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

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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

Project

Project 2010—KB – 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 – The finish date for a deliverable dependency is displayed incorrectly in the tooltip. This is a follow-up to fix Project stops responding when you open projects that have bad manually scheduled task dates The background color and patterns in the Network Diagram view do not render correctly when they are printed or previewed

Project 2010—KB – Projects from Project 2007 may not open correctly in Project 2010 if custom Duration fields have been defined – Modifying time-phased work in Project Professional moves actual work; additionally, the "Out of Sync" message does not occur – If you print an MPP file directly from Windows Explorer, the process fails, and you receive the message "An unexpected error." 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

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

Project Server

Project Server 2010—KB – In the Approval Center, the last sent updates are displayed in red, now matching the Project Server 2007 behavior – In Project Web App (PWA), creating a new project from a template ignores the “Active” task flag 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 Accepting assignment updates may zero out work and duration values on incomplete fixed-duration tasks

Project Server 2010—KB – 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 – While in a timesheet, information in the "Task hierarchy“ field does not immediately display – Custom field information from a timesheet is lost after importing into My Tasks; The same issue was addressed in Project Server 2007 in fix – In the Approval Center, assignments that have enterprise custom fields with lookup tables may appear even though the assignment hasn’t been changed

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

Project

Project 2007—KB – 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 – Project may crash when a bottom pane of a split view is set to the Resource Graph and the project is a master project

Project Server

Project Server 2007—KB – 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 – 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 – The numbered week time dimension in the OLAP cube doesn’t sort correctly in places like a Data Analysis view

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

High-Level Software Update Steps Resources: Update Center for Microsoft Office, Office Servers, and related products: 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

Microsoft Project and Project Server Resources Product information and trial download: – Main product site: – Project team blog: Product help for users: – Project 2010 Help: – Project Server 2010 Help: – Support blog: Interactive content: videos/sessions/webcasts: – – – Prior webcast: Project and Project Server 2010 demo image: – Download: – Hosted virtual lab: Resources for IT professionals: TechNet: – TechCenter: – The Project Admin blog:

Microsoft Project and Project Server Resources Resources for developers: Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN): – Developer Center: – Programmability blog: Got questions? Project forums: – US/category/projectserver2010,projectprofessional2010/ US/category/projectserver2010,projectprofessional2010/ Microsoft SharePoint 2010: –

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Prior Cumulative Update Webcasts Details of all previous webcasts and the update process can be found at the following site:

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