Jeremy Cottino

Il est bien plus beau de savoir quelque chose de tout que de savoir tout d'une chose. [Blaise Pascal]

I will not be Microsoft Project (Business Solutions) MVP anymore

I will not be Microsoft Project (Business Solutions) MVP anymore

Like Jim Morrison said in one of my favourite songs of the Doors, “This is the end, Beautiful friend, This is the end, My only friend, The end”… But, to quote Microsoft now: Once an MVP, always an MVP! So I’m now proud member of the MVP Reconnect Program. This will allow me to stay...

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Enhance the “Track your work” web part

Enhance the “Track your work” web part

For once, a short article with a quick tip on how to enhance the Track your work web part, on your Project Online home page, by updating some links and changing the colour of the tiles. ...

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Implement your corporate Risk and Issue Management methodology in Project Online

Implement your corporate Risk and Issue Management methodology in Project Online

Project Online (or Project Server) should be configured, not to say customized, in a way that it supports your business principles and procedures around Project Management. It should reflect your (probably tailor made) Project Management methodology. The first thing you generally do...

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Updating the Status Manager, the sleight of hand

Updating the Status Manager, the sleight of hand

The status manager is the resource who is to receive status updates for a task, from any resource assigned to this task. The Status Manager (task field) is described in this page from Microsoft support. Known limitation Microsoft Project has a limitation that prevents a schedule...

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The beginner's guide for Project Server/Project Online reporting using oData

The beginner's guide for Project Server/Project Online reporting using oData

Starting with a definition: “OData is a REST-based protocol for querying and updating data and is built on standardized technologies such as HTTP, Atom/XML, and JSON. It is different from other REST-based web services in that it provides a uniform way to describe both the data...

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The final note on managing Master projects and subprojects with Project Server (and Project online)

The final note on managing Master projects and subprojects with Project Server (and Project online)

This article will describe all the necessary information required to understand how to manage master projects and subprojects within Project Server. Note that the approach is similar with project Online. For the illustration, I will use a team of 4 persons: Jane Doe, project manager Jeremy Cottino,...

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Presenting Office 365 Planner

Presenting Office 365 Planner

So, what is Office 365 Planner? Announced by Office 365 Team, on September 22, 2015, Office 365 Planner (originally codenamed Highlander) is presented as a tool which: “offers people a simple and highly visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create...

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