J.J. Antequino ----------------------------------   Accelerate your growth and profitability. At WPC 2013, you’ll experience all our content under four core pillars – Cloud, Big Data, Devices and Mobility, and Enterprise Social. These pillars represent...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Forgive me, if one of us posted this earlier, but thank me if we hadn’t! If you are looking for some help understanding the basics of Microsoft Licensing, I encourage you to head on over to: www.getlicensingready...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- While I’m out on the road speaking with partners, I often get asked about training materials.  While you could grab a seat in library or at a book store, wouldn’t you like to own your own copy…. for...

Rob Waggoner As you know, I think Hyper-V Replica is one of the KILLER features in Windows Server 2012.  As I talk about it and demonstrate it, I always get the question: How can I understand the impact Hyper-V Replica will have on my infrastructure...

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...

Todd Sweetser   Hi Cloud Sellers! Office Mobile for iPhone has been released and is now available at no extra charge from the Apple App Store for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. Please see the following Blog posts for...

B  V  A The Accelerated Sales Process was specifically designed to address the challenges described below, and create a pro-Microsoft bias, by re-aligning buying and selling activities.  Customers have fundamentally changed how and when...

  Below, I have filtered the UC/Lync Sessions for WPC and then added their updated times, dates and locations from the separate spreadsheet.  There is a nice comprehensive track for those of you joining physically or virtually:   UN01 Lync...

Yesterday, one of my Microsoft colleagues, Wahjih Yahyaoui (Sr. Program Mgr. in the Lync/Skype Business Group) announced the release of the Lync Server 2013 Multi-tenant Hosting Pack .  This is very relevant to the SMB partner space.  Until...

Q: (from Jake) As I push to close business for the end of Microsoft’s fiscal year, are there any promotions in market now that the Big Easy and Cloud Easy have lapsed?   A: Thanks for your efforts and thanks for asking! “YES” we do have a June 2013...

B  V  A Saw this one come in to my inbox today and wanted to get this out to you ASAP as many partners have asked us about training for these exams and competency. Next week ( 6/11 1-5PDT – 6/12 9-5PDT ) we will be broadcasting live from the...

B  V  A Wanted to let everybody know that we have added 2 more webcasts to our: “Microsoft Cloud How To” webcast series: 11-Jun 10-11AM PST Chris Large Online Services, Partner Business Development Manager Demystifying the Office 365 SKU Lineup...

Michael Kophs, Cloud TSP Great news for Office 365 partners and customers that want a simple way to match their AD passwords with their Office 365 passwords!  The Office 365 Directory Synchronization tool (affectionately known as Dirsync) will now...

B  V  A I was recently looking for additional readiness information for Windows Azure to contribute to the multi-part series we are putting together for our partners via this blog, I remembered the TechNet Labs, although many of us have had...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- We’re working on a new landing page to help Microsoft Partners learn how to engage with Microsoft Distributors in building and growing their cloud businesses. Check out this short 3 minute video that we...

Woody Walton   I am often asked by partners how they can get software for their sales teams to Demo without having to pay for the license.  There are several answers to that questions and I thought I would run them by you all as a refresher...

Woody Walton   Office Audit and Control Management Server 2013.  What is that?   I asked myself that same question around the first of May when I become aware this product was releasing to the Open License Price list on June 1st. There...

Josh Condie – Bitlocker protects the whole device, not just a document or folder!  Server, Workstation, Laptop and Tablet.  Whether the device is shutdown or in a hibernated state, the full volume is encrypted.  Leave the laptop or tablet...

Josh Condie – With the release of the new Lync Server, Service and Client in both 2013 and Online form, customers in all segments, industries and sizes are on the cusp of experiencing the transformative experience that Unified Communications and Remote...

Q: (from Jason) Is there a limit to how many Domains that can be added to an Office 365 account?  As long as we own a domain, can we just keep on adding domains, or is there a limit?  Is it based on subscription?  Licenses?  Secondly...

Q: (from Gary) I was at the seminar and asked you about the specs on a jump/flash drive for Windows to Go setup. Could you let me know the which one would work best for me? I have tried LEXAR, KINGSTON, Data traveler and a few off brands that we have...

Woody Walton   Partnersphere,  I could not be more excited to relate to you this very important news.  If you have not heard, you have heard it now.  Lync and Skype integration is available now for both Lync Online and Lync Server...

B  V  A Windows Azure Training Kit The Windows Azure Training Kit includes hands-on labs, presentations, and samples to help you understand how to build applications that use Windows Azure services. Please note: The hands-on labs in this kit...

Rob Waggoner   You're Invited... Microsoft Cloud-enabled Datacenter Design and Management Course Description : This 2-day, instructor-led course will help you understand how to evolve a traditional datacenter configuration to a cloud-enabled datacenter...

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...