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Cannot open project files from synced sharepoint direcory if path + file name over 140 characters Kylan Childers in Project, 07-15-2016 Starting I believe on Tuesday, I have had a couple workstations report that they were no longer able to open .MPP files from sharepoint libraries synced to onedrive for business. It would throw and error stating that either the file was from an old incomp ... Read More  1,053 Views 0 Like  5 Replies 0 Like Adrian Adam replied to Kylan Childers 09-18-2016 For Project 2016, the September 6, 2016-Update is also fixing an issue sounding very similar to the description below. Link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3118266 ... Read More 0 Like Brian Smith replied to Kylan Childers 07-15-2016 Can you share the exact Project and Office version you now see Kylan - and I can take a look and see if I repro. Are you on First Release for Deferred Channel, July 12, ... Read More
Inactive Tasks show up in Capacity Planning Charts in Resource Center (Project Online) Adrian Adam in Project, 07-21-2017 Hi all I just noticed the following behaviour which (from my perspective) should be different: I added a task in a project and assigned a resource to it, published the project plan This task now shows up in the resource's task sheet, it shows up in resource ... Read More  56 Views 0 Like  3 Replies 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Adrian Adam 07-28-2017 Grüzi Adrian, Looks like a bug to me, too. Did you file a O365 ticket? Cheers, Trutz
What Users Struggle to Understand about Project Todd Kirk in Project, 07-21-2017 I frequently get asked for training on Project, but I find it's difficult to help users really understand Project. Not just what it does, but how to set up their projects the right way. I'm wondering what you find are the must know ideas to get the most o ... Read More  35 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like Zachary Grotovsky replied to Todd Kirk 07-25-2017 I'd say to make the default to auto-schedule tasks instead of manual scheduling, that's a key idea.
What Users Struggle to Understand about Project Todd Kirk in Project, 07-21-2017 I frequently get asked for training on Project, but I find it's difficult to help users really understand Project. Not just what it does, but how to set up their projects the right way. I'm wondering what you find are the must know ideas to get the most o ... Read More  26 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
New Project Online feature upcoming: Configure rollup of timephased data for the OData endpoint? Trutz Stephani in Project, 06-19-2017 A new feature is "in deployment": Configure rollup of timephased reporting data in Project Online It will allow you to set the granularity of the data delivered by the timephased OData endpoints, thus giving the ability to reduce the amount of data that is ... Read More  69 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Project Online integration with Planner Emma Herrick in Project, 11-22-2016 When I was at the Project and Planner booths at Ignite, one of the reps staffing the Project booth said that we'd soon be able to include Planner plans in Project Online (so we can see resource assignments across everything), and he had an example that he... Read More  828 Views 3 Likes  3 Replies 0 Like Stephen Christiansen replied to Emma Herrick 05-18-2017 Has there been any update to this? I was going to try to integrate via Flow, but something is already done, I'd love to use it! 0 Like Ian Bruckner replied to Emma Herrick 12-08-2016 This would be great!!!!!!!
User Permissions Stephen Curtis in Project, 05-18-2017 Currently deploying EPS 2016 / SharePoint in new domain. At the same time migrating users from old to new domain. For migrated users unable to access Project. For users created in new domain, no problems. I am 99.9% certain that this has nothing to do ... Read More  51 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Is 'Project Online Desktop Client' another name for 'Project Pro for Office 365' ? Don Pickard in Project, 11-19-2016 I'm a little confused about the deployment of the bits for subscription licenses. Is 'ProjectProRetail' the correct productID to use, if I need to deploy 'Project Online Desktop Client' ? We have an O365 E3 plan, which give us O365 ProPlus bits, that I depl ... Read More  1,456 Views 0 Like  3 Replies 1 Like Chad Olson replied to Don Pickard 11-21-2016 Yes, they renamed "Project Pro for Office 365" to "Project Online Desktop Client" recently. You would still use the ProjectProRetail option in your configuration.xml file ... Read More Best Response
New feature in the O365 Project 2016 C2R client: Link tasks using a drop-down menu Trutz Stephani in Project, 04-26-2017 If you are using the O365 Project 2016 C2R client, you have received a new feature to link tasks using a drop-down in the predecessor/successor column. This is especially helpful in larger schedules in which you don't want to scroll up and down just to fi ... Read More  73 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Project Install Fails both w/64 bit and 32 bit Eric Adler in Project, 04-14-2017 This has been fun. We are using Office 2016 CTR 32 bit version. When I go to install Project 2016 32 Bit I get the message saying: You can't install the 32-bit version of Office becasuse we found the folloiwng 64 bit programs on your PC: Office 16 Click ... Read More  93 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Create and manage up to 30,000 projects in Project Online Lana O'Brien in Project, 04-07-2017 On April 3, 2017 Microsoft announced a huge increase in the number of projects you can support through Project Online, a Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) solution. Read more on Office Blogs. Read More  1,627 Views 1 Like  0 Reply
Project Online for multiple teams? Andrew Huddleston in Project, 03-11-2017 Hi so far i cannot find guidance around how to use project web app for multiple teams, each wanting/needing to manage their own projects. Would one normally go to Shapoint Admin and setup a new site collection with pwa for each team, or can it be done wit ... Read More  153 Views 0 Like  2 Replies 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Andrew Huddleston 03-20-2017 @Paul Mather just published a nice summary on this topic: https://pwmather.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/projectonline-1-pwa-site-collection-for-all-or-1-per-department-o365-ppm-pmot-office365-msproject/ Read More 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Andrew Huddleston 03-13-2017 Hi Andrew, You can also have all teams in a single instance. Using the Project Server permission mode you can then design your security model in a way, that each team only ... Read More
