Rob Waggoner If you bought Windows Server 2008 Foundation or Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation and you’re now out growing it, Microsoft is offering a limited time upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard .  Until September 30th, 2011, you can ...

Rob Waggoner I just got an email asking for some help on a few questions around Hyper-V.  Since I had to look in a couple of places to get the complete answer, I thought I would share my results. Is there any support for Linux? Yes we do provide...

  Woody Walton   I have received various flavors of this question in the past month.   Mainly, this comes up when  we think too much about what the different plans offer.  “The Office 365 E3 plan allows for unlimited email...

  Woody Walton   This MUCH anticipated is live now in the partner dashboard; It is of paramount importance that you log in and look at these new pivots today!  You can see sales related information on Office 365 purchase offers, quotes...

  B   V   A I was looking for a comprehensive comparison between the P1 and Enterprise Sku’s (E1-E4).  As I searched I found several conversations and posts about what can you and can’t you do.  I found a good FAQ out...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Well, they may be in for some good news if they have purchased those licenses through an Open Value or Open Value Subscription agreement! The Office 365 Open Value Offer provides Open Value (OV) and Open...

  Josh Condie – In the last month, Microsoft has announced the release of two useful add-ins for Small Business Server Essentials 2011.  The first, Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for SBS Essentials 2011 , puts administrative functions...

  Woody Walton   Perhaps not all customers will ask these questions, but a fair portion will ask some, even in the SMB space that our archetypical partner serves.   In the past year I have been supporting our distribution partners...

  Woody Walton I think a little further explanation on the title is necessary.  In no way am I saying that the Microsoft Office 365 P1 (small business) plan is not a good  fit for certain customers, BUT make sure you know what you are getting...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Now before we get started, let’s all remember that this is still in beta….  I’d also like to remind you that the beauty of this solution is that no VPN is necessary here.  In fact, you don’t...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Microsoft Office 365 Partner Deployment Training is a 3 day workshop for key partners with a focus and investment on building Office 365 deployment capabilities. It has been developed by the Microsoft...

Rob Waggoner Should they deploy Windows Server Standard, or Foundation, or should they deploy SBS? If SBS, which one Standard or Essentials? It makes me yearn for the days of Henry Ford...

  Josh Condie – This is a month late in posting, but a useful social media and news aggregator that can be company or industry specific, and evolves into a more tailored resource as you interact with it: Microsoft FUSE Labs just released a brand...

By Ron Grattopp ….. Hopefully, by now we’ve laid the foundation of why a customer should be interested in UC in general, as well as why they should specifically be interested in the Microsoft UC&C solution in particular. Before moving to our Lync...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Well that’s how I feel Recently I was at an Office 365 event with a few partners and the only thing they could talk about was Exchange Online this and Sharepoint Online that….  They said their customers...

By Ron Grattopp    ….. My teammate JJ just did a great post on Lync (specifically Lync Online which you get with Office 365) where he pointed out, rightly so, that Lync is a game changer .   I’ve just come off several weeks of...

By Ron Grattopp    ….. OK, so last post I laid the foundation of “productivity” as the underlying theme on which we can then layer the messages around Unified Communication AND Collaboration.   The Collaboration component of UC&C...