As Office 365 is now everything I talk about, especially the  Exchange hybrid piece – it is sometime overlooked on exactly what Exchange 2010 SP1 can offer an organisation, or more importantly how to install and configure it. Below are some excellent...

Thanks to Neil – details are here especially when your looking at Office 365 http://blogs.technet.com/b/neiljohn/archive/2011/06/15/outlook-2010-network-latency-test-results.aspx   Technorati Tags: Office 365 , Network

Microsoft Office 365 includes Exchange Online, Lync™ Online, SharePoint® Online, and Microsoft Office Professional Plus. As part of the planning for a “dogfood” deployment of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft IT (MSIT) is moving to a hybrid deployment of...

These recordings are from the 3 day Office 365 JumpStart training that was delivered last month are now available on TechNet Edge . 15 hours of content delivered by Office 365 Subject Matter Experts. • Office 365 Jump Start (01): Microsoft Office 365...

The Microsoft Lync 2010 Adoption and Training Kit provides a one-stop shop for resources for IT pros, project managers, help desk agents, and trainers. The kit provides: A workbook that provides step-by-step guidance for each phase of the rollout and...

The Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant has been enhanced to include support for configuring rich coexistence (“ hybrid deployment ”) for organizations interested in maintaining some users on-premises with Exchange 2010 and some users hosted by...

If you haven’t seen this, worth a read, written by Forrester http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=63cc564d-ec34-4f49-b785-97ec5ee10b0a

If you haven’t seen this already, please check out the Office 365 Community Blog on the upcoming webcast on 28th June. More details are here: http://community.office365.com/en-us/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2011/06/03/buzz-about-office-365.aspx...

It is now possible to manage user licenses, group and role membership, domains and single sign-on through Remote PowerShell Take a look here: http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-enterprises/hh125002.aspx#BKMK_subs

With Exchange Server 2010 SP1 and Exchange Online, Microsoft enables organizations to immutably preserve mailbox items for discovery using an in-place archive, keeping those items within the Exchange infrastructure. While the technology used to achieve...

If you haven’t seen this whitepaper this is incredibly useful to understand the SMTP routing available with Exchange Online and Forefront. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F003109A-3CD6-4372-A0F3-D01BD9F50712&displaylang...

  A new version of the Office 365 Deployment Guide is available for download – version 1.2 you can grab a copy of it from here

  Useful to know: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/05/16/announcing-enhanced-hardware-virtualization-support-for-exchange-2010.aspx “The Microsoft Exchange team is enhancing positioning by including additional supported scenarios...

SQL Server 2008 R2 is now supported for Lync Server 2010. http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/20/lync-server-2010-support-for-sql-2008-r2.aspx

  You can download it from here: http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/183/p/1541/5095.aspx#5095 About the document This document presents the Office 365 Beta for enterprises deployment process in a manner that explains both important deployment...

The Lync Server Web Scheduler has been released to the Web. You can access this here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b7d8f948-fa64-4c51-8b54-2223954d1fa4&displaylang=en Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Web Scheduler provides...

Office 365 is on track to launch worldwide later this year. Today, people can secure a spot in the Office 365 public beta and learn more about the service at http://www.Office365.com , and follow Office 365 on Twitter (@Office365), Facebook (Office 365...

Use the SharePoint Online for Office 365 Developer Guide to gain knowledge and understanding of SharePoint Online within Microsoft Office 365, and the rich features available to developers and designers. Here it is : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

This document describes the supported functionality, environments, tools, limitations, and outlines a series of best practice recommendations for running Microsoft Lync 2010 in a virtualized environment. Grab it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

Announcing the Exchange ActiveSync Logo Program! http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2011/04/13/mobile-device-management-just-got-easier-announcing-the-exchange-activesync-logo-program.aspx

Google say they are…. The US Government think otherwise. A VERY interesting read “…There for all to see was a statement by the Department of Justice contradicting Google on one of its basic FISMA claims. The DOJ’s brief says (on page 13) “On December...

This sales training has been designed to help partners understand the fundamentals of Office 365, from the basics of what’s included in Office 365 through to how partners can make money over and above licensing fees. See the full agenda below. Live meetings...

Live Series by Partner Technical Services -Office 365: General Overview – Tuesday 12 th April, 11am - Register This webcast will provide you with an insight of Microsoft Office 365. It will show how it brings together cloud versions of Microsoft’s most...

  Something to be aware of if you Lync \ OCS Federate with Microsoft The federated edge server that supports Instant Messaging and conferencing with external companies will be migrated to Microsoft Lync Server 2010 on Friday, March 18, 2011. After...

Microsoft helps customers safely and efficiently transition to the cloud. For Office 365 we offer a highly specialized migration service for Enterprise customers through our Microsoft Premier Deployment program. Full details here: http://www.microsoft...