You receive an error message when you create, save, or open a report in Project Portfolio Server 2007 after you install SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2!

On a server that provides the reporting functionality for Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server 2007, you install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

When you create a report or save a report in Project Portfolio Server 2007, you receive the following error message:

An attempt has been made to use a data extension 'PPSExtension' that is not registered for this report server.
More Info: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings&EvtID=rsDataExtensionNotFound&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00

When you open a report that is saved in Project Portfolio Server 2007, you receive the following error message:

An error has occurred during report processing.
More Info: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings&EvtID=rsProcessingAborted&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00

This problem occurs because the SQL Server Setup program removed an Extension XML element from the Rsreportserver.config file. This Extension XML element is added by the Project Portfolio Server 2007 Setup program.

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There are these useful articles that have been recently published by Project Server Admin Blog regarding Workflow Management:

• How to Associate a Workflow with an Enterprise Project Type
• How to Troubleshoot Your Workflows
• How to Restart/Change Workflows

I hope the readers would find these helpful. Read more on this article...

Great News!
The wait is over!
Project 2010 Beta is available for Public to Try!
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Hello friends.

Finally, I got some time to blog again. It’s great to feel good after 3 months of hard efforts to bring RAW EPM to live action. When we consider one of the biggest MSEPM Architecture of World, the challenge grows even bigger. That’s how my life has been tougher since last few months as a MSEPM SME to complete the Go-Live in a record time.

My Customer has several credentials to their belt. They are India's Largest & Biggest Player in their industry vertical. Their in-house motivation to transform As Is Project Management Functions to Enterprise Portfolio Management by implementing MSEPM had done justice to our spirit to deliver a set of qualitative deliverables.

The joy of architecting Microsoft EPM, configuring & customizing it to align with Organization Goals and then motivating the Customer to best utilize it, motivates me the most. And when you have an equal, hungry & spirited Customer to leverage this product to achieve Project/Program/Portfolio Governance Excellence, it only adds icing to the cake. Yes…the SME’s jobs gets even harder to match expectations sometimes! 

I can rate this assignment as one of my best among last few MSEPM implementations. As we stand on the verge of welcoming MSEPM2010, this could become my last act with MOPPS 2007. It is in fact a very robust PPM tool. Fingers crossed as I wonder how much of its features are included in the single Project Server 2010 environment.

Well, this is real time to take a break as last 8 months have been very tiring. Last but not the list, Thanks Karri, my friend, working in MSEPM with you in this engagement has been truly a wonderful experience!

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Some great videos are available for download on Permissions, Groups, Categories & RBS.
Here are they:

Project Server Security Part 1 – Permissions (Download)
Project Server Security Part 2 – Groups (Download)
Project Server Security Part 3 – Categories (Download)
Project Server Security Part 4 – RBS (Download)

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Microsoft has released few documents for Project Server 2010 Beta Version on the following topics:

Planning & Architecture
Plan groups, categories, and RBS in Project Server 2010
Project Server 2010 upgrade overview
Determine hardware and software requirements
Technical diagrams (Project Server 2010)

Deployment
Deploy Project Server to a server farm environment
In-place upgrade to Project Server 2010
Database attach full upgrade to Project Server 2010
Database attach core upgrade to Project Server 2010
Upgrade to Project Server 2010 from Project Server 2003

Operations
Back up and restore databases (Project Server 2010)
Project backup and recovery (Project Server 2010)
Manage security in Project Server 2010

These documents can be found here!!
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Finally, Microsoft has released a series of videos for Project 2010. Check it out!

http://www.microsoft.com/project/2010/en/us/default.aspx

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