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<Tea> Over the summer I spent a couple of weeks in Mallorca on holiday, and whilst there prep’d up moving SQL servers (who needs a holiday when you work for yourself!).  Prepping all this was because one of my customers … Continue reading →

<just coffee> So here I am, sitting Pheonix, AZ at the Project Conference 2010.  I’ve been working with Project 2010 for a while now, but under NDA, so I’ve not been able to blog about it, but as I type, … Continue reading →

<Sauvignon Blanc Semillon> Several weeks ago a customer of mine was getting a fatal error with Project Professional 2007 when connecting to the server.  This was only happening on a single machine, and the usual re-installs/repairs didn’t fix a thing.  … Continue reading →

<home made banana milkshake> Just found out Microsoft have awarded me MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for Project – nice one!   https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx?name=ben+howard    Cheers,  Ben.

<dry – watching Wimbledon> Just a quick reminder that if you’re struggling with getting Analysis Services to build successfully one of the errors you might see is …. Failed to build the OLAP cubes. Error: Analysis Services session failed with … Continue reading →

The following blog details the settings and email formats behind the task alerts and reminders page.  I originally wrote this in word using lots of tables and it hasn’t transferred very well to the web, apologies for that! Setting Up … Continue reading →

Just to let you know there are two MPUG events happening in the  UK.  The first is in London, and the second Manchester.  Details are below…   Tuesday 28th April MPUG London Presents: Networking and Best Practice Presentation Members and … Continue reading →

<Wolf Blass & Baileys!>   Every now and then something nice happens in EPM, something that makes life simpler!  This happened to me before Christmas (where did the last 8 weeks go to?) so figured I’d blog this now…, however,  to … Continue reading →

<coffee> Generally I don’t blog technical issues as there are lots of good technical blogs out there, but as no-one else seemed to have blogged this I thought I would. One on my customers has been up and running with … Continue reading →

<Brakspear Oxford Gold> If you’ve been looking out for training for Project Server or Portfolio Server training, there are now a few options… 1.  Enterprise Project Management University – This has been running since Project Server 2003, and since that … Continue reading →