Category Archives: Microsoft

Flat Worlders Right

If you pay any attention to design trends, you will no doubt be aware of the triumph of Flat Design over Skeuomorphism. See here for a super (longish) article with lots of background. In the old days of web design, like a few years ago, gradients, drop shadows, highly stylized graphics and so on Read more...

The Improved SharePoint 2013 to Project Sync

The 2010 versions of SharePoint and Project introduced the two-way sync, where project schedules are built in either Project or in a SharePoint task list, and changes are synchronized in both directions. SharePoint and Project 2013 enhances this capability, making it much easier for team members to update Read more...

Delivering Organization 2.0 with SharePoint 2013, and other Stories of the Week

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!  As ever, we are always on the lookout for articles and resources to help you manage projects collaboratively… so take a minute, grab a cup of coffee and check out these articles from around the web that you may have missed.  Enjoy! Delivering Organization 2.0 Read more...

BrightWork Project Structured Template – Must Knows

Continuing with my theme of "Must Knows", cutting to the chase for various BrightWork topics, here my fellow blog readers is information about the great BrightWork Project Structured template - happy syncing! Only use MS Project Professional 2010 with BrightWork for SharePoint 2010. Do not use MS Read more...

How to Get Your Executives to Participate on Yammer, and Other Stories of the Week

It’ that time of the week again to bring you some of the stories we have gathered and found that might help your pursuit of collaborative project management success! How to Get Your Executives to Participate on Yammer (The Yammer Blog) You have 15 minutes of your Senior Manager’s time. Your Read more...

MPUG Essentials Certificate Series: Managing Projects with SharePoint

Certificate Series: Managing Projects with SharePoint, May 21st – May 23rd In this 3-day members-only essentials course, we will present, explain, and demonstrate which pieces of SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013 will help you with project and everyday work management. Overview: Microsoft Read more...

How Microsoft Project 2013 Works for You and Other Stories of the Week

This week we’ve gathered articles on what you need to know about the new Project 2013 and how it will benefit all the business roles (not just the PMs!), an interesting case study about a SharePoint 2013 early adopter, interesting thoughts on the SharePoint / Yammer integration … and some tips to Read more...