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InfoPath Support
Q: (from Todd) Typically, how many years does Microsoft support a technology after its release date?...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/17/2015
US IAMCP Certification Voucher Program
Tim Tetrick Hello Microsoft Partners, I’m excited to tell you about a great new offer for IAMCP...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/17/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Backup and Restore your entire Azure IaaS Virtual Machine!
In March of 2015, Azure Backup added support for backing up entire Virtual Machines from the Azure...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/16/2015
Windows 10 Deployment Masters Online Workshop Series COMING SOON!
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Partners, with Windows 10 nearly upon us, you have...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/16/2015
MPN Learning Paths – A Valuable Training Resource
Jeff Stoffel I am often asked where should a partner start to learn about a specific technology or...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/12/2015
Start a $100/$300 Azure customer POC with the Azure Taste Test offer!
Partners, As a follow-up to my colleague, J.J. Antequino’s blog a few weeks ago, introducing the...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/06/2015
Announcing The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online “Cloud NOW!” Adoption Rebate Offer!
Jeff Stoffel I’m pleased to inform you about a special offer that is available to help your...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/03/2015
Built-in mobile device management in Office 365 now available
Tim Tetrick Back in October, 2014 Microsoft announced that built-in mobile device management (MDM)...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/02/2015
Not for Profit Office 365 Business Plans Now Available
Q: (from Bruce) I have two clients that tell me that they are a 501C3 Non Profit and both of them...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/01/2015
Hybrid Exchange Online and POP
Q: (from Philip) I have a client who is looking to migrate to Office 365. They are currently using...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/01/2015
Showcase Office 365 customer solutions with MEC Demo today!
Partners, Are you aware of all of the benefits of the Office 365 MEC Demo platform? In the past,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/01/2015
Huge savings on Azure Backup – New Pricing is Here
Onur Dogruoz Partners - As you may have heard, Azure team recently announced a new pricing model for...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/01/2015
Azure RemoteApp Trial
Q: (from Andrew) It looks like RemoteApp could be the solution to my Azure technical problems. I’d...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/31/2015
Azure Services by Location
Rob Waggoner As we build Azure to be the most complete global cloud solution, we run into the issue...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/30/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Configuring Azure Backup
Onur Dogruoz In this video, I will walk you through the setup and configuration of Azure backup...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/26/2015
Skype for Business Partner Resources
Josh Condie – With Zig Serafin’s blog announcement last week...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/24/2015
Office Delve to rollout to all eligible Office 365 Business Customers
Jeff Stoffel During Satya Nadella’s keynote Monday at the Convergence conference, he showed Office...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/18/2015
Restricting Access to Office 365
Q: (from Jim) I have a client going on E3 shortly (small number of users) and that’s been decided....
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/18/2015
Improve your Azure Site Recovery (ASR) performance
Rob Waggoner I’ve spent a lot of time with ASR lately and during some of my performance testing, I...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/17/2015
Have you gotten your “Taste” of Azure yet?
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Along with the O365 incentives that I blogged...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/16/2015
Earn up to 52% in incentives and rebates when you sell O365 TODAY!
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- We are really excited to announce that there are...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/16/2015
Skype for Business Partner Resources – Now Available
*Repost from today’s Partner Connect Newletter: Dear Partners, We are excited to announce that the...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/16/2015
Office 2016 Mac Preview
Tim Tetrick As I mentioned in my Office 365 for Mac and iOS environments blog a few months back,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/13/2015
New MPN Offer - Internal Use Rights for SkyKick
Onur Dogruoz MPN Team announced a new Internal Use Rights (IUR) offer to help you with your...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/13/2015
QuickTenant now available for MEC Demo (MicrosoftCIE.com)
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- We hope you all agree that demoing the benefits of...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/10/2015
Azure Site Recovery can Overcome Azure’s 127GB Boot Volume Limitation
Rob Waggoner Azure limits the size of your OS boot volume to 127 GB. For new workloads, this...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/09/2015
Office 365 User Experience Demonstration Video
Tim Tetrick Hello Microsoft Cloud Partners! If you’ve ever had a customer or prospect ask to see a...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/02/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: ASR Failover Walk Through
Rob Waggoner In this video, I walk through the ASR Failover Process and show you the steps Azure...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/25/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: ASR Test Failover Walk Through
Rob Waggoner In this video, I walk through the Test Failover scenario. I will show you how to...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/25/2015
Announcing SMB Cloud Office Hours
Jeff Stoffel Are you a Cloud novice or already have a flourishing Cloud practice? We hear from you...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/24/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Azure Active Directory Application Integration
Partners, Watch a demo of how to add an application integration to your user accounts in Azure...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/20/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Cloud App Discovery
Partners, Watch a quick demo of setting up Azure Cloud Application Discovery, an Azure service...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/20/2015
Partner Technical Enablement Playbook
Tim Tetrick Hello Microsoft Partners, Wanted to share with you what I hope will be a great resource...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/20/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Setting Partner of Record in an Azure Subscription
Todd Sweetser In this video I walk through the steps involved in setting up Partner of Record in an...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/20/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Uploading A Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Server Image to Azure
Matt HesterSr. Partner Technology Strategist Microsoft SMB&D In this Azure in 5 Minutes video I...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/18/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Azure Portal Walkthrough
Tim Tetrick If you are new to Azure, this Azure Portal walkthrough will help you get familiar with...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/18/2015
New Solution Accelerator: Azure Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Partners, I am pleased to announce the availability of a new Azure Solution Accelerator – Business...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/17/2015
Office 365 Partner admin mobile app now available
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Sellers! Wanted to make you aware of another tool you can use to help perform...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/17/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: How to Activate your Azure IUR Benefit
Jeff Stoffel Do you have Microsoft Azure Internal Use Rights (IUR) yet not sure how to activate this...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/13/2015
Azure in 5 Minutes: Setup and Manage your Customer’s Azure Open Subscription
Jeff Stoffel How to setup an Azure Open subscription is a common question I receive from partners....
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/11/2015
Meet the new Power BI
Tim Tetrick On January 27 Microsoft unveiled its new Power BI service, which is available now as a...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/09/2015
Fundamentals of Azure–Free ebook
Onur Dogruoz Microsoft Press released the first book of Microsoft Azure Essentials series,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/06/2015
Cloud Customer Relationship Management Competency coming in March!
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- So you’re a pro at selling Office 365, and you...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/03/2015
Connect with Customers Offer – 33% off CRM Online Professional!
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- What better way to kick off the launch of CRM...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/03/2015
Public Roadmap for Cloud Platform (Azure, Windows Server, etc.)
To complement my earlier posting on the Office 365 Roadmap site, we now have a site where we are...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/03/2015