B  V  A The following link is for a recently published document detailing How to utilize Azure for Single Sign-On to Office 365.  It is designed for system architects who want to understand the architecture and deployment options for extending...

Tim Tetrick I wanted to take the opportunity to review the great mobile device support that’s included in the new Office 365.  You can access email, calendar, documents, instant messaging, presence, audio, video, and other Office 365 services from...

Michael Kophs, Cloud TSP A while back I blogged about adding Apps from the Office App store to Excel .  You can also add apps to the latest version of Outlook, Word and Project as well.  Now if you think Office Apps are cool, then you’re going...

Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Sellers! GREAT NEWS!  Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) is now available as add-on to any Enterprise Exchange Online plan. What does this mean?  Exchange Online Archiving (EOA), including In-Place hold and unlimited storage...

Rob Waggoner   I received the following question from Joe: “Is there an easy way to install a USB hard drive that can be used for backups?” Answer: Easy is always a relative term, but the following article talks about how to setup a schedule with...

Rob Waggoner We just announced this program for our partners deploying Hyper-V.  The full detail is located here , but basically you as the reseller can get a $150.00 rebate for selling Windows Server Standard and a $500.00 rebate for selling Windows...

J.J. Antequino ----------------------------------         I’m not sure if I have made this clear enough, but you and your customers only have about 2 weeks to take advantage of the Big Easy and Cloud Easy offers!  This incentive...

Rob Waggoner   This offer is only good for 48 hours so act now! Here are the details from this link : For 48 hours only , from 7 a.m. PST on Tuesday, May 14 through 7 a.m. PST on Thursday, May 16 , you can receive a US$100 refund for each friend...

Rob Waggoner   Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is just around the corner and many partners are wondering what to expect this year in Houston. During WPC 2012, the focus was on anticipating what was to come. This year, the new era is...

Woody Walton   It isn’t often that anyone offers to give you anything for free, so when it comes along you should take advantage.   Recently, the Ready-to-go team at Microsoft put together the Customer Ignite offer .  The offer ends...

Woody Walton   I commonly encounter partners that buy and then resell Microsoft OEM licensing, especially Windows Server and the Windows Client.   The typical reason for this is usually price, but the ease of purchase also comes into play...

  Josh Condie – Stephen Rose and his team have put together an amazing IT Pro resource for the Windows client The Springboard Series! Where to find guidance demos, tools, and tips for IT pros? The Springboard Series! What is the Springboard Series...

  J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Partners, are you ready to knock May out of the park? Remember that Big Easy and Cloud Easy promos are ending in 31 days!  So you need to act quickly! For more information on how this all works...

By Ron Grattopp ….Now that we’ve launched the new Get2Modern campaign to hopefully motivate and incent folks to move up to Windows 8, I thought it would be good to review one of the key business value propositions for moving to Windows 8.  When I...

  Josh Condie - A few weeks ago, Microsoft introduced the Beyond Easy campaign, you know the one… with the guy who’s juggling and banner ads on CRN and the Redmond Partner Channel. Naturally one might think that nothing with Microsoft can be beyond...

B  V  A As a follow up to our final SMB Samurai Server 2012 webcast, I wanted to post the Q&A log as we had Adam Carter from Microsoft helping out with Q&A for this Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – VDI Configuration session. Question...

B  V  A I wanted everybody to be aware of one of my favorite new features, but not on any top list that I have found in PowerPoint 2013.  Many times in the past I have had to re-format a slide deck based on the Projector or High Definition...

  Josh Condie - With the recent announcements around Azure for multiple services/workloads going to General Availability including IAAS, TS2 wanted to create a Partner on-boarding blog series to help our partners ramp-up with Azure.  To begin...

Todd Sweetser Hi Office and Cloud sellers alike!  Wanted to make all aware of this great resource that shows how to take advantage of Office and Office 365 components via short, focused webinars.  These are also available as recordings after...

  Josh Condie – Microsoft’s Lync 2013 has a redesigned user interface and important new features that have great relevance in the SMB space. It’s a product whose value is self evident during the first exposure or demonstration.  Furthermore...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end support for the decade-old Windows XP as well as Office 2003. This means your customers will no longer receive updates, including security updates, for Windows XP from...

Tim Tetrick In a blog post from January , I talked about the Microsoft Online Services Document Portfolio as a resource to assist with your Online Services selling efforts.  I’m happy to announce that we have an updated version of the PDF Portfolio...

  Josh Condie - Registration savings end April 5 (Today!) Early-bird registration for WPC 2013 ends April 5. Get our best price on registration and pay just $1,795 for your all-access pass, a savings of $200 (full price is $1,995). There is an additional...

Michael Kophs – Cloud TSP I wanted to make sure you knew of the upcoming 2-part web series on how to win deals with Office 365 using the MEC Demo tool and pilots. You won’t want to miss this powerful series as you’ll learn how to showcase the latest Office...

Rob Waggoner We just released cumulative update 1 for Exchange 2013.  Exchange 2013 hit General Availability in December, but we cautioned everyone that Exchange 2013 would not coexist with prior versions of Exchange until the release of cumulative...