Upgrade MOSS 2007 Standard to Enterprise Edition

When I realised I installed the wrong version of SharePoint Server 2007 for a client I was worried that I might have to do a complete reinstall to upgrade to the Enterprise version. After a bit of searching I found a MUCH easier way to upgrade SharePoint from the Standard to Enterprise Edition. All you have to do is change the license key.

Convert the License Type:

1. Go to Central Administration > Operations
   
2. Select Convert license type
   
3. Enter the license key for the Enterprise Edition
   

Enable Enterprise Features:

1. Go to Central Administration > Operations > Enable Enterprise Features
   
2. Choose Enterprise and click OK
   

Enable Enterprise Features (Existing Sites):

1. Go to Central Administration > Operations > Enable Enterprise Features on Existing Sites
   
2. Select the check box and click OK
   

Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft Project Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2)

After a long wait Microsoft have released the Service Pack (SP2) for it's Office Project 2007 and Office Project Server 2007 products.

This service pack included SP1, Infrastructure Update and all the cumulative updates till Feb 2009. The April Cumulative Update should be installed after the SP2.

Here are some of the high level benifits of the Service Pack 2:

Project Standard and Project Professional

• The scheduling engine, Active Cache, and Gantt charts all have improvements
  
• There is additional reliability with earlier versions of the .mpp format
  

Project Server

• Better memory management in the queue service
  
• Performance to certain database table indexes is improved
  
• Resource plans, build team, cost resources, and the server scheduling engine have improved
  

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Description:

Description of Office Project 2007 Service Pack 2

Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 2

Service Pack 2 (SP2) Downloads:

Office Project 2007 (x86)

WSS (x86 and x64)

Office Servers (x86 and x64) - contains Project Server SP2

Once your farm has been properly updated the new SP2 product version will be: 12.0.6422.1000

Microsoft Office Suite 2007 Service Pack 2

Microsoft has released Service Pack 2 for it's Office Suite 2007 a few days ago.

Some of the new features include OpenDocument Format (ODF) support, Built-in Save As PDF/XPS support and many more. View the description link below to see the full list of improvements made.

Description of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Download of 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2)

Viewing MOSS/WSS document library in Explorer View using Windows Server 2008

Can’t view MOSS/WSS document library in Explorer View using Windows Server 2008

 If you try to view a document library in Explorer View you get the message “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”.

To resolve this you’ll need to add the "Desktop Experience" feature for Win2008

 To enable this feature:

• Go to the Server Manager
  
• Click Add Features
  
• Select the Desktop Experience check box and click next to install this feature
  
• You will need to restart the server for this feature to be installed
  

PS. If you installed the WebDav service for IIS7 you'll need to uninstall it from Programs and Features.

You should now be able to view your WSS document library in Explorer View.

EPM 2007 Service Pack 1

At last Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for 2007 Microsoft Office servers (which includes: Project Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, SharePoint Server 2007, Project Portfolio 2007), Project Pro 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

Refer to the following KB articles for a description of SP1:

Description of the 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936984

Description of Project 2007 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937154

Description of the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936988

Refer to the following KB articles for a list of issues fixed in SP1:

Issues that are fixed in Project Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942387

Issues that are fixed in Project 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942386

Issues that are fixed in SharePoint Server 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942390

Issues that are fixed in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942388

NOTE: You must install this update BEFORE you install the Office Servers Update to update Project Server 2007

Project Server 2007 queue "Getting Queued" error

If you have a job that is stuck in the queue in a "Getting Queued" state, follow these steps to remove it.

IMPORTANT: Cancelling this job WILL RESULT IN DATA LOSS.

1. Log into PWA
2. Go to Server Settings
3. Under the Queue section, click Manage Queue
4. Expand the Advanced Options section
5. Check the option "Cancel jobs getting enqueued"
6. Select the "stuck" job and click Cancel Jobs
7. Have your PM save again

To avoid this problem in the future, make sure you instruct your PMs to wait until the bar on the bottom of Project Professional reads "Save job xx% complete. Expected Wait Time xxs". It is at this time that the job is in the queue and that Pro is no longer needed.

Project Professional 2007 local cache

Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 uses a local cache to let you work with projects as if they were stored locally, making the Save and Open operations much faster than in previous versions. You can adjust the cache size and location, and select specific projects to remove from the cache.

Learn more about the local cache

The local cache helps you work more efficiently by synchronizing a local version of your project with the version stored on Project Server.

When you check out a project, the local version is updated with changes made to the server version. As you make changes to the checked-out project, those changes are saved to the local version of the project.

When you check the project back in to Project Server, only those changes that were made while the project was checked out are synchronized to the server version of the project.

While working on a checked-out project, you may want to occasionally save the project to Project Server without checking it back in. When you save the project, it synchronizes the changes, similar to the check-in process. After saving a project, you can continue to work on the project while it is synchronizing your changes with the server. The local caching works in the background. A message is displayed at the bottom of the Project window, indicating the percent that the synchronization is complete, and approximately how much time it should take before the project is synchronized.

Remove projects from the cache

Removing projects from the cache can be helpful in reducing the number of projects you see in the Open dialog box, or in reducing the amount of memory used when you are approaching the cache size limit.

1. On the Tools menu, point to Local Project Cache, and then click Cleanup Cache.
   
2. In the Remove projects from cache section, in the Project Filter list, click Projects not checked out to you or Projects checked out to you to display the corresponding list of projects in the grid.
   
3. Click the project in the grid that you want to remove from the cache, and then click Remove From Cache.