Internally, the Technical Product Management team had a Wiki they were using to keep track of all kind of issues. FAQs that were being asked all the time about things like public folders, mail enabled lists, how to work with proxy servers, when is feature...

SMTP clients can connect to Microsoft Online SMTP servers and authenticate using a Microsoft Online Services user credentials to send mail. The connection requires Transport Layer Security (TLS). This allows you to use Exchange Online as an SMTP service...

A good blog post on how CRM and BPOS can work together using Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communicator Online, and Office Live Meeting Online. http://blogs.msdn.com/dynamicscrmonline/archive/2009/05/19/crm-online-and-bpos-business-productivity...

Below, you'll find links to some previously unavailable materails that will be very useful for Partners as they make plans to migrate a customer to BPOS. Be sure to check out the Discovery Checklist, as we well as the lecture in Migration by the engineering...

I've been workng on this document for Partners to provide guidance on issues you should consider when evaluting a customer's business for a potential move to BPOS. It's pretty comprehensive, but not exhaustive. For those of you attending the WPC coming...

The June update for services has been finished! This means that you can now use Outlook 2003 with BPOS. There are a couple of considerations relating the oflline address book and free/busy . See the BPOS team blog for details. Also, attachment size...

The Microsoft Online Services Monthly Service Update for June 2009 is currently in deployment and will be available to all customers by June 30. No scheduled downtime is planned for this release deployment. The release delivers two important capabilities...

Wanted to post this summary of webcasts on Technet for your viewing pleasure. http://blogs.technet.com/bpositive/pages/bpos-webcasts-available-on-technet.aspx

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released a new guide, SharePoint Online — Evaluating Software-plus-Services . Download the guide here .

“In any economy, BPOS would be persuasive. In this one, it seems practically essential.” http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cloud-computing-bpos,2313.html Nuff said.

Many migration scenarios revolve around moving data from an on-premises server, such as Exchange Server or Lotus Notes, to Exchange Online . BitTitan , the makers of MigrationWiz have another vision: migrating data from one hosted e-mail environment to...

Quick heads up note to let you know about two new white papers from the Microsoft Online Services and Global Foundation Services (GFS) teams: · Securing Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure . This white paper provides insight into the network of data...

Binary Tree has been in the business of developing products and services for cross platform migration since 1993, and they are a migration partner for Microsoft Online Services . As a market leader in Notes migration, it's no surprise they are one of...

Nice article from Network World on the City of Carlsbads move to BPOS suite. " Carlsbad went live with Exchange in late March and everything went smoothly from Microsoft's end of things. "You went home Friday as a Groupwise user and you came back Monday...

Hi, Wanted to post a message from Ryan Phillips, BPOS Tech guy extrordinare and all around nice guy working on BPOS at Microsoft. This is a nice tech summary that you should file under migration and co-existence details. -brett ----------...

This webcast, #2 in a series, shows you how a Partner can create a new Services Administrator and sign on with that account using the Single Sign On Tool

This webcast (#1 in a series) details how a Partner creates a trail BPOS account for customers.

Here are some useful links to the latest info on Migration and (and some onboarding) docs and resources. The Migration paper was recently updated and expanded significantly. Also, REALLY worth reviewing are the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides...

The Microsoft Online Services Trial Guide has been published to the Microsoft Download Center . The Trial Guide was written to enhance the trial experience for customers that are considering the Business Productivity Suite. The guide contains step...

Solution Accelerators Promote the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for SharePoint Online (Beta ) Are you or your customers considering an online solution for their organization’s collaboration services? The SharePoint Online...

With the recent update of the services, there was also a "release notes"document that I just found out about. It has some useful tips and information, worth looking at for those of you deploying the services. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

Just a couple of days ago I did a webcast on BPOS Migration. You can find it here: Microsoft Online Services Infrastructure Planning and Migration WWE REGISTRATION URL: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx...

Over the weekend, the Microsoft Online Customer Portal was updated with new options, a sleeker - better design, and a focus on the benefits of designating a Partner with the subscription. Added are options for the new Deskless Worker license which...

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You may have noticed that your sign on client was recently updated. That's because BPOS 9.1 was recently released which includes OCS as a new service the deskless worker sku , and international availability. While these three are the big news items, I...