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Helping partners understand the value of Microsoft solutions.
Public preview of Azure Site Recovery (DR) for Azure IaaS virtual machines is available!
Todd SweetserHi Cloud Partners! I am very excited to let you know that the ability to provide...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 06/02/2017
Join your regional June SMB Partner Insider call Friday, June 2
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! Join your local Microsoft US team for the SMB Partner Insider call...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/30/2017
Webinar - Incident Response: Getting The Upper Hand in the Cybercrime Fight
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Partners! With the recent incidents that have occurred, now is a perfect time...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/30/2017
Improving Office 365 Performance
Here is a great collection of resources to help tune Office 365 performance : Tune Office 365...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/30/2017
The Periodic Table of Office 365
Good afternoon everyone, I recently read a great article by Matt Wade, where he did an Everyday...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/22/2017
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit Guidance Document Now Available
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! By now, I’m sure that you have heard us talk about the Azure Hybrid...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/19/2017
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit now available directly in the Azure Management Portal
Tim Tetrick In case you missed the news from a couple weeks back, I wanted to highlight the fact...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/17/2017
Office 365 ROI Tool
Q: (from Neal) Hello. I hope all is well. I am trying to find, what I recall as being, an Excel...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/17/2017
Introducing OneDrive Files On-Demand
Jeff Stoffel As expected many exciting announcements were made at Build 2017. I am particularly...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/14/2017
Can I change my onmicrosoft.com domain name?
Q: (from Janelle) Reaching out to you guys to find out if you know for sure if I can or cannot...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/11/2017
Support for Access Web Apps in SharePoint Online Going Away
Q: (from Megan) Is there a good Microsoft resource with more information on the removal of Access...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/08/2017
How to Build a Successful Cloud Practice
Tim Tetrick As part of the strategy to help our partners create and accelerate their efforts to...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/04/2017
Join your regional May SMB Partner Insider call Friday, May 5!
Todd Sweetser Join your local Microsoft US team for the SMB Partner Insider call Friday, May 5,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 05/01/2017
Newly available Office 365 Advanced Security and Compliance solutions campaign
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Partners! Came across this new set of partner resources that revolve around a...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/27/2017
Outlook Customer Manager Now Rolling Out
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! For quite some time now SMB customers have been looking for a way to...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/24/2017
MileIQ: Another Office 365 Benefit
Q: (from Jeff) How do I find out which O365 plans include MileIQ? It would be nice if there was more...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/18/2017
Updated Partner Readiness Webcasts on Office 365 Enterprise E5
East Region SMB Techcast WHAT: Office 365 E5! Auto-Attendant, Call Queues! But wait, there’s more!...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/15/2017
Great Article: Sell on Value, not on Features
Brent Combest, General Manager, Central Region SMB at Microsoft, just published a great article on...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/12/2017
Just Announced: Price reductions on L Series and announcing next generation Hyper-threaded virtual machines
Good afternoon everyone! I just learned we have some promo pricing for VM’s in Azure you may have...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/11/2017
Registration is open! Four new SMB JumpStart virtual workshops starting soon
Jeff Stoffel I am thrilled to inform you that there are 4 new SMB JumpStart virtual workshop series...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/07/2017
Significant Update to Advanced Threat Protection
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! Earlier this week we announced some pretty significant (and cool)...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/05/2017
Call Queues and Auto Attendant trainings updated for General Availability
Tim Tetrick Hello Microsoft Partners, I hope everyone saw the news from last week that the Skype for...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/04/2017
Join your regional April SMB Partner Insider call this Friday, April 7
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! It’s time for the April US SMB Partner Insider call. Join your local...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 04/03/2017
Azure Marketing Workshop for Partners
Jeff Stoffel I am always amazed at the quantity and quality of learning opportunities we make...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/31/2017
Learn how to create a connected workplace in Office 365 with OneDrive and SharePoint at the SharePoint Virtual Summit on May 16th
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud partners! Wanted to let you know that Microsoft is pleased to announce the...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/28/2017
Office 365 Groups, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer…. Oh My
With all the great innovative options and updates available in Office 365 there have been some...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/23/2017
Save the date: Microsoft Cloud Architect Boot Camp
Tim Tetrick When: May 15-19, 2017Where: The Westin in Bellevue, WARegistration Fee: USD $1,800.00...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/14/2017
New Windows Pro Devices vs. Chrome Devices - Partner Profitability and Customer Capabilities Showdown
Jeff Stoffel Microsoft has released new LOW COST Windows 10 Pro devices under $300 for commercial...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/10/2017
SMB JumpStart Hybrid Identity and Enterprise Mobility + Security program available on-demand!
Jeff Stoffel I am excited to inform you that SMB JumpStart Hybrid Identity and Enterprise Mobility +...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/06/2017
You're Invited: How to Build a Business Intelligence practice
Tim Tetrick Hello Microsoft Partners, I am excited to extend an invitation to join an exclusive new...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/04/2017
New Service Health Dashboard–now Generally Available
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! For a while now we have had the Service Health Dashboard “update” in...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 03/03/2017
Join your regional March SMB Partner Insider call this Friday, March 3rd!
Todd Sweetser Join your regional March SMB Partner Insider call this Friday! Join your local...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/27/2017
The Microsoft Trust Center as a Resource
Jeff Stoffel I was discussing our cloud security, privacy, and compliance standards today with a...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/24/2017
Join us at SMB Live and build your Microsoft cloud practice
Tim Tetrick This year’s SMB Live events, coming to 22 cities across the United States, include a day...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/15/2017
Available now! Free Windows Server 2016 virtual labs
Todd Sweetser Ran across this recent announcement and wanted to share it with our partners! From the...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/14/2017
Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) Attack Simulation Playbook
Good afternoon Partners. I just learned about an exciting new tool you can leverage to help show...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/14/2017
Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) Partner Community
Tim Tetrick Hello Microsoft Partners, Build and extend your enterprise mobility practice, and help...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/11/2017
Modern Thoughts on Modern Enterprise Security
Good morning Partners. I just read a great article talking about Microsoft’s overall approach to...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/07/2017
Modern Thoughts on Modern Enterprise Security
Good morning Partners. I just read a great article talking about Microsoft’s overall approach to...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 02/07/2017
Office Go-to-Market (GTM) Guide for ISVs
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Partners! I know that many of you out there may have an ISV side to your...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/31/2017
Join your regional February SMB Partner Insider call this Friday
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! Join your local Microsoft US team for the SMB Partner Insider call...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/31/2017
Partner Online Technical Training Available at No Cost
Jeff Stoffel Where do I go to get more information or training on __________ (fill in the blank) is...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/24/2017
So you want to build Azure Practice: Focus on Azure Backup!
As I mentioned in my post, about a month ago(sorry for the delay, got sidetracked) I talked about...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/20/2017
New Windows 10 upgrade benefits for Windows Cloud Subscriptions in CSP
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Partners! Found some info that could be a large benefit to those looking at...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/19/2017
Intune Deployment Planning, Design and Implementation Guide
Tim Tetrick I wanted to highlight this great new Intune Deployment Guide that just recently...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/19/2017
Microsoft StaffHub is Generally Available!
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners! Do you work with customers that have frontline employees, things like...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/12/2017
How Do You Build a New Business Practice?
Recently Microsoft employees like me have been focusing on helping partners adopt new technologies...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/11/2017
Azure Virtual Machine JumpStart
In line with the Hybrid Identity and Enterprise Mobility + Security JumpStarts held in the fourth...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/11/2017