Hello fellow IT enthusiasts, my name is Anuj Airan and I am a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft Premier Support. I currently work with customers to provide assistance with deployment and operations of Lync Server technologies and hybrid deployments...

Hello everyone, my name is Sanjaya Padhi and I am a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft Premier Support specializing mainly in SQL performance and Business Intelligence. Quite often we’re asked by customers for useful resources and online learning...

Hi Everyone, As we gear up for the holiday weekend in the UK I bring you this week's compilation slightly ahead of my normal schedule. Have a good weekend everybody :) Rob York Premier Field Engineer Microsoft Services Microsoft UK Recent...

Hello fellow IT enthusiasts, my name is Abhi Dave and I am a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for Microsoft Premier Support . I currently work with customers to provide assistance with deployment and operations of Exchange and Lync Server technologies and...

Good morning, hello to all our regular readers and hello to anyone joining us for the first time. Every week I bring you a compilation of key Microsoft announcements from the past week. After a few weeks of travel based posting, both national and...

When we look at the MSPREMUK site, the most popular articles have always been the technology ramp up guides. Even today some of the guides from 2011 are still the most viewed articles! To this end, we thought it was worth updating them and keeping them...

Hi all, Hopefully you have seen the Events Diary before, if not why not? This is our repository of all upcoming workshops in the UK! It also covers the operations days which are not only product specific (Lync Server day happening March 21st) but they...

DATE and TIME: This event is scheduled for 17th April 2013 (Wednesday) at Microsoft, Thames Valley Park, Reading , Berkshire RG6 1WG. Location is Building 3 and Session Room Names are “Chicago 1 and Chicago 2”. Contact your Technical Account Manager for...

In an increasingly competitive environment, enterprises are realizing that they can only succeed by proactively identifying market trends and opportunities, and by responding rapidly to new business demands. To meet these challenges, decision makers need...

According to Wikipedia – BI (Business Intelligence) is defined as follows; “Business intelligence ( BI ) is a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information. BI...

Hi Everyone, Just in time for a relaxed afternoon of reading before the weekend! Rob York Premier Field Engineer Microsoft UK Recent Releases : IE10 for Windows 7 Globally Available for Consumers and Businesses - 26-Feb-2013 Data Explorer...

Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager brings client support to a number of Unix and Linux server distributions, helping your business extend Configuration Manager’s 2012 scope of management in the data centre further! Supported Distributions...

Hi all, Please see the below post for further information about the day (its happening on the 21st March); http://bit.ly/15AyKLn In summary this is a great opportunity to learn how to secure and monitor your Lync environment, the day will also help you...

Hi Everyone, You should all know the drill by now, here is the lasts compilation of key announcements from various parts of Microsoft. Thanks to Pete for his continued toils to bring the list together each week. Rob York Microsoft Services Microsoft...

If you are a consumer of SCOM, you may be interested in seeing the following packs; Windows Server Cluster The System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Cluster monitors the health of the Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server...

The Exchange PG have now released the Exchange 2013 deployment assistant! We’re excited to announce the availability of the Exchange Server 2013 Deployment Assistant at http://technet.microsoft.com/exdeploy2013 . The Exchange Deployment Assistant is a...

Source: David Bills , Chief Reliability Strategist, Trustworthy Computing Today we published a new video series, ‘ Fundamentals of cloud service reliability’ . Designing and delivering reliable services is complex, and this series highlights the fundamentals...

Hi Everyone, Following from my train post last week, I'm out in Romania getting some deep dive training on Configuration Manager 2012 SP1, I've taken a few minutes out from my day job to get the latest compilation of key Microsoft announcements. ...

Looking for the best resources for your App-V v5 migration or deployment? If so then Microsoft’s very own Steve Thomas has amassed a veritable treat of links and information, that I’m sure you'll find invaluable in making your App-V 5.0 rollout a success...

Hybrid is one area where I personally expect a lot of growth over the coming years. It’s definitely an interesting topic and having a good understanding of it, will help your business and the drive for converting CAPEX to OPEX. On that note I’m delighted...

Today is a huge day as Microsoft announces general availability of the next generation of Office 365! The official announcement can be seen below; Microsoft Corp. today announced worldwide availability of a major new update to its Microsoft Office 365...

  Over at www.microsoft.com/sqlserverlabs you'll find a set of pre-configured hands-on-labs, that will allow you to get your hands dirty, with the latest and greatest technology / features in SQL Server 2012. The nice thing about the labs is that...

Are you thinking about a hybrid deployment (part on premise, part in Office 365)? Or are you looking into a private cloud solution? If so identity management is a very hot topic and something you need to be aware of. Before diving into the brave new world...

There is some great analysis over at TechNet, which may help you further evaluate Windows 8. Simon May has gone to some great lengths to cover a variety of topics, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did; http://bit.ly/VHQ5Os

Hi all, Please see the below post for further information about the day (its happening on the 212t March); http://bit.ly/15AyKLn In summary this is a great opportunity to learn how to secure and monitor your Lync environment, the day will also help you...