Great news today as the State of Minnesota moves to the cloud with BPOS. Today, the state issued a press release announcing  this “groundbreaking enterprise-wide service agreement.” Read more about this “historic cloud computing agreement” on the Bright Side of Government blog and learn how “the...

Message Ops is a very active Microsoft Online Services Partner that focuses exclusively on the Business Productivity Online Suite also known as BPOS. The MessageOps company website features detailed technical guidance as well as ready to use scripts. You can find a link to their blog and other essential...

I recently had a twitter discussion with Microsoft Partner, Fully Managed, and their Director of Technical Services Martin DesRosiers . Below is the full transcript from our conversation that provides deep insights from the perspective of a  partner on issues of migration, feedback and why users...

Written By: Mike Blake, CIO for Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Mike will describe why he made the decision to move to the cloud and why he chose BPOS to meet the needs of Hyatt's employees world-wide. Hyatt Hotels Corporation first began in 1957 when Jay Pritzker purchased the Hyatt House motel in Los Angeles...

At the WPC this week, we’re thrilled to be able to share the latest news with partners. It’s great to see that partners continue to build their businesses with Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010 and Dynamics GP 2010 – and are experiencing phenomenal results, on-premise and in the cloud. In fact...

Written by: Dave Cutler Slalom Consulting is a national business and technology consulting firm providing services in areas such as business intelligence, portals, mobility, project management and process design. A long-term Microsoft partner, this year Slalom won three WPC awards, including Microsoft...

Written by: Danny Burlage The Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this year (at least for us!) will be a special event. Wortell, the company I founded 13 years ago, won the Online Services Partner of the Year Award – which will be presented during the event which kicks off today. By providing cloud services...

Written by: Chris Day We recently released a case study on the transition of one of our Vancouver-based clients, the parent organization to a well-known global radio brand "Jack FM", to Microsoft Online Services. Below are a few of the key facts on our role in the project in making this Microsoft...

You can view other customer stories from our blog here . Do you have a story to share? Let us know and we may feature your story on our blog. Written By : Bob Chung FullArmor Corporation began in 1987 and over the years has evolved into a software + services company. We provide enterprise endpoint management...

Written by: Jared Morgan You can view other customer stories from our blog here . Do you have a story to share? Let us know and we may feature your story on our blog.   Founded in 1867 in Paducah, Kentucky, Bradshaw & Weil is the oldest business in Paducah. They are an independent insurance...

Today’s blog post is a customer story written by Marco Orellana, CIO of Codelco You can view other customer stories from our blog here . Do you have a story to share? Let us know and we may feature your story on our blog.   Codelco is a Chilean State owned copper mining company formed in 1976 with...

Today’s blog post is a customer story written by Helen Campbell from LEX On Demand . You can view other customer stories from our blog here . Do you have a story to share? Let us know and we may feature your customer story on our blog. LEX On Demand is a leading provider of litigation and eDiscovery...

Written by: Jeremy Burrows, IT Manager. As one of New Zealand’s largest sports organizations, the NZ Rugby Union (NZRU) is charged with fostering, developing, administering, promoting, and representing the game of rugby in New Zealand, though we are perhaps most famous for our “All...

Written by: Chris Plye, Champion Solutions Group Champion Solutions Group is focused on improving the lives of our clients with technology solutions that help reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve application availability. We’ve traditionally sold on-premises solutions but began...

Written by: Geeman Yip, CEO, BitTitan Moving your company to the cloud is like moving to a new home. You need to find the right home, move your personal effects, notify your friends of your new address and hope there aren’t too many home repairs that need to be made. This is a move that you’re...

--UPDATE ADDED May 28th, 2010— From the author Ron Brister, Director of IT for Serena Software Inc. Since this blog posted, there has been some speculation that our decision to migrate from Google Apps to Microsoft BPOS was based solely on price, and that Microsoft, to quote a favorite film, made us...

This is the first in a series of customer testimonial blog posts. In this post, Afie Makinde of Transcorp shares her thoughts about why her company chose Microsoft Online Services and how that decision has changed her company. My name is Afie Makinde and I am the head of Information Technology &Projects...