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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Why Microsoft</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/</link><description>A blog about Microsoft&amp;#39;s strategic and technical differentiation.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>A New Home for Why Microsoft Blog</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/last-blog.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3554299</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3554299</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/last-blog.aspx#comments</comments><description>Winston Churchill once said that &amp;ldquo;to improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.&amp;rdquo; 
 Indeed, after three years, it&amp;rsquo;s time for a change for the Why Microsoft Blog. 
 As the cloud grows in popularity, Office 365 has become...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/last-blog.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3554299" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/why+microsoft/">why microsoft</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs Google Apps</category></item><item><title>Office 365 = Saved Time + Saved Money for Small Businesses</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/office-365-saved-time-saved-money-for-small-businesses.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3554305</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3554305</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/office-365-saved-time-saved-money-for-small-businesses.aspx#comments</comments><description>As a small business owner, you&amp;rsquo;re probably used to making trade-offs&amp;mdash;work-life balance for business growth, predictability for entrepreneurship. Sound familiar? 
 And of all the trade-offs, there&amp;rsquo;s no bigger compromise than the one...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/office-365-saved-time-saved-money-for-small-businesses.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3554305" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/SharePoint+Online/">SharePoint Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Lync+Online/">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/small+business/">small business</category></item><item><title>Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 2/22/2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-22-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3554308</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3554308</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-22-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week&amp;rsquo;s selections. 
 Skype Breaks Records, Traffic Grows by 44 Percent Skype now accounts for one-third of all global phone traffic. 
 Yammer Has 7 million Users...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/22/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-22-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3554308" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google/">Google</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office/">Office</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/SharePoint/">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Azure/">Azure</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Lync/">Lync</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Skype/">Skype</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+2013/">Office 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Yammer/">Yammer</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs Google Apps</category></item><item><title>LiveRoute Migrates Over 40 Middle East Companies to Office 365</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/20/liveroute-migrates-over-forty-middle-east-companies-to-office-365.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3553487</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3553487</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/20/liveroute-migrates-over-forty-middle-east-companies-to-office-365.aspx#comments</comments><description>Today&amp;rsquo;s guest blogger is Faisal Zafar, director of operations for LiveRoute, a Dubai-based technology company that delivers IT solutions to companies throughout the Middle East. A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, LiveRoute was the first cloud solution...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/20/liveroute-migrates-over-forty-middle-east-companies-to-office-365.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3553487" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google/">Google</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office/">Office</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+2013/">Office 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs-+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs. Google Apps</category></item><item><title>10 Ways to Set Up Your Small Business for Success in 2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/20/10-ways-to-set-up-your-small-business-for-success-in-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3553864</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3553864</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/20/10-ways-to-set-up-your-small-business-for-success-in-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>Small business owner confidence continues to drag , according to the latest report by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). While expectations for improved businesses increased slightly over last month, small firms are still struggling...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/20/10-ways-to-set-up-your-small-business-for-success-in-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3553864" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/SharePoint+Online/">SharePoint Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Lync+Online/">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+2013/">Office 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs-+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs. Google Apps</category></item><item><title>Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 2/15/2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/15/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-15-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3552672</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3552672</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/15/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-15-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week&amp;rsquo;s selections. 
 Microsoft: Office 365 Sees Growing Adoption in India Indian firms of all sizes are choosing Office 365 over Google Apps. 
 Google App Store...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/15/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-15-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3552672" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google/">Google</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office/">Office</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/SharePoint/">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Skype/">Skype</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/privacy/">privacy</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+2013/">Office 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Surface+Pro/">Surface Pro</category></item><item><title>SADA Systems Makes Migrating to Office 365 Easy &amp; Efficient</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/14/sada-systems-makes-migrating-to-office-365-easy-amp-efficient.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3552066</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3552066</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/14/sada-systems-makes-migrating-to-office-365-easy-amp-efficient.aspx#comments</comments><description>Today&amp;rsquo;s guest blogger is Patrick Watson, business development manager at SADA Systems, a global leader in cloud computing and IT consultation, and a Microsoft Gold Certified partner since 2003. Based in Los Angeles, SADA works with hundreds of organizations...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/14/sada-systems-makes-migrating-to-office-365-easy-amp-efficient.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3552066" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+2013/">Office 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/planning+and+assessment/">planning and assessment</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/change+management/">change management</category></item><item><title>Rakuten Chooses Microsoft Office 365 over Google Apps to Trim Costs and Reduce IT Burden</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/13/rakuten-chooses-microsoft-office-365-over-google-apps-to-trim-costs-and-reduce-it-burden.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3552037</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3552037</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/13/rakuten-chooses-microsoft-office-365-over-google-apps-to-trim-costs-and-reduce-it-burden.aspx#comments</comments><description>Internet services company Rakuten needed to improve its messaging environment to support rapid expansion and decided to adopt Microsoft Office 365, after evaluating Google Apps. We recently spoke to Jonathan Levine, Executive Officer and Vice Executive...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/13/rakuten-chooses-microsoft-office-365-over-google-apps-to-trim-costs-and-reduce-it-burden.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3552037" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Exchange+Online/">Exchange Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs-+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs. Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Active+Directory/">Active Directory</category></item><item><title>Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 2/8/2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/08/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-8-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3551121</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3551121</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/08/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-8-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week&amp;rsquo;s selections. 
 7 Reasons Why You Should Buy Microsoft&amp;rsquo;s New Version of Office Seven reasons why people will want to buy the new Office 365 Home Premium...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/08/weekly-whymsft-round-up-2-8-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3551121" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google/">Google</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office/">Office</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/SharePoint/">SharePoint</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Google+Apps/">Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Bing/">Bing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+2013/">Office 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Office+365+vs+Google+Apps/">Office 365 vs Google Apps</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Outlook/">Outlook</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/tags/Toyota/">Toyota</category></item><item><title>Office 365: The Mobile Office for Your Small Business</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/06/office-365-the-mobile-office-for-your-small-business.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3550882</guid><dc:creator>Tony Tai - MSFT</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3550882</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/06/office-365-the-mobile-office-for-your-small-business.aspx#comments</comments><description>Imagine that you had all the tools you needed to work wherever you are&amp;ndash;whether it&amp;rsquo;s in the office, at home, on the way to a meeting, or at a client site. And it&amp;rsquo;s not just that way for you, but for all the employees of your small business...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/whymicrosoft/archive/2013/02/06/office-365-the-mobile-office-for-your-small-business.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3550882" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>