The newly launched SharePoint Online Planning and Administration resource center provides key resources for planning, administration and operation of SharePoint Online, a cloud-based service that helps businesses provide collaboration, business intelligence and information management capabilities.
Rather than install and deploy SharePoint Server 2010 on premises, businesses can subscribe to SharePoint Online to provide employees with the collaboration, business intelligence, and information management capabilities available.
More to come,
Mitch
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New to TechNet, the Updates for Project Server 2010 page provides resources for IT professionals who are responsible for installing software updates on Project Server 2010.
Software updates are a subset of an upgrade, so the software update deployment cycle that is used for upgrading SharePoint 2010 farms and servers also applies to deploying software updates for Project Server 2010. See Software updates overview in the technical library for more information.
The new TechNet ON package, featuring resources and new articles for SQL Server 2008 R2 migration and management, is now live on TechNet. If you are still deciding whether an upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 is the right move for your organization, we’ve put together a set of articles and resources to help evaluate its capabilities, including a look at moving workloads to the cloud with SQL Azure. If you are planning a deployment, there are many scenarios during an upgrade where you’ll want to migrate a SQL Server installation. We've collected a series of articles and resources that describe the processes and tools to make the task easier.
Created by the group that developed the Windows 7 certification exam, the Windows 7 Deployment Learning Portal offers a free online assessment that covers key areas of the deployment process such as preparing for deployment, configuring a Windows 7 image, migration, compatibility testing. Receive personalized recommendations on how to increase your knowledge and prepare for certification.
Microsoft today unveiled Office 365, a new service that brings your familiar Office software together with SharePoint, Exchange and Lync in the cloud. Available worldwide next year, Office 365 will replace the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), Office Live Small Business and Live@edu services. Starting today, we are opening a limited Office 365 beta program.
Office 365 will be offered initially in three versions: Office 365 for small businesses that are looking for cloud-based productivity tools without the IT hassles; Office 365 for enterprises that want to move their productivity tools to the cloud, while staying in control of their IT services; and Office 365 for educational institutions looking to save money and give students access to familiar productivity tools.
Learn more and sign up for the beta.
Windows 7 Deployment Firestarter
November 2 – New York
November 4 – Iselin NJ
Each Session is 9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Welcome 8:30 AM)
Windows 7 gives IT professionals more tools to streamline deployment and reduce or eliminate impact to users. Join your Microsoft IT Evangelists for this free, full-day Firestarter event and hear firsthand how to upgrade from Windows XP and solve your application compatibility issues. After lunch (included), learn about finding, testing, and fixing applications on Windows 7 with the Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.6 and end the day with some advanced deployment scenarios using the MDT 2010.
Seating is limited – register today to reserve your seat.
TechNet SharePoint 2010 Firestarter
November 3 – Ft. Lauderdale FL
9:00 AM-5:00 PM (Welcome 8:30 AM)
SharePoint 2010 delivers a powerful, easy-to-deploy infrastructure that can help you make your company more productive. Flexible deployment options let you customize the system so that people can do their jobs effectively in a secure environment. Plus, with centralized administration and management features, you can be confident knowing that you maintain control over a system that is ready to respond to any business need.
Join us for this free, full-day event and learn about SharePoint 2010’s new features, upgrade path, deployment options, Office Web Apps, and maintenance and virtualization.
For those of you still running the beta version of Microsoft Office 2010, you have until Halloween, October 21, 2010 until the beta expires.
If you want to install the released version of Office 2010, you will have to uninstall the beta software first. Find which Office 2010 suite is right for you.
If you didn't get to fully test-drive all of the Office 2010 programs you wanted, you can still take extra time to evaluate the Office 2010 products before committing to a purchase. Visit Office.com and download one of our fully functional 60-day trial versions. They're free and place no restrictions on any of the features.
Check out the Microsoft Office Blog for more on your options.
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Microsoft announced that Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed for midsize project-driven organizations, will be generally available in the second quarter of 2011 in English in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. This significant update features the familiar Microsoft Office look and feel and role-specific dashboards that give people a comprehensive view across their organizations. This helps reduce the time required for people to learn how to use it and allows them to focus on the information that matters most to them. Other new productivity-enhancing features include Quick Query, which provides more than 50 predesigned search options to find information faster, and the ability to Quick Send documents.
Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 further extends existing IT investments by supporting integration with Microsoft Project Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM through Web Services.