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  • Blog Post: Online Hands-On Training Exchange Server 2010 for Microsoft Partners

    Tom Mertens
    These hands-on labs online (HOLOs) are provided at no charge to Microsoft partners, and provide IT Professionals with the essential information they need to setup, deploy, and configure Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This 300 level hands-on labs online course (including seven hands-on labs) will prepare...
    on 21 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: Exchange 2010 Online Videos & Sessions

    Tom Mertens
    The new Exchange 2010 webcast series is live! Register to watch or download the recorded video or podcast. A full list of topics and presenters is below. Each webcast is approx. 60 minutes in length. Looking for something shorter? We also have a new series of “How Do I” videos dedicated to Exchange 2010...
    on 3 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Lync Server 2010 VHD available for download

    Tom Mertens
    The “ VHD Test Drive - Lync Server 2010 ” download comes as a pre-configured set of VHD's and enables you to fully evaluate Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 combined with Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 delivers a fresh, intuitive...
    on 15 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: UC Business Value Tool v5 Now Available For Microsoft Partners

    Tom Mertens
    The Microsoft Unified Communications Business Value Tool helps partners explore and accelerate opportunities within customer organizations. Partners canto use it to identify business objectives, demonstrate how unified communications solutions can help meet their customer’s objectives, and assess the...
    on 22 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: Appear Offline in Lync and other Customizations

    Tom Mertens
    Ilse Van Criekinge , technology advisor on Microsoft Unified Communications, explains several customizations in Lync that can be applied via Lync Client Policies , including: appearing offline while signed in, custom presence states, warnings when starting an IM session, and many more.
    on 29 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: TechNet Roadshow on Exchange 2010

    Tom Mertens
    The TechNet Belux team just announced that they will visit 3 cities in Belgium to let you discover the recently launched Exchange 2010 . Ilse Van Criekinge will guide you through the product and give an overview of the rich set of technologies related to Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010. Registration Register...
    on 18 Nov 2009

  • Blog Post: Free ‘Exchange 2010’ e-book by MVP Jaap Wesselius

    Tom Mertens
    Jaap Wesselius is an Exchange consultant in The Netherlands and was awared the MVP (Most Valuable Professional) status for his contributions to the Exchange community. Simple-Talk has  been working with Jaap to bring you a quick and easy ‘Practical Approach’ to the new Exchange Server 2010 platform...
    on 6 Dec 2009

  • Blog Post: Microsoft CIO Tony Scott Talks About Critical Trends Within IT In 2010

    Tom Mertens
    Microsoft’s Chief Information Officer Tony Scott talks about critical trends facing the IT industry in 2010, including cloud computing, virtualization, and the ongoing need to reduce costs and improve efficiency. More insights on how Microsoft Does IT at http://www.microsoft.com/itshowcase . You can...
    on 26 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machines

    Tom Mertens
    We’ve made the RTM version of the 2010 IW Demonstration & Evaluation Virtual Machines available. The download contains a two Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010. Virtual machine “a” contains the following...
    on 23 Jun 2010

  • Blog Post: Finding reference Cases & other Pre-Sales Support options

    GunterStaes
    As a partner of Microsoft you are entitled to use different types of pre-sales support. Think about : Ref. Cases, Technical Advisory Services, Technical Sales Assistance, Looking for a Presentation , … Reference Cases : In General Cases in Belgium : http://www.microsoft.be/cases Cases Worldwide : www...
    on 17 Nov 2009

  • Blog Post: Lync 2010 TechNet Roadshow in Belgium

    Tom Mertens
    Join us and explore Microsoft Lync 2010, the next generation of Communications Server Microsoft Lync Server 2010 ushers in a new connected user experience transforming every communication into an interaction that is more collaborative, engaging, and accessible from anywhere. Join us at one of the roadshow...
    on 23 Nov 2010

  • Blog Post: Just announced: Windows Phone 7 Series

    Tom Mertens
    Today at Mobile World Congress 2010, Steve Ballmer unveiled the phone designed for life in motion – Windows Phone 7 Series . Touted to deliver a fundamentally different approach to phone software, the latest Windows Phone boasts an unrivaled set of integrated experiences through Windows Phone Hubs. ...
    on 15 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Unified Communications User Awareness and Training Materials

    Tom Mertens
    The Unified Communications 2007/2007 R2 User Awareness and Training Materials Kit provides resources for IT Pros, Administrators, or Corporate Trainers to speed the usage and adoption Unified Communications technoligies in the enterprise. Materials in the kit can be customized to the needs of the company...
    on 11 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Welcome !

    GunterStaes
    Welcome to this new blog targeted at  Microsoft partners in Belgium. Goal of this blog is to distribute all partner related readiness information on Microsoft products.
    on 6 Nov 2009

  • Blog Post: Free eBook: Microsoft Office 365 - Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime

    Tom Mertens
    Microsoft Press announced that they are offering Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime by Katherine Murray, as a free eBook. You can read the full announcement at the Microsoft Press blog . Table of contents Part I Finding Your Place in the Cloud Chapter 1 What’s Happening...
    on 18 Aug 2011

  • Blog Post: Meet the Exchange product team – October 7, 2010

    Tom Mertens
    The Pro-Exchange user group gives the ability to the Belgian UC community to meet the Exchange product team . This is your chance to ask the questions you always wanted to ask or that never got answered.  Both Ross Smith IV and Greg Tailor will be at the event to answer all your questions and explain...
    on 29 Sep 2010

  • Blog Post: LinkedIn for Outlook Social Connector

    Tom Mertens
    The Official Microsoft Blog writes about two announcements on the social features of Office 2010 : The LinkedIn for Outlook Social Connector is available for download Additionally, we’re announcing new Outlook integrations with Facebook and MySpace . More info is available at the Official...
    on 17 Feb 2010

  • Blog Post: Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 available

    Tom Mertens
    Resources: Download Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 Announcement at the Microsoft Exchange Team blog What’s new in Exchange Server 2010 SP1? Release notes for Exchangse Server 2010 SP1
    on 26 Aug 2010

  • Blog Post: Evolution of the Unified Communications Competency

    Tom Mertens
    A few weeks ago, Ian Hameroff announced on his Exchange Partner Marketing blog that the Unified Communication competency in the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) will split to become the Messaging competency and the Communications competency in October 2011. The Messaging competency is for solutions partners...
    on 14 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange Server

    GunterStaes
    Presenters: Arno Mihm, Microsoft Senior Program Manager, Rob Simpson, Microsoft Program Manager. This webcast focuses on virtualizing Microsoft Exchange Server using Microsoft solutions and cover the benefits of using Microsoft virtualization technologies as compared to technologies from key competitors...
    on 18 Nov 2009

  • Blog Post: Economic impact of Exchange 2010 (by Forrester)

    GunterStaes
    Based on the interviews with the nine existing customers, Forrester constructed a TEI framework for a composite organization and the associated ROI analysis illustrating the financial impact areas. As seen in Table 1, the ROI for our composite company, computed from hard benefits, is 48% with a breakeven...
    on 17 Nov 2009

  • Blog Post: Community Day 2010 – 24 June - Mechelen

    Tom Mertens
    Community Day is back with the Fourth Edition of the biggest community event in Belgium! No less than 14 Microsoft user groups combine their efforts to organize this unique knowledge-sharing and networking event . With so many new Microsoft product and technology releases, the content of this Community...
    on 11 May 2010

  • Blog Post: Connect Outlook to Facebook and Windows Live

    Tom Mertens
      After the LinkedIn for Outlook Social Connector , we have recently announced you can plug Facebook and Windows Live into Outlook via the Outlook Social Connector. Read more about the Facebook and Windows Live Outlook Social Connector at the Microsoft Office team blog. You can also download the...
    on 29 Jul 2010

  • Blog Post: Developing App for Monitoring Lync’s Response Group Queue

    Tom Mertens
    Frederik Lefevre wrote a post on how he could easily create a Response Group Service queue monitoring application using queries on the databases used by Lync .
    on 19 Jan 2011

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Lync 2010 Training available for download

    Tom Mertens
    The Lync Training Download Package contains all of the available training and user education resources for Lync. The training strategy and resources that offer the best return on investment vary depending on the user profile and the product features deployed in your organization. The Lync Training Plans...
    on 19 May 2011