Getting Started with Project Server 2010 - Part 2

This video demonstrates how to modify Project Site template, create Project Plan Template and configure EPT to use these templates for creating projects.





Part 1:  http://www.projectserverblog.com/2012/01/getting-started-with-project-server.html

Getting Started with Project Server 2010 - Part 1 - Post Installation Steps

This video demonstrates some recommended post-installation activities to start the use of Microsoft Project Server 2010:

• Configuration of Enterprise Calendar
• Custom Fields
• Notifications
• Security for Project Delete
• Time tracking configurations and Time Periods
• Configuration of Administrative Backup.

Part 2: http://www.projectserverblog.com/2012/01/getting-started-with-project-server_15.html

Note: You might want to install the free edition of our Project Server 2010 Configuration Audit Software - FluentPro Audit Lite. It is absolutely free to use and easy to install.

Project Sites - modify and save as template

This video demonstrates how to modify project site, save it as Project Site template and configure EPT to use this template to create projects.

Happy Holidays from FluentPro

I am speaking on Project Server Conference 2012

I am speaking on Project Server Conference 2012, in Phoenix. My presentation - "Management of Project Server 2010 environment configurations, migration and documenting of configurations settings"

Deleting Project Sites left after deleted projects

Sometimes, when users delete projects, they forget to check the checkbox to delete Project Site.

Please find a video how to delete Project Sites when projects were deleted and Project Sites are not.

Project Sites in Microsoft Project Server 2010 - What is missing?

In many of our Project Server 2010 Implementations we see that people are not using project sites to the full extent. Most store documents, risks and issues - but usually that's all.

Is that a lack of knowledge how to use sites? Is that a lack of functionality? What is missing there to make Project Site an important and useful instrument for team collaboration?


In next posts I will try to provide a series of posts and videos abount working with Project Sites and Templates, customization and management.

7 products released

We would like to announce availability of 7 products for Microsoft Project Server 2010 developed by FluentPro:

• FluentPro PDP Manager
• FluentPro View Manager
• FluentPro Lookup Manager
• FluentPro Project Dashboard
• FluentPro Status Report
• FluentPro Timesheet Reports
• FluentPro Publisher

Please visit www.fluentpro.com/products.html to see videos on each product and learn more information.

Products are available for purchase from our website.

Cloud. When Project Server and SharePoint will be there?

Found interesting article - http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2011/12/14/10-ways-cloud-computing-will-disrupt-our-businesses-in-2012/

I was surprised by "cloud first" approach for government. This is extremely good push for the cloud companies and if government goes to cloud - big companies will follow as well into both private and public clouds, and we will see decreasing number of on-premise deployments. The problem I see is that every company uses "cloud" as they understand it..and often it is just a marketing buzz for the "reshaped" old infrastructure.

In our practice - we tired of on-premise deployments, permissions, limited access, non-standardized configuration and troubleshooting all that. We want to go to some centralized and standardized model - it will make our life easier and products more stable.

Microsoft goes there with Office365. The question is - when the full versions of Project Server and SharePoint will be cloud-enabled? Will happen? And another big question - what would be the limitations for the products and platform? (current SharePoint in Office 365 is ugly and very limited). Time will show...

2 more product videos available - FluentPro Publisher and FluentPro View Manager for Project Server 2010

Today, we've prepared 2 more videos for our products:

• FluentPro Project Publisher - software that allows to re-save and re-publish all or selected projects

• FluentPro View Manager - this is an update (v.2.0) of our existing product that allows to customize Project Server 2010 and link views to EPT and user security group membership and define default views to load. 

FluentPro Project Publisher





FluentPro View Manager



Enjoy - and we would be happy to hear your feedback!