Swiss IT Professional and TechNet Blog : Partners

Heidihosts.ch – Modern Hosting Solutions using Microsoft Technologies

mepprecht — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:58:34 GMT

Hosted services have always been a favorite for Companies and Individuals. The trend of "Services On Demand" has been growing consistently for Internet Based Services and will grow exponentially in the next few years.

Microsoft is committed to it’s Software + Services (SaaS) strategy, for example http://www.officelive.com or http://www.microsoft.ch/online. Both solutions are based on Windows Technologies and have proven Availability and Performance. For many customers in Switzerland these 2 solutions may be a limitation as the data centers are currently not based in Switzerland.

There is a solution: Heidi Hosts. Modern Microsoft Technologies (Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V), Swiss Location, solutions for Students, Companies and also Developers all in one place. Interesting is that the lady used in the advertising can be added as a Friend on Facebook :)

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/04/23/heidihosts-ch-modernste-hostingl-sung-mit-microsoft-technologien.aspx

Test Microsoft Online Services for Free for 30 days

mepprecht — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:46:27 GMT

On the 19th March, at x.Days, Microsoft Online was officially launched in Switzerland. Microsoft Business Productivity Online suite (BPOS) is this offering’s name which encompasses Services like SharePoint, Exchange and Unified Communications (IM, Presence and Live Meeting). Planned future enhancements are Online Versions of CRM.

BPOS is hosted in Microsoft Data Centers, under Microsoft Control. Currently for Europe, the data centers are in Dublin, Ireland and Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The whole suite costs about CHF 22.- per month, per user.

You have the opportunity to test the services for free for 30 days, and have a chance to win a HTC Touch Phone.

To test the service, following the following procedure:

Create a Live ID if you don't have one yet https://signup.live.com
Subscribe to the free 30 days Test Suite of Microsoft Online (“Sign up for a trial”) at https://mocp.microsoftonline.com
Wait for the confirmation e-mail. During this time, your Microsoft Online account will be provisioned.
Visit the Customer Portal to retrieve the Administrator Account Information.
Login to the Administration Center with the Administrator Account https://admin.emea.microsoftonline.com
Create your first user accounts, configure Outlook and create your SharePoint site.

Further Technical Information can be found on TechNet (English / German / French). If you want to continue to use the service after the trial 30 days, you may wish to have a Qualified BPOS partner guide you further. These Partners are capable of helping you with Migrations, further Setup and can answer questions relating to your specific needs.

Originally posted on http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/03/20/microsoft-online-services-30-tage-gratis-testen.aspx

Unified Communications Ignite Trainings in Switzerland again

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:02:38 GMT

For Microsoft Partners, our CPLS Partner AddOn, is offering between March and June 2009 diverse Ignite Trainings (Level 300), covering Unified Communications.

Learn about the possibilities that OCS und Unified Messaging can present, from Planning to Installation and Maintenance. A bootcamp, that will prepare you for the Microsoft Test 70-638 will also be held. It is recommended you first attend the OCS 2007 R2 Ignite training, and then the UC Voice Ignite training.

Training will be in German.

The dates and information to the events:

OCS 2007 R2 Ignite (2 Days)
23 March 2009
25 May 2009

UC Voice Ignite (3 Days)
25 March 2009
27 May 2009

UC Competency Kit – Bootcamp (2 Days)
23 April 2009
8 June 2009

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/02/26/endlich-unified-communications-ignite-trainings-wieder-in-der-schweiz.aspx

BizTalk and SharePoint Server: Business Process Management and Optimization with the Microsoft Plattform

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Based on many requests, a Microsoft Partner training event will be presented by the Microsoft CPLS Partner AddOn. The training will focus on Business Process Management and Process Optimization in BizTalk, plus how SharePoint Components can be used to simplify the solution.

For information on the Partner training in German, see the follwoing links:

BizTalk Training 27 April 2009
BizTalk Training 15 June 2009

http://blogs.technet.com/chitpro-de/archive/2009/02/27/biz-talk-und-sharepoint-server-gesch-ftsprozessmanagement-und-optimierung-mit-der-microsoft-plattform.aspx

BPOS – The Partner Website is online

mepprecht — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:45:00 GMT

BPOS is the abbreviation for Business Productivity Online Suite. From March/April 2009, Microsoft will be releasing diverse Online Services like Live Meeting, Communications Online, SharePoint Online and Exchange Online for end-customers. This is a larger step in the realization of Microsoft's S+S (Software plus Services) Strategy.

Microsoft Partners can now get skilled-up on the subject and win cool Prizes.

Technical Information on OCS 2007 R2

mepprecht — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:20:37 GMT

OCS 2007 R2 has been released and there are quite a few questions about Installation, Migration, Features and Functions. To help you get acquainted to the product, here are some links to the most important information needed:

OCS 2007 R2 downloads
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/bb629431.aspx

Getting Started with Office Communications Server 2007 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd441174(office.13).aspx

Capacity Planning
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425159(office.13).aspx

Supported Migration Paths and Coexistence Scenarios
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425356(office.13).aspx

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E5026127-101A-48D7-8683-C95F448329E3&displaylang=en

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8CA31B00-96F3-42D7-9863-C44673F9C720&displaylang=en

You can also attend one of the Microsoft Partner Tech@Night events in either Zurich or Luzern to get an impression of what is possible.