2012

Boston MPUG Meeting: Bring Your Project Plan To Dinner – An Interactive Project Planning Workshop The Boston Chapter of MPUG (Official Industry Association for Microsoft Project) will be holding a membership meeting on Wedn ...

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8 Steps to Scheduling Success–Step 4: Set the Dependencies

So what’s all the fuss about dependencies, anyway? I mean, it’s a nice way to tie tasks together but it’s also a lot of work! Besides, I can just enter the start date to get tasks to start where I want them to and there’s not ...

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Daniel Bell's avatar

Fixing the IE 8 warning – ‘Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?’

OK, so not a typical item for our blog.  It was, nonetheless, causing me headaches while working on an ssl enabled SharePoint site.  The fix was easy enough, and is below.   Resolution Navigate Tools &g ...

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Claiming your PMI PDU’s

Need PMI PDUs (Professional Development Units)?  MSProjectNow! is a PMI Registered Education Provider which allows you to claim PDUs for our courses and webcasts.  This link on MPUG’s blog covers how to claim PDU's: ...

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Ask the Experts: What to do with the “Sample” fields in Microsoft Project Server 2010

  Question Hi, I'm in the process of configuring my new EPM2010 dev environment, to gain some familiarity prior to implementing a live build. I see how the Department hierarchy can be used to make enteprise custom fiel ...

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8 Steps to Scheduling Success–Step 3: Entering the Estimates

In 8 Steps to Scheduling Success, we started with Step 1: Defining the Project and then moved on to Step 2: Entering the Tasks and Deliverables. If you haven’t had the chance to read those posts, follow the links and check th ...

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Reporting Certification Series: Session # 3 May 22nd

Make sure to join MPUG and MSProjectNow! for the third of the Reporting Certification Series.  We will be looking at Performance Point and SSRS to create dashboards and other helpful advanced reporting areas. See sessio ...

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Reference Links: Project Server 2010 Reporting – Business Intelligence

Good Afternoon Folks, Many of you asked – so here is the list of reference from today’s webcast.  Enjoy. -Jacques •Managing views in PWA: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/HA100830121033.asp ...

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Project Server 2010 Reporting – Filters, Excel Service, Performance Point, and more

Great Reporting Certification Series session today – if you missed it check out the recording at mpug.com. Here is a list of the Questions and Answers from the session: Resource Link on Reporting Templates:  ...

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