Microsoft Project Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download

Microsoft Project Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) provides the latest updates for Project Server 2010. This service pack includes two main categories of fixes:
  • Previously unreleased fixes that were made specifically for this service pack. In addition to general product fixes, these fixes include improvements in stability, performance, and in security.
  • All the public updates that were released through June 2011, and all the cumulative updates that were released through April 2011.

Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Microsoft Project Server 2010 contains new updates which improve security, performance, and stability, in total, there are over 200 issues were fixed in SP1 for Project and Project Server. Additionally SP1 is a rollup of all the fixes we’ve previously shipped meaning it contains all of the cumulative updates that have been released to date.

Here is the highlight four of the bigger fixes that have all been highly requested by customers.
Multi-Browser Support for time entry in Project Web App
With SP1, Project Web App pages needed by team members to submit task status and timesheets are supported on FireFox, Safari, and Chrome.

Enhancements to sync’ing Project tasks to a SharePoint task list
SharePoint task list sync now also supports auto scheduled tasks in addition to manually scheduled tasks

Time-phased support for manually scheduled tasks
You can now edit time-phased data for manually scheduled tasks in Project and Project Server.

Improvements to project scheduling in Project Web App
You can now edit project plans that contain fixed work and effort driven tasks in Project Web App.

Download Microsoft Project Server 2010 Service Pack 1
To download the Microsoft Project Server 2010 SP1 package from Download Microsoft Project Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (405.0 MB).

System requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
This update applies to the following product: Microsoft Project Server 2010
Supported Windows Installer Version: Windows Installer 3.1 or greater

Source: Microsoft Project 2010 BLog

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