Previews of new Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010 books to be featured on MSDN, TechNet, and other Microsoft sites through Microsoft's community authored content initiative.
msProjectExperts announced its new books for Microsoft Project and Project Server 2010 at the Microsoft Project Conference in Phoenix. "We're very excited to introduce our new titles at the Microsoft Project Conference this year" commented Gary Chefetz, CEO of msProjectExperts, "we're finally introducing a long-awaited Developer's Guide to Microsoft Project Server 2007 and 2010 and Managing Enterprise Portfolios, a new title that covers the portfolio management capabilities now integrated into Project Server 2010. "The Developer's Guide for the server is long overdue, as was Rod Gill's VBA book when we published it several years ago," he continued. "Microsoft Project Server represents a very small niche to larger publishing houses, so it takes a smaller company like ours willing to tackle the subject matter and make the production investment."
"Earlier this year, we signed a Master Content Agreement with Microsoft that paves the way for us to share our content on Microsoft web sites," said Chefetz. "The new agreement with Microsoft allows us to feature excerpts from our books in advance of publication." The Developer's Guide to Microsoft Project Server 2010, by MVP Stephen Sanderlin, VP of technology at msProjectExperts, is the first of the new titles with advance content published on MSDN. Importing SharePoint List Data into Project Server 2007 Custom Fields is the first article to be featured from the 2010 books series Excerpts from MVP Rod Gill's VBA Programming for Microsoft Office Project versions 98 through 2007 are also featured on MSDN. For 2010, Rod Gill is expanding his book to become the "Developer's Guide to Microsoft Project 2010 and now includes topics such as using VSTO for creating program add-ons.
"We toyed with the idea of publishing a Developer's Guide for 2007, but given the time constraints, we decided to make the 2010 book backward compatible to Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 rather than publishing two books." said Chefetz, "This book is be a must have for developers working with both versions as the content that is specific only to 2010 is clearly identified throughout. I am also very pleased to introduce Managing Enterprise Portfolios using Microsoft Project Server 2010. This new title covers the enterprise portfolio management capabilities now integrated into Project Server 2010 including demand and capacity management, portfolio optimization and the lifecycle governance features in the new system."
Along with the two new titles for Microsoft Project Server 2010, the Ultimate Learning Guide to Microsoft Project 2010 is back as two separate books, one covering foundational learning and one covering advanced topics. Managing Enterprise Projects using Microsoft Project Server 2010 continues to be the only book specifically written for Project Managers using the Microsoft EPM platform as does Collaborating on Enterprise Project Teams using Microsoft Project Server 2010 remain the only book specifically written for team members and managers using the system.
The gold standard for Project Server deployment, Implementing and Administering Microsoft Project Server 2010, completes the company's eight-title book offering for Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Project Server 2010. "It's hard to believe that this all started with one book that I wrote for Project Server 2002," Chefetz remarked. "When Dale Howard joined the company, we started expanding our core offering with the introduction of Project Server 2003 and grew through 2007. We finally have all aspects of Project and Project Server covered with the introduction of the Developer's guide and Managing Enterprise Portfolios."
msProjectExperts books are available at the company's e-store, Project Daddy, and from booksellers around the world. msProjectExperts holds an invitation-only private prepublication sale 30 days prior to shipping each title. For a private sale invitation, visit the msProjectExperts web site and click on the contact link to reserve you invitation.