Everyone (myself included) is hailing (gotta love those cloud-based puns!) cloud computing as the new IT revolution. While it’s true that the term ‘cloud’ is relatively new, the concept of cloud computing (subscribing to or accessing software hosted in...

  The cloud is going to involve massive change, for Microsoft, customers and partners. If partners are willing to embrace this change and evolve their business models to work with the new cloud based offerings, there’s massive opportunity.  ...

  Hello again everyone. Apologies for the recent radio silence; however the Wave 2010 launch of products has kept me (and hopefully you!) extremely busy!   There’s been a lot happening at Microsoft over the last few months. Back in November...

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion at Microsoft around Cloud Computing . Cloud computing, the consumption of technology services over the Internet, has been an industry ‘hot topic’ for some time now. At Microsoft, we believe this is absolutely...

  Brightstarr , a Microsoft partner, now have their public facing website running on SharePoint Server 2010 beta! Take a look at their website to see how slick 2010 is (and this is only the beta software!). I particularly like the fact that most...

One of Microsoft’s training partners is offering SharePoint Server 2010 training. See the information below for full details and registration link. SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference 19 th – 21 st April 2010 – London, UK This 3 day SharePoint 2010 Evolution...

Microsoft Project 2010 has now 4 public forums – If you have a question on Project 2010 – you are welcome to refer to and discuss in this forum. Moderators are the top Project 2010 Subject Matter Experts from Microsoft, including Program Managers and...

The moment you (and I) have all been waiting for….   I’m very pleased to tell you all that virtual machines are now available for both SharePoint Server 2010 and Project Server 2010. Partners can use these virtual machines as the basis for their...

Would you like to see the forthcoming Microsoft Project 2010 release demonstrated live?   Keshav Puttaswamy, Group Program Manager, Microsoft, will discuss and demonstrate core capabilities and features of the upcoming release – Microsoft Project...

          Help make your job easier and your company's IT more flexible. The next wave of productivity is here—but don't take our word for it. Be among the first to download the 2010 betas today, and see why we're so excited about...

My fantastic colleagues Julian Datta and Tony Cocks are hosting a series of live meetings for Microsoft partners, highlighting the benefits Exchange 2010 can bring to your customers: -------------------------------------------------------------------...

We are happy to announce the following upcoming webcasts on Project and Project Server 2010. These webcasts will be delivered by members of the product group and Project MVPs. Expect other webcasts in the coming months. Tittle Description Presenter Date...

This year, the fantastic SharePoint Conference took place in Las Vegas. Anyone who wasn’t able to attend in person is now able to download the SPC content for a cost of $399.   Attendees already know the value of MySPC with session recordings, PowerPoint...

My esteemed colleague, Matt McSpirit , would like to announce to all interested parties that a Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook is available for free download. More details and the download link can be found on Matt’s blog .

I’m very excited to tell you about the recent changes to BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite)!   Firstly, we’ve lowered the price for BPOS, from £10.07 to £6.69 per user per month! More price change details are shown in the following table:...

Microsoft have recently changed a few telephone numbers (helping partners and customers to reduce their call costs and helping Microsoft to reduce telephony costs). These changes may affect partners and customers trying to contact Microsoft.   Phone...

My previous post told you all about how Microsoft partners can download Project and Portfolio management virtual PCs. Another option available is to make use of the hosted virtual labs available on TechNet . TechNet Virtual Labs: Microsoft Enterprise...

A little while ago we announced v4 of the EPM VPC – a downloadable, populated demo environment that partners can use to demonstrate the Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management solution to customers. This can be downloaded from the Microsoft Partner...

  Apologies for the recent radio silence – a very hectic schedule has unfortunately left little time for blogging. But fear not, I have been storing all blog-worthy news and announcements like nuts for the winter, and now present them for your reading...

SharePoint and Project Server are great collaboration platforms, but they can be greatly enhanced by adding Unified Communication capabilities.   Adding UC allows you to include presence information for users, so when you spot someone’s name on a...

  The Microsoft UK Project and Portfolio Management team have worked tirelessly to organise various readiness sessions, aimed at Microsoft partners. These sessions include sales readiness training, tailored for sales and pre-sales employees, describing...

Licensing for Microsoft products can be a complicated beast! To aid your understanding of SharePoint licensing, three licensing training sessions are now available – essential viewing for any SharePoint partner!   Selling’s Cool– Selling Microsoft...

The UK SharePoint partner team have worked long and hard to come up with a series of partner readiness sessions focused around SharePoint. Part of this is a series of sales readiness Live Meetings, known as the Live Series. Each meeting will be one hour...

Massively off topic for this blog, but I just couldn’t resist posting about the first public display of Natal at the European Games Convention in Germany. I can’t wait until this technology is available for everyone to use!   For those that aren...