Scheduling day/night resources during shutdown. James Leonard in Project, 02-27-2017 I have a MS Project task to which I want to assign both dayshift and nightshift resources. The project has a 24hr calender, the dayshift resource have a 6a-6p calendar, and nights use a 6p-6a calendar. The resources are not equally staffed as there are 6 ... Read More  115 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like Julie Sheets replied to James Leonard 03-17-2017 Not sure how you have the resource assigned. Do you have the max units set correctly for each group of resources? Are 600% of the day shift and 200% of the night shift ... Read More
Can you setup Project Tasks in Dynamics 365 Project modules Dave Norton in Project, 02-13-2017  126 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Dave Norton 03-13-2017 Hi Dave, There is an Add-In which allows you to plan your schedule your Dynamics 365 PSA projects using the Project Professional client. Apart from that there is no built- ... Read More
Project Online, Project Sites Document Library synchronization button is gone Randy Nieraeth in Project, 03-07-2017 Since last week we discovered that on all document libraries in the modern view, within our PWA site collection of SharePoint Online, the synchronization button is gone. We created a Microsoft Support ticket and they simply responded that the disabled it, ... Read More  139 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Randy Nieraeth 03-13-2017 Hi Randy, While I'm surprised of the reply to your service ticket, this is a bug that can also be found in your O365 Admin center, see attachment. Details: Title: "Sync" ... Read More
Migration to a hosted environment Daniel Christian in Project, 03-06-2017 Hello, I'd like to get some feedback regarding migrating Project Web Apps (PWA) from your local environments to a hosted solution and therefore a content database migration is no longer an option. In addition some departments will be migrating from Project ... Read More  98 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like James Boman replied to Daniel Christian 03-06-2017 Daniel Christian wrote: So here are the questions- What's the best or recommended path for the Project Server 2010 users to migrate? Should they 1st have a local copy of t ... Read More
We are unable to connect right now. Please check your network and try again later. Michael Shea in Project, 01-29-2017 We have a Project Manager (with appropriate license) who is attempting to connect Project Professional 2016 to Project Online through a VPN connection. All of the other Project Managers have had no issue, but this user is getting the error "We are unable ... Read More  595 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like Dylan Levy replied to Michael Shea 02-27-2017 I have two users with the same issue, but on OneNote. Any luck?
Filter resource custom fields by using Departments Rutger Jan van Schie in Project, 02-24-2017 Is filtering resource custom fields by using the Department functionality supported in Project Online? The goal is to only have to fill the resource fields that are relevant for the selected department, where the resource is part of. I linked the resourc ... Read More  77 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Project Online for Geographically Dispersed Users Michael Shea in Project, 01-29-2017 Does anybody have any suggestions for geographically dispersed users accessing Project Online? We have some things that we are trying, but wanted to see if anybody in the community had any tips or tricks in improving performance/latency in this type of e ... Read More  96 Views 0 Like  1 Reply 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Michael Shea 02-01-2017 Normally the O365 infrastructure is already aimed at providing the best access via the routing behind the public IPs. All guides that apply to O365 SharePoint Online in ge ... Read More
CSOM API Update for Project Online: Cost rate table support Trutz Stephani in Project, 02-01-2017 There is a new update of the CSOM API for SharePoint and Project Online available: https://dev.office.com/blogs/new-sharepoint-csom-version-released-for-Office-365-january-2017 There is now support for cost rate tables more or less similar to the PSI funct ... Read More  136 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Project Online: Timesheets Concern Chris Jaskulski in Project, 01-26-2017 Hello everyone We recently turned off the ability for resources to record time at "top level". Now we are seeing actual time in timesheets being adjusted. My research is showing that a PM deleted a task and I think that caused the issue. I am wondering if... Read More  74 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Project and Project Server January 2017 Updates Released Lana O'Brien in Project, 01-25-2017 @Brian Smith, Microsoft Senior Escalation Engineer, provided an upate to Project Project and Project Server in a blog post earlier this month. Read more on the Microsoft Project Support Blog. Read More  66 Views 0 Like  0 Reply
Refresh Excel Services Reports Adele Vance in Project, 12-15-2016 Can somebody point me to the proper way to enable refresh of Excel Services reports (using Odata feeds) in Project Online? I need to be able to refresh the basic reports that came with the installation as well as custom ones that we develop through Power ... Read More  316 Views 0 Like  4 Replies 1 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Adele Vance 12-19-2016 Hi Adele, You can refer to this Microsoft Help article: Granting reporting access in Project Online: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Grant-reporting-access-in-Project-Online-4F125CF5-A752-4CE6-B9E9-5A2EB6ACE9E2 ... Read More Best Response
Edit Enterprise Calendar in Project Online Michael Shea in Project, 01-20-2017 I am running into the following error (screen shot below) when attempting to edit the "Standard" enterprise calendar or creating a new one. I am able to open projects through Project Center by highlighting / Open / In Microsoft Project for Editing, so I ... Read More  398 Views 0 Like  7 Replies view all 7 replies 0 Like Kelvin Kirby replied to Michael Shea 01-20-2017 Hi Michael, If you try it when Project is already open, do you get the same result ? Are you using Project Professional Online rather than an older installed msi version ... Read More
Team Resource Pool Capacity Sara Fennah in Project, 11-01-2016 Working in Project Online, I have a customer who wants to use Resource Teams, but tasks assigned to Team Resource Pool Resource do not appear to show in the Capacity Planning graphs, though they do show in the Resource Assignments. Is this an expected b ... Read More  156 Views 0 Like  3 Replies 0 Like Trutz Stephani replied to Sara Fennah 11-02-2016 Hi Sara, Did you check if the team resource was set as "Proposed" in your Project Team? If yes, there is an option in the Capacity Planning graphs, that also adds proposed ... Read More