Josh Condie – With the Release Candidate for SQL Server 2012 now available it is now more important than ever that Microsoft effectively communicate the significant licensing changes that are coming with the new release.  Below is the best...

  Woody Walton In my role as a Partner Technology Advisor for Microsoft Corporation I work as a generalist as it relates to our technology stack.  Basically, I am expected to know and be able to speak intelligently about all of our core business...

Rob Waggoner     If you need to pass either of the MCP Licensing exams, we have some very good preparation content on the Partner Portal that can help you get ready.  The exams I’m talking about are: 70-671 Designing and Providing Microsoft...

  Woody Walton Office 365 is a great solution for many customers.  Its benefits over on premise solutions in terms of cost in infrastructure, deployment, and management are now acknowledged by most partners out there.  As I am sure you...

B    V   A David Fabritius, Senior Product Manager from Windows Server and Cloud Marketing just posted on the SBS blog that the Office 365 Integration Module is available for download in beta form .  The Office 365 Integration...

B    V    A Customer Transitions of BPOS to O365 - Transition Roadmap, Eligibility and the Role of Advisor Partners (OFF212PAL)   This is a joint Microsoft Internal AND Partner facing Webcast provided by Academy Live...

  By Ron Grattopp ….. I LOVE alliteration and catchy titles, and I hope this title caught your attention because I have some info to share about a new cloud service that I think you’ll want to know about (but probably don’t yet).  A while back...

Q: (from Dave) Can Windows Intune be used to upgrade (crossgrade?) from the Mac OS to Windows 7 Enterprise?   A: I love the term “crossgrade” but unfortunately the answer is “no”. According to the Intune FAQ ( http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...

Q: (from Beth) [We have] an end user looking at Office 365 for Office, Exchange, SharePoint and Lync. They are concerned about keeping their DNS in-house as they have existing ecommerce servers. We want to confirm that this can be done…   A: From...

Q: (from Tom) We are looking to deliver end user training around Office 365 and would like to know if Microsoft has published materials we could evaluate?   A: From a June 30th, 2011 email announcement by Don Roessler (Partner Learning) relayed by...

Rob Waggoner Hello again,   I took some time to put together this video of SCVMM, Hyper-V Manager and Failover Cluster manager because I keep being asked, “Is SCVMM required for High Availability or Live Migration?”.  The answer is No, but as...

  Josh Condie – MPN has recently been updated with some great training and technical resources to help prepare our partner community for the coming release of SQL Server 2012.  Everything from licensing overviews to technical product training...

Rob Waggoner I’ve talked about how SCVMM can manage ESX servers so I wanted to show you how you add the VirtualCenter server to SCVMM so SCVMM can manage the ESX hosts.      Here is a great article that includes the details / requirements...

For partners in the Small and Medium Business space, the Microsoft Windows Server team has a group dedicated to developing a distributing messaging and tools to support your business. For this first round of announcements, the team has hosted two marketing...

Rob Waggoner     Our VAR Summits, announced here , were really a hit  in the cities we visited and we are now expanding that list.  For those of you that haven’t attended a VAR Summit yet, now is your chance.  I’ve listed the...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- No.  I am not joking. Today we launched the Windows Intune 3 for 5 Offer ! Microsoft is investing in helping jump start your success building a Windows Intune business. This offer will run from November...

  By Ron Grattopp ….. You’ll want to check out the brand new SMB Server Experience and Server Selection Tools on the Midsize Business Solution page (screenshot below) of the microsoft.com Server and Cloud Platform site.  These tools  just...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- As I talk to partners and customers about their mobile devices, I find that many have not yet experienced a Windows Phone! I’ll typically pull out my personal phone and show them some of the great benefits...