Interesting lesson learned the other day: HOW you publish your schedule has an impact on how your data is visible in MOPS 2007. Publishing from PWA is handy and easy to do, but it doesn’t actually publish everything. We noticed some discrepancies between our timesheet data and our project data, and, after much digging, traced…
The Catapult Systems EPM team will be well-represented at the Microsoft Project Conference in Phoenix this September. Many of the contributors to this blog will be in attendance, looking to soak up the goodness of Project Server 2010 and it’s components. The Project Conference is always a well-run show. Content and speakers are always top-notch,…
Welcome to the inaugural post for my new Catapult Systems Blog. I’ll be presenting two themes: Architect’s Corner – where we’ll discuss patterns and practices for .NET development. Terry’s Bookshelf – where I’ll review new and classic books on software design and .NET programming. We’ll start both themes with a focus on Microsoft’s ADO.NET…
The Adventure Works Travel site and 10 Hands-On labs have been released to the SharePoint community. These developer oriented labs are available from The MSDN Code Gallery in the SharePoint on the Web Project. The kit comes with an installer for the AWT site with all the bells and whistles.
Heather Kostes, Business Group Lead from Microsoft interviewed me for the Microsoft MVP Program at Tech•Ed 2009. Of course I blathered on about Social Networking and Search. I love SharePoint because I enjoy showing clients how to use the tools they have to build business value. (I think that message came through…:) Anyway, it…
There are two editions of Visual Studio 2008 that can be used to do performance testing – Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition and Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite. When using these products, there are also two types of test platforms that can be used: Local without a Controller and a Test…
I’ve been using Windows 7 for a few weeks now and I love it, NO, I REALLY MEAN IT WHEN I SAY I LOVE IT!!! The last time I printed something was at the Catapult Austin office a few days ago. I set my default printer to the one in my office while I was…
While using Visual Studio 2008 to do a load test of a SharePoint web site, I was having problems retrieving performance counters from the servers that I was trying to test. The tests were configured as local tests without a test rig. After I setup the web test and load test, the first time…
Microsoft Certification Test Tips I’ve been going certification crazy this year as I’ve passed 5 certification tests so far. Along the way I’ve picked up a few tips that might be of interest to someone looking to study for and take a Microsoft Certification exam. Trancender is a win forms app installed locally, so…
The Resource Graph provides some interesting functionality in Microsoft Project, functionality that most users are never aware of. Here’s a couple of ways to modify it to make it easier to use. This post will show you how to: 1) Modify the Resource Graph to show multiple resources 2) Depict a Cost S-Curve 3)…
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