An interesting question about resource calendars in the Project Standard and Professional user forum prompted me to write this blog post article. After using Microsoft Project for over 21 years, one of the nuggets of wisdom I have gleaned from this software is, “Always trust the schedule.” When you assign resources to a task, Microsoft [...]
In the past, Projility has seen the occasional support request regarding Power BI not exporting to PowerPoint the way users expected. Users would navigate to a report, then make the various project selections and drill downs. Once the users were happy with the report, they would export to PowerPoint. However, they would not see reflected [...]
Microsoft recently pushed out a selection of updates to Microsoft Project for O365. Unfortunately, if you are currently utilizing the perpetual license, you will not see this update at this time. One of these updates is the ability to link Microsoft Planner to the tasks within your project schedule. If your organization utilizes Microsoft Planner [...]
First off, I just want to thank Brian Smith and the team at Microsoft who have listened to feedback and incorporated Agile into Microsoft Project. We have been waiting for a while for these new features, so I have been working hard to figure out how everything works since their release. In this blog, I [...]
Since the timeline feature was introduced with Project Professional 2010, Microsoft Project has made great strides in improving it – especially over the last three versions. In today’s post, I will outline the highlights and some of the more advanced features that people have been asking me about for years. I will discuss how to: [...]
When you have a project within Microsoft Project Online, one of the key benefits is that you also get a project site. Project sites are useful tools for teams to collaborate, track documents, and enforce standardized policies and procedures - amongst other things. As an administrator, you may have noticed when you create a project [...]
We have been using Microsoft Project 2016 for a while now at Projility. As consultants, we connect to various Microsoft Project Online and Project Server environments. We noticed recently, however, an error that we have never encountered before with a previous version of Microsoft Project. When trying to connect to a Project Online environment, we [...]
There are many things we could talk about when it comes to using Microsoft Project more efficiently. For anyone that has attended a Projility Project Manager training class, the first thing that you learned was how to adjust the Quick Access Toolbar. This toolbar can make your life easier and more productive – with just [...]
