Project Server Blog: October 2004

kbAlertz: 884454 : XML document must have a top level element error message when you create a new site or when you synchronize users in Project Server 2003

Download details: Project Server 2003 Installation Guide

Download details: Project Server 2003 Installation Guide

RTFM! Turns out configuring Project server 2003 and WSS for extranet access is all in chapter 9 of the installation guide.

Events Home

Events Home

TechNet Webcast: Project 2003 Deployments on Non-Windows and Extranet Environments

Google Groups: View Thread "Project Server 2003 and Sharepoint problem connection"

Google Groups: View Thread "Project Server 2003 and Sharepoint problem connection"

More registry changes, why isn't this documented?

Google Groups: View Thread "A Challenging question!"

Google Groups: View Thread "A Challenging question!"

A registry change! Why am I only hearing about this now?

Google Groups: View Thread "Performance issue for Project Server 2003"

Microsoft Project Server - Link Issue to a Task

Microsoft Project Server - Link Issue to a Task

Solved the "Failed to update project server" error! Was simply that Project server had not included the port number in the URL for the Project Server in the Admin | Server Configuration page. Scroll riiiight dont to the bottom and you'll see it! Took a week to solve this...

823529 - How to use the Site Editor tool to create multiple Microsoft Project Web Access Web sites for Project Server 2003

323021 - How to use the Site Editor utility to create multiple Microsoft Project Web Access Web sites for Microsoft Project Server

324835 - You receive the "Error 5001" error message when you try to log on to Microsoft Project Professional and Microsoft Project Web Access

Syntergy - Our Products - Overview

Syntergy - Our Products - Overview: "Audit for SharePoint� - enhanced auditing of documents for Windows SharePoint Services and Portal Server 2003. Track when a document has been viewed in addition to other operations on a file. Currently shipping, call for a demo.

Bulkloader for SharePoint� - providing the capability to load large volumes of data into SharePoint�. Supports advanced features such as loading tasks, discussions as well as site and document library creation.

LiveMail for SharePoint� - offline documents from SharePoint (mail multiple documents from SharePoint to yourself, then reply to email with any changes). Extending the email notification of events in SharePoint� to include threaded discussions and providing inbound loading of information via email (Exchange is not a requirement). Currently in development for release in September '04, call for a demo.

Cut/Copy/Paste - GUI additions to the portal server to allow copying or moving of documents including all of it's versions. Currently available.

Site Manager Framework - a collection of webparts, internet applications and services to help organize sites based upon your business process.

Notification Defaults - set notification at global and site levels for specific users at an administrator, or site manager level.

ShareLink - products and services to enable Livelink� system to be available in part of the SharePoint� portal, or to assist in migrating data from Livelink� into SharePoint�

Replication technologies for SharePoint� - Providing tools to export and import data from one server instance to another."

Download details: Project Server 2003: EditSite Tool

Download details: Project Server 2003: EditSite Tool

You can use the EditSite tool to create a Project Server hosted deployment and to edit the properties for existing hosted sites. A hosted deployment is a large installation of Project Server 2003 that hosts Project Server site collections for departments or divisions within the organization. The host can also be an application service provider that hosts Project Server site collections for other companies, similar to the way that an Internet service provider hosts websites.

Google Groups: View Thread "Check if port open..."

Google Groups: View Thread "Check if port open..."

How to check if a Port is open: netstat -a

Google Groups: View Thread "Error connecting to SQL Server"

Google Groups: View Thread "Error connecting to SQL Server"

It looks like VPN or TS are better methods of getting to Project Server, it seems to be too slow otherwise...

818047 - You receive the "Microsoft SQL Server login" error message when you connect to Microsoft Project Server

Google Groups: View Thread "Microsoft Project was unable to establish a connecti..."

Google Groups: View Thread "Microsoft Project was unable to establish a connecti..."

Allowing Project Server 2003 access over the extranet requires port 1433 to be opened so Project can access SQL Server. Also with SharePoint on the same box, Project has to be installed to a seperate port, so that one has to be opened also.

Google Search: microsoft.public.project

Google Search: microsoft.public.project

Project Server Newsgroups.

SPSFAQ - Managing SharePoint

SPSFAQ - Managing SharePoint

My resources on SPSFAQ that are MS Project and SharePoint related.

Google Search: "link to the selected tasks"

Google Search: "link to the selected tasks"

Useful Guides to Project Server and Professional.

Microsoft Project Server - Setting up Enterprise Projects vs. Non- Enterprise

Microsoft Project Server - Setting up Enterprise Projects vs. Non- Enterprise: "Setting up Enterprise Projects vs. Non- Enterprise "

The error message indicates that you are not logged into Project Server
through Microsoft Project Professional before you attempt to publish the
project. In addition, because you are not logged into Project Server, the
project you created is not an enterprise project because it is not saved in
the Project Server database. To log into Project Server, you must first do
the following setup procedure:

1. Open Microsoft Project
2. Click Tools - Enterprise Options - Microsoft Project Server Accounts
3. Click the Add button
4. Give your login an Account Name
5. Enter your company's Project Server URL
6. Click the Test button to confirm you have a valid working URL
7. Select the "Set as default account" option
8. Click OK
9. Select the "Manually control detection state" option
10. Click the OK button

Once you have completed the previous steps, you must close and relaunch
Microsoft Project. In the Project Server Accounts dialog, make sure your
user login is selected and click the Connect button. Once done, you should
now import your nonenterprise project into the Project Server database using
Tools - Enterprise Options - Import Project to Enterprise. Pay special
attention to the page where you must "synch up" the local resources in your
project with enterprise resources found in the Enterprise Resource Pool.
Hope this helps.

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Dale A. Howard [MVP]

Project Server Blog

Wednesday, October 27, 2004