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New Online Technical Training for Deploying Enterprise Mobility Suite
Tim Tetrick Microsoft is seeing great momentum in its Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) and this is a...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/22/2016
“Getting Recognized for the Work You Do”
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- Ever since the Advisor program was introduced, we...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/20/2016
Accelerate Windows Accelerate
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- This may be old news to some, but was recently...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/20/2016
Missed the January US SMB Partner Insider Calls? We’ve got you covered!
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners, Missed the January US SMB Partner Insider Call? We've got you...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/19/2016
US Azure Partner Community Call – January 2016
Colin Esaias Hello Partner Community! The next US Azure Partner Community Call is happening...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/15/2016
Grow your marketing capabilities with Automational
Tim Tetrick Hello Partners, Need a little help to: Grow your marketing capability Stop managing...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/15/2016
Office Small Business Academy
Colin Esaias Announcing Office Small Business Academy Office Small Business Academy is a new,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/15/2016
Register Now: SMB Live Two Days Two Separate Events!
SMB Live is back! We are offering two separate one-day events in 28 cities February through April!...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/13/2016
Azure RemoteApp Enhancements
Q: (from John) Most of their vendors are moving to a cloud hosted solution for their LOB apps. This...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/12/2016
Technical Webcasts Pubilshed for New Enhanced ASR (From VMWare)
Josh Condie - With yesterday's announcement of the GA for Enhanced VMWare to Azure disaster...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/12/2016
New SMB Webcast Series Starts This Month - Register Now
Josh Condie - Reblogging this post on behalf of the Office Team. Details can be found here. The SMB...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/12/2016
Today Marks the End of Support for Windows 8 (Not 8.1)
Josh Condie - The title above can be a little deceiving. What this really means, is that it is time...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/12/2016
OneDrive for Business Next Generation Sync Client and Update on Storage Plans
Tim Tetrick Hello Partners, In case you missed it, there were some big announcements a couple weeks...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/08/2016
Internet Explorer 8,9,10 End-Of-Life Approaching. Are Your Customers Ready?
Garrett Bundy Hello Everyone – As you hopefully are aware of by now, Internet Explorer versions less...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/07/2016
The Profit Opportunity Behind 200 Million Windows 10 Devices
Recently we just made an exciting and humbling announcement that there are over 200 million devices...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/06/2016
Deploying Windows 10 just got easier!
Rob Waggoner Beginning with Version 1511 of Windows 10, you can now use your Windows 7, Windows 8,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/04/2016
Attend the US SMB Partner Insider call this Friday, January 8th and have a chance to win a GoPro HERO + LCD!*
Garrett Bundy Join us this Friday for the US SMB Partner Insider Call! Join your regional Partner...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 01/04/2016
Skype for Business Online Licensing Resource
Todd Sweetser With all of the recent updates to Skype for Business Online there may be many...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/31/2015
Updated Azure Virtual Networking documentation
Rob Waggoner We updated our documentation on the VPN devices supported in Azure and I wanted to...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/30/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
Tim Tetrick During this series, Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/18/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Windows Clustering
Rob Waggoner When we talk about Windows Clustering, we are always talking about the need for High...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/17/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Software Assurance Benefits
J.J. Antequino ---------------------------------- When configuring or upgrading server hardware for...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/16/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Supporting Remote Offices
When this series was initially proposed, my thoughts immediately moved to “what have we not heard...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/15/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Installing Roles and Features
Garrett Bundy Hello Everyone. In this post, we will cover one of the very basic points of Windows...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/14/2015
How to Enable Skype For Business Broadcast Meetings
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners. A recent announcement was made that Skype for Business Broadcast...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/11/2015
Help Lead Your Customers to the Cloud with MPN Advisory Hours: Sample Scenarios
One of the most valuable resources you may have access to as part of your MPN benefits is: Advisory...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/11/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: The Essentials Experience Role Step-By-Step
In Windows Server 2012 we introduced a new version called Windows Server 2012 Essentials edition....
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/11/2015
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for VMware based solutions.
Rob Waggoner Question: (from Joe) Do you have any documentation on how to set up Azure Site Recovery...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/10/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Minimal vs Core install (and what is this Nano thing?)
Todd Sweetser Everyone is familiar with the traditional install of Windows Server 2012r2. Many...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/10/2015
Missed the December 4th US SMB Partner Insider Call? We’ve got you covered!
Tim Tetrick Hello Partners, Did you happen to miss the December 4th US SMB Partner Insider Call?...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/09/2015
FindTime Helps You Save Time When Scheduling Meetings
Garrett Bundy Hello Partners – Garrett Bundy here the newest TS2 Team member with my first blog...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/09/2015
Delegate Meeting Scheduling in Skype for Business
Q: (from Mitch) Skype Meeting Delegation: Currently we have some users that schedule meetings for...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/08/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Time to Upgrade
Jeff Stoffel Do you still have customers that haven’t made the jump to Windows Server 2012 R2? If...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/07/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2: Series Introduction
Long Tran Ah December and the holidays, so this month we decided to bring you a gift of from the...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/07/2015
Leading Your Customers to Modern IT with Windows Server 2012 R2
Welcome! To close out the fantastic year of 2015, we are going to be doing a quick blog series on...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/07/2015
Azure Portal has gone General Availability (GA)
On Wednesday 12/2.2015 we announced the general availability of the Azure portal. The portal...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/04/2015
Office 365 E5 Train-the-Trainer
This has been a popular week for information on the new Office 365 E5 plan. But not all information...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/03/2015
New SMB Advantage Offer!
Colin Esaias Hello Partner Community! As December begins, so does the latest SMB Advantage offer....
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/03/2015
Changing World of Work
Jeff Stoffel We have been talking quite a bit lately about the new world of work - a changing...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/03/2015
Office 365 E5 Resources to Help Grow Your Business
As many of you are aware today, we officially announced the Office 365 E5 SKU. This really provides...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 12/01/2015
Resources available to help with Office 365 upsell scenario from Exchange Online!
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Sellers! How many of your customers have purchased and are using the...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 11/30/2015
Attend the US SMB Partner Insider call for a deep dive on the new Office 365 E5 SKU & last chance to win a Surface Pro 3!*
Join your regional Insider Call Friday, December 4th for a deep dive on the new Office 365 E5 SKU,...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 11/23/2015
Office 365 E5 and Skype for Business Resources on Drumbeat!
Todd Sweetser Hi Cloud Sellers! Wanted to make you aware of some new resources that are available on...
Author: MSFTTS2 Date: 11/19/2015