Rob Waggoner   Q: (from Anthony) I want to know the top issues (problems) in BitLocker and their solutions.  What should I be aware of from an architectural perspective as well?   A: I’ve spent a lot of time with BitLocker and I think it...

Q: (from Shawn) Visual Studio 2010 Professional comes with the action pack correct?   A: Sort of… There are now two Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) editions found at: https://partner.microsoft.com/US/program/memsubscriptions Microsoft Action...

  B  V  A U.S. Partner Rebate Program: Microsoft FY12-H2 U.S. VAR Rebate Program Eligibility: In order to receive U.S. Partner Rebate Program rebates from Microsoft, you must be a Value Added Reseller of Microsoft Corporation software ...

  Woody Walton As many of you know, March 7th is the launch of SQL Server 2012.   With a little over one one week to go, the time is now to dig in and see what SQL Server 2012 is all about!  You can join in the festivities next week...

  Woody Walton We all know a picture is worth a thousand words.  This could not be more true than when selling software solutions.   As a partner you have many avenues to get ahold of the product bits to build your own demo environments...

A Roadmap for Increased Revenue in 2012 A nnuities. B usiness Building. C loud Computing. How to Increase Your Services and Licensing Revenue with Small and Medium Business Customers Please join us for the continuation of the East Region VAR Summit Series...

B  V  A Private Cloud, CIO Conversation assessment, and Five Application Workload-Specific assessments There are actually 2 different Cloud Assessment tools, the first is targeted to the End-User Customer, you can use this to introduce the topic...

So you’ve stumbled into your first online service deal. Now what? How do you turn what you learned into a successful, repeatable business practice? Microsoft Cloud Fast-Track   Bootcamp Are you looking for tools and guidance on closing more Office...

Josh Condie – Great updates, training and marketing resources for SMB cloud partners, below: Feb 29, 2012 www.microsoft.com/MyOffice365 IN THIS ISSUE…...

Rob Waggoner I’ve talked a lot about virtualization and I even demonstrated how to add a vCenter Server to SCVMM 2008 R2 here .  Today I wanted to show you how to add the same vCenter Server to a System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Server...

Rob Waggoner Do you need a quick overview of the Microsoft Small Business Server offerings?  If so, this discussion is for you.      Here are a few links that will give you more detail on SBS.  This is the SBS Overview https:...

  Josh Condie – Adding to Woody’s great comments about the value proposition of Windows Intune.  I was preparing for a presentation on Intune recently and came across a whitepaper that IDC recently wrote about the value of Windows 7 for SMBs...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- You’ve heard me say it before….. Lync is a killer app…. it’s a deal closer. Whether you use it in the cloud with Office 365 or install it on-premise, Lync will provide value to every business. Within the...

Rob Waggoner I’ve put together a few quick overviews of different Microsoft Products. Today I wanted to share the overview of Windows Server 2008 R2.  While most of us have been using Windows Server 2008 R2 for a while, hopefully this video will...

By Ron Grattopp …..Not long ago (November actually) I gave a shout out to Cindy Bates’ blog about DR (disaster recovery).  A couple of interesting factoids that were included in the DR e-guide her post highlighted were that >40% of the SMB respondents...

  Rob Waggoner I have these conversations a lot.  Why System Center, especially with Hyper-V?  What’s the story? First, I’m passionate about Hyper-V and System Center.  Together they are a knockout combination.  Hyper-V is the...

This is the gist of questions I see frequently from partners; “How do I license Microsoft XYZ?” Although I live with our products, I rarely have what I would call an authoritative answer off the top of my head; I usually have to look it up myself. Let...

by Ron Grattopp ……  I’m pretty sure by now that many of you have an idea that Microsoft invests heavily in research, at least you have if you’ve followed my blogs.  I believe our current investment is in the range of $9B/year .  It’s this...