Reaching Out to Microsoft Partners in Australia https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:02:10 GMT en-US hourly 1 Look what appeared on my SkyDrive account ? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/look-what-appeared-on-my-skydrive-account Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:51:23 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2010/06/09/look-what-appeared-on-my-skydrive-account/ image

Yes, Office Web apps is here !

Find out more here.

]]> New blog platform – email subscription available https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/new-blog-platform-email-subscription-available Tue, 25 May 2010 03:43:47 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2010/05/25/new-blog-platform-email-subscription-available/ Well our corporate team has successfully migrated us to a new blogging platform – with some new features.

Note the box to the right hand side – feel free to subscribe there is you prefer email updates. I will be shutting down the feedburner option for some of the blog readers.

image]]> TechNet Live Meetings on Azure, Intune and Online Services https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/technet-live-meetings-on-azure-intune-and-online-services Thu, 13 May 2010 19:29:08 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2010/05/13/technet-live-meetings-on-azure-intune-and-online-services/ We will be running a series of TechNet Live Meeting sessions in June focusing on what the Cloud means to you as an IT Manager or IT Professional. The cloud has been called the next logical step in business computing—but there is still a lot of confusion about what it really means.
Microsoft cloud services offers a new model for business computing. You choose the amount of service you want, whether it's IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS, Start small in the cloud, or collaborate with us or our Partners for complete hybrid solutions, with unparalleled service and support.

Windows Azure and the IT Pro Discussion
Friday 4 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – Greg Willis, Architect Evangelist Microsoft Australia
Do cloud services make the IT Pro obsolete? Join us in this informative session to discuss the role of IT Pros with regard to Windows Azure. Discover what’s changed and what hasn’t for the IT Professional including how to manage services in the new cloud environment and what tools are available to help manage the application lifecycle.


Windows Intune - Simplifying how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7
Friday 11 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – John Pritchard, Technology Specialist Microsoft Australia

Your employees depend on you to keep their PCs running at their best, whether they are in the office or on the road. Windows Intune™ simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows® cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance. Windows Intune™ delivers cloud-based management and security capabilities using a single Web-based console that enables your users and your IT staff to work from virtually anywhere—all that’s required is an Internet connection.

With the Windows 7 Enterprise upgrade included in the subscription, you can give your users the best Windows experience and standardize your PCs on a single version of Windows. You also get advanced tools for troubleshooting, security policy configuration, and virtualization that you can download and run in your environment. Windows Intune™ fits the needs of your business by giving you big tech results with a small tech investment. With the simple setup of the cloud service, you don’t have to worry about costly deployment and time-consuming maintenance. You get a comprehensive desktop solution with a low up-front investment and predictable.


Microsoft Online services – the underlying technology and roadmap
Friday 18 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – Lee Hickin, Senior Technology Specialist Microsoft Australia
Join us for a frank and open discussion on the technology, functionality and future of Microsoft’s Online Services technology, BPOS (Business Productivity Online Services). This session will walk through the 4 key components of this platform (Exchange, SharePoint, Live Meeting & OCS) and dig a little deeper into the Data Centre technology behind them as well as the capabilities they offer both now and in the future. There will also be plenty of opportunity for you to ask questions about the who, what and why of Microsoft’s massive investment into the extension of our products and solutions into the cloud


Starting the Private Cloud Journey with the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Centre
Friday 25 June 2010 1:00 PM Australia (East)
Speaker – Gareth James, Senior Consultant Microsoft Australia

What is the Private Cloud? A tale of three services, IaaS, PaaS and SooS. What features do we need in a Private Cloud system. Introduction to the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for System Centre (DIT-SC) We’ll look at the Requirements and Infrastructure architecture required and do a Toolkit walkthrough of:

· User Roles

· Logical architecture

· Workflow

· Provision scripting Engine

· Virtual Machine management

Click here to learn more about our Microsoft Cloud Services and make sure you sign up for our Windows Azure Platform Introductory special.

]]> New job, same blog, but also twittering.. https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/new-job-same-blog-but-also-twittering Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:47:37 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2010/03/01/new-job-same-blog-but-also-twittering/ I’ve recently moved to a new role in the Microsoft Australia business, from the partner organisation to the enterprise group. I am doing a role we call externally ‘director of enterprise operations’ and internally ‘sales excellence director’. Effectively the COO for the enterprise group.

I am still going to blog content relevant to Aussie partners and will remain passionate about helping you all transform your business models for the paradigm shift to software and services. I’ve also just re-started Twittering – find me at https://twitter.com/nick_mayhew

More soon…

]]> HP and Microsoft extend strategic alliance – with new opportunities for MS and HP partners https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/hp-and-microsoft-extend-strategic-alliance-with-new-opportunities-for-ms-and-hp-partners Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:51:18 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2010/01/13/hp-and-microsoft-extend-strategic-alliance-with-new-opportunities-for-ms-and-hp-partners/ https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2010/jan10/01-13InfToAppPR.mspx

“PALO ALTO, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 13, 2010 — HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a three-year agreement to invest $250 million to significantly simplify technology environments for businesses of all sizes.

The companies plan to deliver new solutions that will do the following:

•Be built on a next-generation infrastructure-to-application model

•Advance cloud computing by speeding application implementation

•Eliminate complexities of IT management and automate existing manual processes to lower the overall costs

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Note particularly the link to the joint partnering site: https://www.hpmspartners.com/

If any Australian partners want to know more drop me a line through this blog and I will connect you with the right resources and people to get your answer.

]]> Windows Azure for MS Partners https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/windows-azure-for-ms-partners Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:50:14 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2009/12/21/windows-azure-for-ms-partners/ Great post from Steve Clayton with a bunch of links to get partners info quickly. Watch this space – 2010 will be a big year for Azure and will create brand new business opportunities for MS Partners.

https://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2009/12/21/windows-azure-for-microsoft-partners.aspx

 

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]]> Simplifying Cloud Services https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/simplifying-cloud-services Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:10:17 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2009/12/10/simplifying-cloud-services/ With such a plethora of definitions, options and understandings of the broad IT term ‘cloud’ we’ve just launched a new worldwide site to bring our offerings together – with information laid out in simple terms with content categorised by role.

www.microsoft.com/cloudservices

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]]> Major announcements on Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/major-announcements-on-azure Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:30 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2009/11/17/major-announcements-on-azure/ We just made a significant announcement on Azure, our cloud computing platform at the so-called PDC event.

Read all about it:

https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/nov09/11-17pdc1pr.mspx

More on Azure: www.azure.com

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]]> Sharepoint 2010 review on ARN https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/sharepoint-2010-review-on-arn Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:09:50 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2009/11/12/sharepoint-2010-review-on-arn/

https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/325494/review_sharepoint_server_2010_beta_pulls_it_all_together

This article gives some practical summaries of a few of the new features in Sharepoint 2010. I thought quite a nice read for partners wanting to see the headlines on some of the new features..

]]> New user interface concepts https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/nickmayhew/new-user-interface-concepts Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:43:28 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nickmayhew/2009/11/12/new-user-interface-concepts/ See the following from Long Zheng – so really nice demos from our research leader (Craig Mundie) on novel prototype user interaction, including eye tracking. I can’t wait for this stuff to become mainsteam !

https://www.istartedsomething.com/20091106/microsoft-college-tour-09/

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