Woody Walton   If you are in the eastern Time zone it is already 2013!  So happy New Year to you.  If you are like me, you have an hour or two left.  In any case with the new year comes resolutions!  …As I am recommending resolutions...

Woody Walton   Well the new year is almost upon us and I thought I would close out 2012 with an illustration of why a customer might choose to purchase Office 2013 though either our volume licensing programs or through our Office 365 subscriptions...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- What I love about Windows Intune is how quickly we are improving, adding to, and updating this online service.  However this also means that our partners must also keep up to date with these changes...

Josh Condie - We’re happy to announce that we have released the final version of this free ebook.       FREE DOWNLOAD FORMATS: PDF Introducing Windows 8- An Overview for IT Professionals - PDF ebook Mobi Introducing Windows 8-An Overview...

By Ron Grattopp   ….You should know by now that security is something of a continuing focus for my blog.  In this vein I want to call out a recent blog by Stella Chernyak from the Microsoft Windows team called The Unsung Hero: Windows 8 Security...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- With the new Office 365 currently available to preview, partners and customers have the opportunity to check out the new interface and features…. but even so, there are often questions that arise. The...

By Ron Grattopp ….Every one I’ve demo’d Windows 8 for always wants to know how I got the Shutdown tile on my Start Screen, so since it’s been such a popular thing I thought I’d go ahead and blog about it, consider it my Christmas gift to you.  Here...

Rob Waggoner This is part 2 of setting up a Hyper-V Cluster for Windows Server 2012 and placing Virtual Machines into a Hyper-V Custer on Windows Server 2012. There is so much new stuff to show you that I broke this video into two parts...

Rob Waggoner Today I wanted to make sure and cover setting up the Hyper-V Cluster for Windows Server 2012. There is so much new stuff to show you that I broke this video into two parts. Part 1 will walk through the hardware setup and...

B  V  A I was recently out on the Microsoft Partner site, and ran across this link to some New Office Ignite Trainings: http://officeignitelabs.cloudguides.com/   Each Technology header provides multiple trainings that are available on...

Rob Waggoner While most people look at the Windows Server 2012 Essentials offering as being “just the next version of SBS Essentials 2011”, it includes some enterprise solutions that fit well in our SMB customer space.  Windows Server 2012 Essentials...

  B  V  A Are you looking at an alternative solution to Small Business Server Standard edition ?  Let me discuss a supported solution, that will scale beyond 25 users, while keeping value-add features of Windows Server 2012 Essentials...

Tim Tetrick I often get questions from partners and customers confused about the archiving capabilities of Office 365. The full archiving story of Office 365 involves a number of different capabilities of Exchange Online including Personal Archive , Multi...

  Todd Sweetser Easily move more customers to the Cloud with this great offer! Hi Cloud Sellers!  I wanted to make sure you knew you could receive up to 100 MigrationWiz Premium Mailbox Migration licenses for qualifying Office 365 E3 SKU customer...

  Samir Kukreja - I wanted to make sure you were aware of the upcoming sessions, part of the Microsoft Cloud How-To Webinar Series. Microsoft experts will provide a technical overview on how to position and demo products like Office365 and Windows...

B  V  A Question – Can I do an In-Place upgrades to Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 ? Answer – Yes you can, but the some old rules still apply – In-place upgrades from 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2008, upgrades from one language to another...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Because those are the only versions of the New Office that you can purchase for your customers and install today! December 1st is here, and all of your Volume License customers can now get their hands...

J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- By now, I’m sure most of you are aware that SBS 2011 (Standard & Essentials) is the final version you will be able to purchase (through June of next year)…. but did you know that SBS blog is still...

Woody Walton   The needle in the haystack.  This syndrome is one I routinely hear from partners looking for good content on the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) or even on Microsoft proper form time to time.   These sites are not perfect...