Rob Waggoner   Windows Server 2012 now lets you Live Migrate virtual machines even if the Hyper-V host isn’t part of a Windows Cluster.  I showed you the video of Shared Nothing Live Migration here , but you need to configure your servers before...

  Josh Condie – Here’s your chance to win some amazing spending and travel prizes by positioning and selling the new Office: Grand prize The grand prize winner will receive a trip package for two to his or her choice of one of the following locations...

  Todd Sweetser Join us for a Virtual Launch Event for the new Office 365 for business. Hi Cloud Sellers! February 27 th marks an important milestone with the general availability of the new Office 365 for business. We would like to personally invite...

Josh Condie - Ready-To-Go Marketing: Use Web Syndication to build credibility with your customers Tired of constantly updating your website to be in sync with information about Microsoft products and technologies? Looking...

B  V  A Microsoft is introducing new business models for Office 365, available March 1st.  This video, Part 1 of 3, highlights Office 365 Open and Office 365 Full Package Product. Many partners have asked for the ability to control billing...

  B  V  A   Are you ready for the new Office? The new Office is coming soon, and because you’re a valued partner, we would like to invite you to attend a partner ‘refresher’ event for the new Office.  This is your opportunity...

Q: (from David) One of my agents has an EDU customer with the following questions. This EDU customer has 200 students and 75 Faculty & Staff. They are currently on Office 2007. Can you help me with this? Link for EDU purposes. Office 365 comes with...

Rob Waggoner   I received the following questions: I listened to the recent Samurai series webinar as I was unable to attend. I was curious to find out your knowledge on P2V migration i.e. SBS 2008 or Standard Server 2008 to replicate to VM in the...

Tim Tetrick As part of our updated Office 365 services rollout (see the recent blog post from Steve Ballmer), I wanted to provide you with a heads up on some key changes coming to the E (Enterprise) and K (Kiosk) plans.  First, Office Web Apps is...

: J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- As Josh mentioned in his earlier blog post , there are a number of reasons to take that second look at Windows Intune… and with the availability of the New Office 365, the cloud value prop is even stronger...

J.J. Antequino ----------------------------------     DEMO > SELL > SUCCEED!     Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the solutions your customers want .   Here's what you can expect:   ·         ...

  Woody Walton   Two days ago in a blog post entitled “ Office 365: The Next Bold Step ”, Steve Ballmer announced to the world the availability of Office 365 Home Premium, and foremost in my mind, he gave everyone a solid date when the new Office...

By Ron Grattopp ….a while back, OK, a fairly long time back, when TS2 first started blogging (and we were still doing individual blogs), one of the things I liked to do was take current news articles and blogs that I felt were biased or sensationalized...

Q: (from Nikkia) I have a client who would like to know how many attendees can be in a Lync audio, video, web, chat meeting, please.  Do you know?  Thanks!   A: It took some hunting with Bing, but I found several aspects to the answer:...

By Ron Grattopp …. Along with security, another recurring theme I like to visit from time to time is what I call the “Why Microsoft”, in other words, why should you pick Microsoft as your strategic technology choice.  I believe this is a key component...

Josh Condie - There are significant changes in the pricing, licensing, skus, and key product features of Windows Intune with the new Wave D offering launching this month – greatly enhancing the partner reselling and services opportunity.  Many partners...

Rob Waggoner We have three new virtual sessions focused on building your Hyper-V Practice.  The next Jump Start course Introduction to Hyper-V is an online event being delivered on Thursday, January 24 th from 8am – 5pm PST.  This event is designed...

Tim Tetrick Microsoft Cloud Fast-Track Bootcamp   Join Microsoft cloud experts in your area for a one day training to help you fast-track your cloud sales and profits using the latest product roadmaps, demo tools, customer campaigns, and shared best...

Todd Sweetser I wanted to share information with you regarding the Office Ignite Webcasts that are currently on the calendar.  Note that Ignite Webcasts are online sessions led by Microsoft Office 365 Product Managers, Engineers and support staff...

  Josh Condie – WPC 2012 was the biggest and best WPC yet. Now, we’re focused on bringing you a conference experience that delivers you the information, insights, and connections that will help your business win big. Through January 30, you can pre...

Josh Condie – This is great opportunity to advance 2 competencies quickly, and at a significantly reduced cost. Here is a very exciting offer for partners everywhere (not just the U.S.). Right now, the first 2,000 partners who take “Exam...

B  V  A With the success of the SMB Ranger event in Redmond, and strong feedback from our partners thirsting for MORE technical information on Windows Server 2012, we are happy to announce the SMB Samurai Server Webcast Series.  The series...

Tim Tetrick I want to make everyone aware of a newly updated resource to assist with your Online Services selling efforts.  The Microsoft Online Services Document Portfolio is a collection of over 120 unique documents all related to the Microsoft...

  Are you customer ready for the NEW Office 2013 & Office 365 cloud services? Jump start your readiness by attending this exclusive premier partner pre-launch event. Register now as space is limited! The event will be held at the Microsoft Corporate...

Michael Kophs I talk to Microsoft cloud partners everyday and one of the most frequent questions I have received over the past couple of years is “when will Microsoft/Office 365 offer a cloud storage solution like SkyDrive (which has always been a consumer...