Do you need support to help you move to the cloud? Are you considering building an application on the Windows Azure Platform? If so, I would like to invite you to participate in Six Weeks of Windows Azure. http://www.sixweeksofazure.co.uk/ Starting 23...

Hi All, Its nearly that time of year again –  and as a thank you to the SBSC community for your investment in Microsoft over the last year we’ve developed this festive game which you can not only play (warning its very addictive), but also rebrand...

If yes then you may be interested in signing up for Microsoft Cloud Essentials – this is a free programme that gives a number of benefits that will help position your business to sell and use Microsoft Online Services.  Cloud Essentials includes...

Hi All, The SBSC Road Show kicks off next week and you can still register to attend.  This is a great opportunity to engage with the small business community at Microsoft and to meet some of our small business Most-Valued Professionals (MVPs). Road...

I need a volunteer (or volunteers) that have used their Technical Advisory hours to accelerate a deal, produce a proof of concept for a customer, or to win business - for a short testimonial and/or to appear in a Microsoft video that will be made available...

Hi All, A fantastic opportunity to link up with the Small business community at Microsoft. The SMB Most Valued Professionals (MVPs) are delighted to bring their International SMB MVP Community Roadshow to Birmingham on November 14th 2011, Reading on November...

Hi All, My name is Alex Kureen and I am the new SBSC Marketing Manager at Microsoft UK.  Kerry has now moved on from Microsoft, so all future blog posts will be coming from me.   I’d love to hear your feedback about this blog and hear what kind...

Microsoft would like to invite you to our first Windows Intune Practice Builders which demonstrate how to make additional services revenue by adding desktop management to your portfolio of offerings. Registration is now open for the Thames Valley Park...

  The next round of Partner Business Briefings are currently being developed.   Dates and venues are as below: Dates Location Venue Tuesday 18 th October Birmingham Maple House Thursday 20 th October London Venues Victoria Tuesday 1 st November...

Microsoft are going to be running two workshops on Cloud transformation. Because cloud computing offers many perceived benefits to customers excitement in cloud computing continues to gain momentum.  In fact, what we are really seeing today is a...

  As one of the Microsoft UK Small Business Specialist Partner Area Leads (PAL’s) , when I’m asked by Microsoft SBSC partners on how to grow their business – one of the first pieces of advice I give them is to attend their local SBSC User Group meeting...

  Every month Microsoft emails the small and medium business contacts that we have on the database with a message that is relevant and written for that audience. For July the theme for both SB and MM is Flexible Working  given that it is holiday...

  Some new documents have just been published about SBS including licensing overviews and comparison. These will be placed on the partner portal and links advertised in the next SBSC newsletter, but in the meantime I thought the comparison text below...

  As part of the digital WPC site, the UK MPN team interviewed WW SBS Product Manager, Enrico Toro, around the partner opportunity for SBS Essentials.   Well worth a watch for those interested in SBS http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/gb/details...

In the lead up to WPC life in the Microsoft MPN team was hectic and a case of all hands on deck. Now, with many of my colleagues in LA the office seems very quiet.   I’m keeping up to date with everything going on, and all the big announcements by...

  Today we are happy to share the news that three months after its release to manufacturing and 12 months after its initial announcement at WPC 2010, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is now available through all channels. Our customers...

The Windows Small Business Server Migration Portal has just been released to Technet and provides single point of entry where a multitude of SBS migration resources can be found (including whitepapers, BPA downloads, wikis and community links). If you...

  Rob Pearman is a UK MVP for SBS. He has a blog which may be of interest to many of you, covering subjects such as quick fixes, differences between SBS Essentials and Windows Home Server and a lot more. Rob is currently working on the tech review...

Hello to everyone in the SBSC community. As many of you are aware, Dell Quinn has now moved roles and I now manage the SBSC community from a Microsoft perspective. As ever with role changes, it takes a bit of time to get up to speed, and being able to...

Office 365: Technical Overview – 14/6/2011 – 11am. This webcast is designed to give a technical overview of the products that are included in Office 365- Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010, Lync 2010 and Office Professional Plus. It discussed about the administration...

Windows Intune Overview – 7/6/2011 – 11am. This session will give you a complete overview of Windows Intune  and its features. This session will help you in understanding the Windows Intune strategy and how to position it to your customers: Click...

This 1 hour seminar is designed to give Microsoft partners an overview of the new Microsoft Office 365 online productivity solution. It will identify the applications available in the various Office 365 subscription packages, how customers can purchase...

As originally posted via the Microsoft SBS 2011 blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2011/05/10/sbs-2011-online-training-hol-s-released.aspx   Now available are 14 SBS 2011 Hands-On-Labs Detail as follows: Windows Small Business Server 2011...

As originally published by Eric Ligman here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2011/04/14/microsoft-windows-small-business-server-2011-now-available-for-download-through-microsoft-partner-digital-distribution-site.aspx   “As of today, April...

This one-day no-cost session covers the fundamentals of Office 365, from the basics of what's included through to how you can make money from it. Takes place 23 May in Reading. Register here: https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID...