Microsoft seems to be distracted with a number of low priority issues but they have not gotten any fix around this historic problem between Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft SharePoint.
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Is There Any Fix or Urgency On Microsoft To Fix The Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft SharePoint Integration Issues
Friday, January 13th, 2012Don’t Hate Us Because We are a Microsoft Partner
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011It feels like 20 years ago all over again when I used to read about Microsoft antitrust hearings in the newspaper. The recent news is that Microsoft is the most despised software company. This is according to research from Amplicate, a company that tracks what people say online. We were skeptical so we Binged the company and it seems legit. Then to be fair I used Google and got similar results. 
Amplicate gives Microsoft a “70 percent hate score,” meaning that the large majority of people that have posted on its Web site have bad things to say about the cost and stability of Microsoft Software and tools. Microsoft also received more comments (good and bad) than any other software vendor on Amplicate’s list.
We have an explanation: First, Microsoft is not perfect and does not produce the perfectly bug free products. We fight its software all too often being a Microsoft Gold Partner ourselves. Microsoft is both a target for hackers (because it is so ubiquitous) and a punching bag for millions of customers that depend on Windows, Office, etc.
By the way, Oracle claimed a 78 percent level of hate. Ouch Larry, you aren’t any better.
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Benefits of Microsoft Cloud Computing offering Microsoft Online Services – Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009As more and more companies looking to save on hardware costs, licensing costs, resource costs, energy costs as well as maintain a high-level of server up time at lowest cost possible, now might be the right time to look at Microsoft hosted solutions.
This White Paper from Microsoft on their latest offering around the Cloud, in competition with Google and SalesForce.com goes into detail on the benefits of Microsoft Online Services to your business.
Here’s a synopsis of the White Paper. The link to the site to download the White Paper has been provided at the end of this post.
Microsoft® Online Services provide businesses with subscription-based Microsoft-hosted online services that offer access to rich communication, collaboration, and productivity applications from anywhere. This hosted solution helps organizations reduce the costs of managing and maintaining business systems, which frees information technology resources and enables staff to focus on initiatives that can deliver competitive advantage to the business.
The benefits of Microsoft Online Services include:
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- Better control of IT technology investments
- Better cash flow management
- Simplified software subscription license management
- A Microsoft commitment to deliver secure, available, and private online software services
- Increased productivity
- Access to the latest business productivity software services from Microsoft
Sign up for a RISK FREE trial of Microsoft Online Services (no credit card required/no committment necessary) – Trial includes 20 user trial account of SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Live Office Meeting and Office Communications Online
Microsoft Renews it Partner Network at WPC 2009
Thursday, July 16th, 2009The New Microsoft Partner Network program brings new Business Opportunities to the partner community. Since ISHIR has many Microsoft Partners as clients, we felt we should share this information we learnt at the WPC held in New Orleans in July.
At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) held in New Orleans during the second week of July, Microsoft announced a new version of the longstanding program. Now officially called the Microsoft Partner Network, the new program eliminates the previous 3-tiered Gold, Certified and Registered levels designations.
The new levels, designated as Advanced, Standard, Subscriber, and Communities and QuickStarts will attempt to more accurately align Partners with both Microsoft and customers according to their strengths, skills, capabilities and desired level of engagement with Microsoft. The new program begins with Partner program renewals in October 2009, but Partners will have until October 2010 to migrate into one of the new designations.
The new program encompasses some current programs, which did not fit into the current designations and competencies, and consolidates some specializations into competencies. For some partners these new levels demand additional requirements in order to retain their current level of engagement with Microsoft. For others, it creates an opportunity to reinvent their businesses. In our opinion, this poses a unique chance to engage in a forward-looking business model better suited to the market opportunities of the future and the new economy.
As Bill Gates once said at a small breakfast meeting, “Obsolete your current business by reinventing your strengths and customer facing benefits proactively, before some competitor does it for you and to you”.
In the meanwhile, consider your current relationship with Microsoft and with current and future customers. Ask yourself what you would like to be different , spend some time thinking about how you might get there, and engage in conversations with trusted advisors to help validate or challenge your thinking.
For more information go to Microsoft Partner Network Programs.
Microsoft Online Services – Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) – Demo
Sunday, November 30th, 2008See real-life examples of how to take advantage of the powerful communication and collaboration benefits of Microsoft Online Services – including Exchange Online, Office SharePoint Online, and Office Live Meeting Online – for both network administrators and information workers.
