Monthly Archives: June 2011

What I Did For My Summer Vacation

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

(Taking a short break from the technical this week….Never fear, more Project fun is on its way.) My family, like many mixed international families, represents a unique combination of cultures, both inherited and acquired.  As a result, every couple of … Continue reading →

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Passing Filter Parameters Through SharePoint URLs

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Here’s a neat trick I figured out the other day.  It didn’t actually solve my problem, but I figured it was worth documenting in case it comes in handy in the future.  My goal was to add filter parameters to … Continue reading →

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Identifying Resource Calendar Exceptions with Project Professional

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

I delivered a Microsoft Project Professional tips and tricks session a while back, and that may have gotten me thinking about other tricks that I’ve got buried deep in the recesses of presentation topics folder. This post addresses a question … Continue reading →

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Applying Security to a PDP Redux

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

A couple of weeks ago, I thought I’d figured out how to apply security to a PDP page and documented it in a post here.  Well, it turns out I was wrong.  A reader pointed out that she’d tried the … Continue reading →

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PMI Houston Follow Up

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone for attending my two presentations today at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center.  As discussed, please find the relevant links below: 1) Portfolio Management with Project Server 2010 – the presentation was based on a white paper … Continue reading →

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Project Server 2010 Database Restore (Part II)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

My last post provided an overview of the available options to move PWA from one farm to another.  In this post, I will walk through in more detail how to use the five database restore method to migrate a PWA … Continue reading →

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Project Server 2010 Database Restore (Part I)

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

It’s disaster recovery week here at Project Epistemology.  In this episode, I set my sights on the various techniques available to either restore or migrate Project Server to a new farm.  My next post will discuss how to use the … Continue reading →

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Testing User Roles with Delegation

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Delegation in Project Server 2010 is one of those features that I’ve been vaguely exposed to but have never really played with in detail.  I always felt that the feature was designed for one user to cover for another user … Continue reading →

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