1. Information about Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server October 2011 Software Update Adrian Jenkins Senior Escalation Engineer Microsoft Corporation 1 Brian Smith Senior Support Escalation Engineer Microsoft Corporation

2. Agenda 2

3. Today’s Webcast 3 Introductions October 2011 cumulative update: – Microsoft Project 2010 fixes – Microsoft Project Server 2010 fixes – Microsoft Office Project 2007 fixes – Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 fixes – Project 2007 Service Pack 3 Cumulative update deployment and links Past webcasts

4. Project 2010 4

5. Project 2010—KB 2596495 5 30813 – After changing data on a project that has many tasks in it, it can take multiple seconds for Project to recalculate and give control back to the user 30828 – The finish date for a deliverable dependency is displayed incorrectly in the tooltip. This is a follow-up to fix 28970 30898 - Project stops responding when you open projects that have bad manually scheduled task dates 30907 - The background color and patterns in the Network Diagram view do not render correctly when they are printed or previewed

6. Project 2010—KB 2596495 6 30982 – Projects from Project 2007 may not open correctly in Project 2010 if custom Duration fields have been defined 30990 – Modifying time-phased work in Project Professional moves actual work; additionally, the "Out of Sync" message does not occur 31069 – If you print an MPP file directly from Windows Explorer, the process fails, and you receive the message "An unexpected error." 31129 - Sync to Protected Actuals on a completed zero work task causes the task start date to revert to NA; this leads to a Reporting (Project Publish) queue job failure

7. Project 2010—KB 2596495 7 31136 – Deliverables fail to update correctly if there are more than 159 deliverables in one project 31241 – When paste-links are reestablished, custom field lookup table values may be lost Office - KB 2596585 – After showing a VBA form, Project may crash when the project is saved (usually on or after the second save)

8. Project Server 2010 8

9. Project Server 2010—KB 2596498 9 30738 – In the Approval Center, the last sent updates are displayed in red, now matching the Project Server 2007 behavior 30887 – In Project Web App (PWA), creating a new project from a template ignores the “Active” task flag 30906 - When a status manager accepts updates, entering too many characters into the comments window causes an error, and the update is not applied and is lost 30924 - Accepting assignment updates may zero out work and duration values on incomplete fixed-duration tasks

10. Project Server 2010—KB 2596498 10 30964 – A large volume of shadow table records created by Project Server leads to performance problems in Project Professional. Note: There may still be issues when custom flag fields are involved 30966 – While in a timesheet, information in the "Task hierarchy“ field does not immediately display 30995 – Custom field information from a timesheet is lost after importing into My Tasks; The same issue was addressed in Project Server 2007 in fix 27626 31073 – In the Approval Center, assignments that have enterprise custom fields with lookup tables may appear even though the assignment hasn’t been changed

11. Project Server 2010—KB 2596498 11 31115 – Tasks that are closed are incorrectly removed from a user’s timesheet 31116 – When grouping is applied in a timesheet, an extra grouping row is added, making the view very cluttered 31122 – Material and other such assignments don't appear on team members’ task lists; Also, the New Tasks reminder counts incorrectly 31145 – The Timesheet created event is triggered before the assignments have been added and saved 31562 – In previous cumulative updates, database changes may not have been applied

12. Project 2007 12

13. Project 2007—KB 2596533 13 30254 – Custom fields set into a project via the PSI may not be there or may be wrong when the project is opened in Project Professional 31232 – Project may crash when a bottom pane of a split view is set to the Resource Graph and the project is a master project

14. Project Server 2007 14

15. Project Server 2007—KB 2596542 15 30388 – A large volume of shadow table records created by Project Server leads to performance problems in Project Professional; This is the same issue as in Project Server 2010 31105 – A resource plan gets checked in before saving, which leads to an error that it is not checked out to you and blocks further use of the build team functionality 31118 – The numbered week time dimension in the OLAP cube doesn’t sort correctly in places like a Data Analysis view

16. Project 2007 Service Pack 3—KB 923622 and 2526299 16 Contains all updates up to the August 2011 cumulative update – Primarily a cumulative update rollup plus security fixes Client fixes: KB 938797 Can be loaded either before or after the October 2011 cumulative update

17. High-Level Software Update Steps Resources: Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and related products: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ee748587.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ee748587.aspx Deploy Project Server 2007 and Project Server 2010 updates TechNet articles Steps: Preparation: – Complete software update signoff in a test environment – Back up your environment because you cannot remove an update – Create a single deployment package (slipstream) Installation: – Windows SharePoint Services – Server rollup packages – 2007: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (includes Project Server) – 2010: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package – Language packs (if needed) – SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2010 language pack – Repeat the steps above for each server in your farm – Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard – Deploy the Project desktop update Verification: – Review the ULS logs (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\{version}\LOGS) – Verify the product version in Add or Remove Programs/Programs and Features – Verify the database version

18. Microsoft Project and Project Server Resources Product information and trial download: – Main product site: www.microsoft.com/project/2010/www.microsoft.com/project/2010/ – Project team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project/http://blogs.msdn.com/project/ Product help for users: – Project 2010 Help: http://office2010.microsoft.com/project-helphttp://office2010.microsoft.com/project-help – Project Server 2010 Help: http://office2010.microsoft.com/project-server-helphttp://office2010.microsoft.com/project-server-help – Support blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/ Interactive content: videos/sessions/webcasts: – www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/channels/microsoftproject/ www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/channels/microsoftproject/ – www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx – Prior webcast: www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=14007 www.microsoft.com/events/series/epm.aspx?tab=Webcasts&seriesid=51&webcastid=14007 Project and Project Server 2010 demo image: – Download: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713956http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713956 – Hosted virtual lab: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713654http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713654 Resources for IT professionals: TechNet: – TechCenter: http://technet.microsoft.com/ProjectServer/http://technet.microsoft.com/ProjectServer/ – The Project Admin blog: http://blogs.technet.com/projectadministration/http://blogs.technet.com/projectadministration/

19. Microsoft Project and Project Server Resources Resources for developers: Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN): – Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/Project/http://msdn.microsoft.com/Project/ – Programmability blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability/http://blogs.msdn.com/project_programmability/ Got questions? Project forums: – http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en- US/category/projectserver2010,projectprofessional2010/ http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en- US/category/projectserver2010,projectprofessional2010/ Microsoft SharePoint 2010: – http://sharepoint.microsoft.com http://sharepoint.microsoft.com

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21. Prior Cumulative Update Webcasts Details of all previous webcasts and the update process can be found at the following site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/projectserver/gg176680.aspx

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