J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Although we think your customers are going to love Exchange 2010 in SBS 2011…. we do understand that there may some instances where you will need to downgrade.  For a high level look at SBS Licensing...

Woody Walton In traveling and conducting VAR Summits across the United States in October, November, and December of last year I noticed that of those partner I encountered who were actively selling or signed up to sell BPOS, very few were aligned with...

Woody Walton Hello and Happy New Year!  You may have seen my post last month on Moving your customers to BPOS or Office 365? Check their BANDWIDTH! The SpeedTest tool is a great start, but you may require some guidance on what is needed from a bandwidth...

US Exchange Extend Offer Sell your first BPOS or Exchange Online deal, and you could earn $1000! As a TPAM-managed VAR that sells Exchange on-premise, you could earn $1000 for selling your first BPOS or Exchange Online deal. Qualifying deals must be sold...

Q: (from Dan) Can you confirm what the minimum amount of Microsoft technology involved in a Microsoft Finance agreement? It used to be one Microsoft product but then switched to a significant percentage of the total dollar amount.   A: I want to...

by Ron Grattopp…..                                 This is a follow up to my teammate Woody’s posting...

by Ron Grattopp…..                As I was doing my last post, I looked around my team’s postings on Microsoft Online Services (MOS)/BPOS, and I noticed that although we had covered...

Rob Waggoner Why should you?  Good question, but think about this.  Your customers are looking for trusted advisors, right?  These accreditations help raise your customers confidence in you.  Existing customer relationships may not...

  I thought you’d be interested in the Getting Started with Business Productivity Online Suite End User Training Toolkit which is a complete package of prepared trainings designed to help grow your business by adding a potential revenue stream and...

Rob Waggoner     I talked about the Sales Specialist Program here , but I want to go a little deeper in helping you prepare for one of these accreditations.  Let’s talk about the Virtualization accreditation because it’s received a lot...

As many of you are aware, Small Business Server has never been available for download from the Volume License Service Center.  However, it is available for download for those of you with a TechNet subscription and rumor has it that it will be making...

  The registration page has been updated to reflect this change.  We look forward to seeing you on the 11th.     Power Up Your Business and   Uncover New Revenue Opportunities   Join us for an insider’s view of Windows Small...

  Woody Walton I presented a webcast for partners last week on Virtualization and management. Most of the virtualization content was around Hyper-V and I also mentioned the upcoming enhancemnts in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, which is now in "release...

posted by Charles Van Heusen The OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) is now available for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard. The OPK is a free set of tools and documentation that help you automate the process of preinstalling Windows SBS 2011 Standard...

    The Cloud is here and it is real. According to a study recently completed by Everything Channel’s IPED Research division, by 2012, at least 50% of all customers will have some form of a cloud solution underway.  Many partners continue...