Woody Walton I have been delivering Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 familiarization sales training to our various transaction partners over the last few weeks and I wanted to share a a few questions that I think are representative of what many of you may...

Q: (from Peter) We have received a couple of inquires in regards to portability rights on individual FPP applications such as Word 2010, Excel 2010, Visio 2010, etc. How can we verify if these FPP versions have portability rights? A: This one took some...

Q: (from Maureen) I have client that would like to open their SharePoint site up for access by their customers. I want to figure out if they should buy individual Windows Server CALS for the external customer users or an external connector. Would you...

Q: (from Peter) According to the Tech Guarantee those customers that purchase Office 2007 SBE, Pro, and Ultimate have the option of Downloading Office 2010 Home and Business or Pro with the download of BCM. Is this BCM download ONLY for Tech Guarantee...

Woody Walton If you have looked at the new SKU matrix for Microsoft Office 2010 you will notice a couple of things.  First, there are less SKUs.  We have moved from eight SKUs in Microsoft Office 2007 to five across OEM, retail, and volume licensing...

Woody Walton Every time Microsoft ships a new version of a product we all have to adapt to change, and that change comes on many fronts.  Depending on who you are, it could mean learning the new capabilities and enhancements in the product and how...

A month ago, my teammate (and esteemed colleague) Woody Walton did an excellent post on OneNote 2010 – if you haven’t read it, I definitely give it a “must read” and you should go back and read it right now, do not pass “Go” and do not collect $200 <grin>...

Q: (from Marc) We are at it again this time scheduled to do one on SharePoint 2010!  Are there any good decks that you may be able to recommend?  We would like to focus on the benefits and business value for SharePoint then probably end it with...

Marc Maiffret--the quick rise of a teen hacker (Q&A) - Insecurity Complex blog post by Elinor Mills 4/15/10 Of course, I’ve done more than a few posts over the last couple of years around security in my continuing quest to help our partner readers...

I found this rather interesting and had to share.  I’m not a Wired reader, but I ran across two Wired articles as “related” links to other Office 2010 info gathering I was doing.  The first one turns out to be a reasonably interesting article...

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  So you have VMware deployed and you're happy with it; why not consider Microsoft Virtualization.  Integrating Microsoft Virtualization with existing VMware deployments is not “Rip and Replace”.  What about Cost differentials?  Can...

Q: (from Marc) I have a client who wants to do some discovery and possibly host it (SharePoint) themselves. A: If they want to pilot their own trial, we have a free download that you can host on their hardware: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter...

Q: (from Keith) We have a customer interested in possibly deploying Direct Access technology. He is interested in seeing a demo. Does MS have anything online (virtual lab) or anything we could use to demo this to a customer? Any help you could provide...

Q: (from Bob and Aaron) I would like to know more about Exchange, Data Protection and System Center tools.  We have very little to no knowledge in these products and would very much appreciate any help you could give us with what on-line courses...