Microsoft Technet keeps a column of some of my articles that are on the Project Server 2010 site over there.  The latest article is entitled Centralize or Decentralize.  You’ll find other articles in my “From the Trenches” column on that site.

Project and Project Server and SharePoint October 2007 Cumulative Update
Updates for Project Server 2007

This include a number of fixes, so Microsoft strongly recommends that you test this in a test environment based on your production environment before putting this fix live in production.

The article below provides information on how to deploy the Project Server Cumulative Update.

Deploy cumulative updates (Project Server 2007)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd239177.aspx

Service Pack 2 for both WSS and Office Servers 2007 are required for this Cumulative Update. The KB articles below provide information on how to download and install SP2 if you have not already done so.

Note: The SP2 Requirement is new as of the August 2010 Project and Project Server 2007 Cumulative Updates.

Description of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2 and of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Language Pack SP2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338

Description of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Service Pack 2 and of 2007 Microsoft Office servers Language Pack Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334

The Server 2007 CU is released in two different versions. The first version is in Individual Packages specific to a particular product like WSS and Project Server. These are smaller downloads but they do not include language packs or patches for other products so patches for those products would have to be downloaded and installed separately. 

The second version is the Server Rollup Packages. This is a set of two rollup packages which contains all the fixes for WSS, Project Server and MOSS. These packages should be used when MOSS is part of the deployment and/or you have language packs installed. The Server Rollup Packages are much larger (~100MB each) but they will greatly simplify MOSS patch deployment.

You can read about the fixes included in the October CU from the following articles:

• Server Rollup Packages: Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (WSS server-package): October 26, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2412268
• Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update server hotfix package (MOSS server-package): October 26, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2412267
• Individual Product Packages: Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (sts-x-none.msp): October 26, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2412258
• Description of the Project Server 2007 hotfix package (Pjsrvapp-x-none.msp; Pjsrvwfe-x-none.msp): October 26, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2412269
• Description of the Office Project 2007 hotfix package (project-x-none.msp): October 26, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2412260
• Client Installation: In order to install this hotfix, you will need to have Microsoft Project 2007 SP2 installed on the client.
• Description of Office Project 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and of Office Project Language Pack 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953326

NOTE: Microsoft strongly recommends testing within a NON-Production environment prior to rollout.

Individual Product Packages:

• Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package (sts-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276469
• Description of the Project Server 2007 hotfix package (Pjsrvapp-x-none.msp; Pjsrvwfe-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276475
• Description of the Office Project 2007 hotfix package (project-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2289175

Server Rollup Packages:

• Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (WSS server-package): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276474
• Description of the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Cumulative Update server hotfix package (MOSS server-package): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276472

Project / Project Server2010

Individual Product Packages:

• Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 hotfix package (Sts-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2266423
• Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 hotfix package (spswfe-x-none.msp, pplwfe-x-none.msp, osrchwfe-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276339
  (Note: If you load the Project Server 2010 hotfix 2276341 you will also need to load at least 2266423 listed above. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/09/17/project-server-2010-applied-august-cu-and-having-problems-with-jsgrid.aspx)
• Description of the Project Server 2010 hotfix package (Wosrv-x-none.msp, Pjsrvwfe-x-none.msp, Osrv-x-none.msp): August 31, 2010 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276341
• No August update for Microsoft Project 2007 Standard or Professional 2010

Server Rollup Packages:

• Description of the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (SharePoint Foundation server-package): August 31, 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2352346
• Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package): August 31, 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2352342
  (Note: Does not include Project Server patch)
• Description of the SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010 Cumulative Update Server Hotfix Package (MOSS server-package, Project server-package): August 31, 2010 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2352345

I came across Brainstorm randomly at a trade show years ago and have loved their products ever since.  I’m sure the company does more than what I’m going to talk about but the product they produce that I just love are 2-3 page double-sided training summaries for products like Microsoft Project, Office and others.  I just got some samples of the new Office 2010 “Quick Start Cards” and once again I’m delighted to recommend them. There are several sections, simple screen shots and the top 30 commands or so all in 6 panels.

Take a look at www.brainstorminc.com.