Service Pack 1 Overview EPM 2007 Adrian Jenkins

Service Pack 1 Overview EPM 2007 Adrian Jenkins| Microsoft Supportability Program Manager Christophe Fiessinger| Microsoft Technical Product Manager

Agenda Overview & Service Pack 1 (SP 1) content Download locations Deployment guidelines Post SP 1 hot fix rollup Questions and Answers

What SP 1 is Hot fixes and DCRs Customer reported problems Crashing problems reported Microsoft internally reported issues Postponed issues found near the original 2007 ship date Security fixes

What SP 1 is not A service pack based heavily on support call data The size and depth that would normally be expected for a first service pack For more information: KB Article Title 936984 Description of the 2007 Office System servers Service Pack 1 936988 Description of the Microsoft Windows Share. Point Services 3. 0 Service Pack 1 Description of the Microsoft Office Project 2007 Service Pack 1 937154 937961 940850 Description of the Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Description of Microsoft Office Language Interface Pack 2007 Service Pack 1

List of SP 1 Fixes Themes: Lookup Table & Custom Fields Active Cache Queue Timesheet & Statusing Performance Stability KB Article Description 942386 Issues fixed in Project 2007 by 2007 Office suite Service Pack 1 942387 Issues fixed in Project Server 2007 by Office 2007 Servers Service Pack 1 942388 Issues fixed in Windows Share. Point Services 3. 0 by Windows Share. Point Services 3. 0 Service Pack 1 Issues fixed in Office Share. Point Server 2007 by 2007 Office System servers Service Pack 1 Issues Fixed in Microsoft Project Portfolio 2007 Service Pack 1 942390 942722

Where to download SP 1? http: //www. microsoft. com/downloads Office Language Packs Office Web Components Project Language Pack Servers (MOSS, Project, Forms, Groove) Server Language Packs, x 86 Server Language Packs, x 64 Windows Share. Point Services Language Pack, x 64 Windows Share. Point Services with SP 1 (slipstream) Windows Share. Point Services with SP 1, x 64 (slipstream)

Deployement Guidelines Deploy software updates for Office Project Server 2007 Deploy software updates for Windows Share. Point Services 3. 0 Planning and Deploying Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office Share. Point Server 2007 in a Multi-server Environment Deploy in pre-production/test platform first, and validate specific fixes you were expecting in SP 1. Validate your typical usage scenarios prior to any deployment into production.

Post SP 1 Hot fix Rollup Patch - 1 What is it? Hot fixes made after the SP 1 code base was locked down and up until SP 1 is released Typically released 4 to 8 weeks after a SP Leverage your Microsoft representative to get it Should I wait for its release prior to deploying SP 1? Depends if it contains specific fixes that are specific to your deployment.

Post SP 1 Hot fix Rollup Patch - 2 Project Client: KB Article 941657 941657 924679 941657 Description Error 458 appears when using the Project. Before. Task. Change or Project. Before. Task. Change 2 VBA event Project crashes intermittently while connecting to Project Server and products such as Black Ice Firewall are installed Booking type of resources within a project get changed during the migration process Assignment booking type does not make it into the ASSN_BOOKING_TYPE column in dbo. MSP_ASSIGNMENTS table Project may keep crashing when a user tries to save a project back to Project Server Script error appears when closing a project while the Save Baseline or List project guide is open Users are able to save baselines on imported plans despite being denied in security settings Project may crash when grouping a resource view by RBS level

Post SP 1 Hot fix Rollup Patch - 3 Project Server: KB Article 941426 941426/941657 941426 941426 941426 941426 Description Adding more work to a task that has progress and is tracked on a % Complete basis incorrectly adds work to the task A crash may occur when updating tasks on multiple summary tasks via PSI OLAP cube dimensions do not work properly for the MSP_Project_Timesheet cube Build Team: Default Assignment owner is not changed after resources substitution in PWA Status manager field not updated when saved from a template Update. User. Sync. Setting tool not working properly Need ability to clear rejected task assignment via PSI Self assign with actuals appears as one request in approvals. 'Start Date' for tasks shows as NA in Applied Requests and Errors Updating custom field via PSI may cause Project. Scheduling. Engine. Exception error Error when users are set to a high a RBS level IE has encountered a problem with an add-on and needs to close - PJGRID 12. ocx Synching to WSS Root site can take a long time depending on the number of users being synchronized. An option now exists to disable sync Self assign to an existing task with an assignment incorrectly shows an update is needed to the resource the was originally assigned to the task Project Owners dropdown in Edit Project Properties does not take RBS into Account Updating tasks in PWA may cause failure to load projects in Project Professional Need the ability to remove themselves from a task with actual work is already applied Outline codes are not indented in Grouping views

Questions & Answers - 1 Will SP 1 break existing customization? It depends! If you’ve changed standard PWA pages, database schema and stuff like that, then you could run into problems. Otherwise, things should be OK. Have there been any changes or fixes to PSI methods? No changes to the methods. There haven’t been any major fixes.

Q&A-2 Have there been changes to PSMigrate? Not really. It has been recompiled to match Winproj. exe. There is a post SP 1 rollup fix that does fix an issue with resource booking types. Can I migrate from PS 2003 to PS 2007 + SP 1? Yes, you can apply SP 1 on your target environment. PS 2003 SP 3 is NOT a prerequisite nor is it necessary. Does SP 1 contain any additional tools? No. There are no tools, for example, to check whether or not MPP files have become corrupted and so forth.

Q&A-3 Are there any fixes that are specific to localized languages? No. When we were looking at the fixes to put into SP 1, we were unaware of issues that were specific to a localized build. When will the SP 1 language packs, 64 -bit and 32 -bit versions be shipped? All at the same time.

Q&A-4 Are there any dependencies between the SP 1 client and server versions? No. We test with RTM clients against SP 1 servers and vise versa. However, with all of the fixes that are in SP 1, it is a great idea to have both the server and client upgraded to SP 1. There also no dependencies between Office desktop applications. For example, you can install Project 2007 SP 1 and still have Office 2007 at the RTM level. You will need to install WSS 3. 0 SP 1 before installing Project Server SP 1, however.

Q&A-5 Are there any database schema changes? A few minor changes. There a lot of stored procedures and index changes to improve performance. Have any fixes been made that will help master and sub projects work better together – especially those that have been imported? Yes, there was a hot fix done for this and it is included in SP 1.

Q&A-6 Where can I get Project Portfolio Server SP 1? PPS SP 1 should be released next week Does SP 1 contain updates to PWA’s Active. X controls? Yes, they will have to be redeployed on the desktops. Please note that the hot fix rollup package will contain updates as well. How do we verify the version number of the client and the server? In Project go to Help/About MS Office Project (6215) On the server go to Central Admin/Operations/Servers in Farm (6219)

Q&A-7 Is the Code. Plex Timesheet Tied-Mode solution starter included in SP 1? No, here’s a link: Timesheet Tied-Mode v 1. 0 What’s the plan for SP 2? No target date so far, driven based on feedback. If you have issues continue to work with Microsoft Support to get a hot fix. What about compatibility with the next version of Windows Server 2008 and the next version of SQL Server 2008? Issues are being addressed with beta versions of these products.

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